Congress should pass Moms Act

October 3, 2023

Pennsylvania moms are facing a crisis. For far too long, too many mothers have died as a result of childbirth or pregnancy. The sad reality is that many of these deaths are preventable. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021, a shocking 1,205 women died due to maternal causes nationally, a sharp increase from 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019. Even more concerning is the stark racial disparity, with the maternal mortality rate for Black women estimated to be 3.5 times higher than that of white women. The CDC reports that 84% of these deaths could have ...

9-1-1 extension should be approved

September 27, 2023

Friday, June 23, 2023, 11:55 a.m. I will never forget the date and the time. My wife was in grave danger of dying. I had been out shopping for the reception held after Friday-evening religious services, and I went looking for her. I found her sitting in the bathroom. Her face was contorted, and she couldn’t speak intelligibly. I took out my cellphone and dialed the three numbers that most Americans now know instinctively. 9-1-1. I give the operator my name and address, and then said, “My wife is having a stroke.” From that moment, a sophisticated and capable ...

Digital currency creates slippery slope

September 13, 2023

If you have not heard of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), you will, as a massive push by governments towards a cashless, all-digital financial system is in full force. The source of CBDCs are central banks. Although many have quasi-sounding titles like our Federal Reserve, they are owned by private and very powerful banking families. Today, plans hatched in meetings of globalists — like the World Economic Forum (WEF) — will transition the world economy to cashless prior to 2030- less than seven years from now. It will be presented to the public as a benefit, allowing ...

Don’t rationalize Alzheimer’s treatment

September 11, 2023

The FDA has recently approved exciting new treatments that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a scourge that claims more American lives than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. One such medicine, Leqembi, reduced early-stage Alzheimer’s patients’ cognitive decline by 27% in clinical trials — a breakthrough that offers hope to millions of Americans with degenerative dementia. The question, though, is whether Medicare will allow access to these and other game-changing medications through seniors’ prescription drug coverage. For Leqembi, the answer as of ...

Let’s celebrate our ‘second summer’

September 5, 2023

Late summer is a golden time for American gardeners, when their love and nurture of their plants are requited with whiz-bang vegetal yields in the American outdoor living room. This continuing harvest, amidst the elegiacally shortening daylength and fading daylight between the June solstice and September equinox, delivers on spring’s joyful promises and continues into early autumn, or what we call a “second summer.” Our company annually surveys thousands of gardener-customers, leading off with the most important question, “Why do you garden?” This year’s majority of ...

Statistics say rich have paid their fair share

August 4, 2023

In our envy ridden society, few issues receive more demagogic assertions as the perceived “rich.” The “rich” have too much money, didn’t earn it, or don’t pay their fair share of taxes. Let’s examine the “rich” to determine if the facts justify the vitriol. First, it is important to know what is commonly called an Income Distribution is really an Earnings Distribution. Wages and salaries make up the overwhelming share of income for Americans. For 99% of households, over 90% of income comes from salary and wages and the small balance from interest and ...