I鈥檝e always believed that everything happens for a reason. But as I sit in the early morning hours at my Capitol office on Dec. 10 鈥� Day 163 of the budget impasse 鈥� I ask myself: why?Why do we still have no budget?Why are our school districts being stretched to their limits?Why are people ...
Last spring only about 15 percent of Pennsylvanians made the trek to the polls for the local primary election. That number kicked up to about 25 percent in the general election last month, but that still means that only one in four residents across the commonwealth voted for candidates in ...
About seven years ago, I watched a television interview of Rex Tillerson, CEO and chairman of ExxonMobil. I was surprised by his brusque dismissal of questions relating to climate change and alternative fuels. Tillerson made it very clear that ExxonMobil蘑菇视频 core business is oil exploration and ...
Holiday shopping season is upon us, and I am encouraging my fellow Pennsylvanians to buy Pennsylvania-made products when possible. By doing so, we can help our economy.I am hopeful that we will soon have a program in place that will make it easier to identify products made here. The House ...
The fastest road to losing the attention of most people is to steamroller them with facts meant to cause shame and guilt. This is not my intention. Rather, I seek to provide a sampler of relevant information, without judgment, dear reader.It is estimated that 45 million turkeys are killed ...
A week from now, most of us will be recovering from the day before, that traditional gluttonous gathering with family or friends known as Thanksgiving.Many will travel, as I will, to spend a day or two with family, while others will opt to stay at home and host the meal, silently bemoaning the ...
