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Sweet music for tone-deaf legislators

Musicians regularly oil their instruments’ valves to reduce friction and ease play — much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians for roughly the same reason.Even Pennsylvanians who don’t know the difference between brass and woodwinds are wise to invest, through the ...

‘Red Wave’ meets a blue wall

Hardly anybody expected last TuesdayĢƵ results.Democrats were ready to run for political cover. All of that talk about a “Red Wave” darkening their role in Congress appeared to be a foregone conclusion.Many Republicans were already chilling champagne for a joyous night of ...

Trump, Biden big losers, DeSantis big winner in 2022

One way to look at this election is as a repudiation of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.Democrats held 235 seats in the House in 2018 as Biden launched his campaign for president. To the surprise of prognosticators, they won just a bare majority, 222, on the day he was elected in 2020. As this is ...

Parties need to reform themselves

In his after-action summation of last TuesdayĢƵ election, conservative Henry Olson concluded Republicans have to do better with suburban voters, like the ones in the neighborhoods outside of Philadelphia who backed Democrat John Fetterman in his Senate race against Mehmet Oz.Likewise, ...

Maternal care ‘deserts’ a problem in rural communities

ThereĢƵ a desert on our doorstep.Of course, itĢƵ not the desert where you would find lots of sand, snakes or cacti. What we’re talking about is a “maternal care desert,” where women of childbearing age do not have nearby access to obstetric care, birth centers, certified midwives or ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> There are precious few animal shelters or rescues in Fayette County, so it was exciting to hear that county officials plan to reform the board and again open the Fayette County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The shelter ...