Taxes & Economy

Nuclear Subsidies: Grabbing Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

  • Gordon Tomb
  • April 23, 2019

Sales pitches often downplay the cost of the product, so smart buyers have to look beyond the advertised price. For instance, when you purchase a home, you consider the sales…

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Taxes & Economy

We Took U. of Virginia to Court Over Michael Mann’s Records

  • May 18, 2011

We (American Tradition Institute’s Environmental Law Center) figured four-plus months and $4,000 was enough to give the University of Virginia to start producing the records we requested…

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Education

A Pitt Student’s Take on Corbett’s Budget Proposal

  • April 27, 2011

As a Pitt student, I will not be joining in those manufactured protests, nor will I be participating in lobbying activities like Pitt's yearly "Harrisburg Day" when the University spends…

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Education

A higher education in greed

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 4, 2011

My letter to the editor on university subsidies in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Tribune Review: University presidents and lobbyists for state-funded universities, such as the University of Pittsburgh and…

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Education

The Bubble Bursts at Penn State

  • Charles Mitchell
  • March 24, 2011

The story is told that when someone asked John D. Rockefeller how much money is enough, he responded, "Just one dollar more."  Penn State's President, Graham Spanier, like most college…

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Taxes & Economy

No CONSOLation from PSU’s PC Move

  • February 25, 2011

It seems the number of Penn State graduates who are upset at recent actions of their alma mater grows by the…

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Education

Penn State Clears “Award-Winning” Mann in Climategate

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 1, 2010

Unsurprisingly, Penn State’s second investigation into its own faculty member, Michael Mann, cleared him of any scientific misconduct charges today. Among the reasons for clearing Mann, the report notes:…

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Education

Who’s to Blame for the Rising Costs of Higher Ed?

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • February 24, 2010

Rendell’s FY 2010-11 budget funds state related universities at the same level as FY 2009-10 budget. University officials claim they need an increase in state funding to keep tuition…

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