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A summer full of sadness, dark signs

You know the moments that mean nothing will ever be the same? Like the loss of a beloved friend, unbidden. Your tears fall in the night and when you wake, you realize you feel the same way about your country.Brimming with precious memory, but gone.This summerĢƵ dark signs, served up by the ...

Wolf and Pa.ĢƵ remarkable budget turnaround

School funding increases and a bigger rainy day fund illustrate how the governor is leaving Pennsylvania in better shape than when he arrived.Seven years ago, Tom Wolf rode his Jeep into Harrisburg to find a dysfunctional and debt-ridden state. After signing his final budget, Wolf will leave ...

We need to protect the most vulnerable from summertime heat

The demand for air conditioning is skyrocketing and customers are having to cool their heels – pardon the pun – for weeks at a time for service or installation.With the dangers of COVID-19 ebbing, it could be that some folks are much more comfortable with letting strangers into their homes, ...

Democrats don’t have to be dumb

Democrats see glimmers of hope for the midterms as recent Republican “victories” on guns and abortion – on top of the leadershipĢƵ astounding attacks on the democracy – continue appall the broader public. Yet prominent Democrats continue to commit unforced errors that hurt their ...

Do sex registries really protect the public?

<strong>EditorĢƵ note:</strong> <em>Syndicated columnist Diane Dimond is on sabbatical. The following is a reprint from 2019.</em>Sex registries are in the news again thanks to a couple of high-profile child sex abuse cases. Keeping ...

Transparency needed in salary bumps

In 2019, a list of pay raises in the Pennsylvania governorĢƵ office brought criticism.Gov. Tom Wolf handed out increases to some of his top staffers, ranging from 7.7% to 36%.It wasn’t that anyone questioned the work. People questioned the timing, which came just after the governorĢƵ ...