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Education being shortchanged

There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted childhood education. In many countries, kids have physically returned to school. In others, schools were never closed. Yet in the United States, many public schools have been closed since March, yielding disastrous results for millions of kids. While scientific data say it’s safe to bring them back, incentives in the school systems are such that many kids continue to be locked up at home rather than receiving a proper education. A school’s main role is to educate children. They can feed low-income children and supply ...

Trump aids transformational shift

Many years ago, I was introduced to key Republican policies of fiscal discipline (balancing the federal budget) and smaller, less invasive government (modest spending programs and individual initiative and responsibility). Individuals, families, and businesses live within their means, provide for contingencies, and the future. Shouldn’t the federal government? The Democrat party appeared to take the opposite view. They promoted large federal government spending on social programs and deficit spending which greatly increased the national debt. With battle lines drawn, the ...

State provides insurance option

One thing we’ve all learned in 2020 is that good health is everything. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that it’s more important than ever to have access to the insurance you need to live a healthy life. That’s why we’re happy to introduce Pennie, Pennsylvania’s new health insurance marketplace. Pennie offers a wide variety of coverage options offered by seven of the state’s largest private health insurance providers. So if you’ve lost your job due to the pandemic, are not yet 65 and Medicare-eligible, if your income is too high to qualify for Medical ...

Trump is winning economy

Trump is winning economy By Cal Thomas Some people can’t handle success. The latest jobs report shows that despite the pandemic President Trump’s policies of lower taxes and reducing regulations continue to work. Raising taxes and imposing regulations, as Joe Biden has pledged to do, has historically had the opposite effect, but there are people who continue to deny the history, believe lies and appear ignorant of sound economic theory. Yes, some businesses are struggling, or have closed, thanks to arbitrary orders from politicians, some of whom ignore their own directives. ...

Wolf leaving too many in cold

By Gene Barr In a year that’s already been plagued with financial hardships, small businesses, nonprofits, day cares and the education and medical communities recently received more troubling news when Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed critical liability protections on the last day of the 2019-20 legislative session — effectively leaving these industries out in the cold as they struggle to overcome myriad challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic. This health care crisis has required an all-hands on deck effort. Businesses throughout the commonwealth have made innumerable ...

Innovation brings hope to horizon

For centuries, America has been the land of promise, and we have led the way in lifesaving advancement. In the span of my own medical career alone, I have witnessed remarkable innovation — from groundbreaking discoveries to new therapeutics and even cures for deadly diseases. In 2020, America’s scientists and researchers once again stepped up to meet a new challenge. As the COVID-19 virus interrupted our lives this spring, our incredible science community already was working on therapeutics and a vaccine. In just a few short months, we went from having nearly zero ...