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OP-ED: Higher ed funding necessary to address Pa. labor shortage

The labor shortage and all those “help wanted” signs are the tip of the iceberg for PennsylvaniaĢƵ workforce. The state has a significant talent gap – the difference between the number of college-educated workers that businesses need versus the number in our labor force. ItĢƵ a ...

My father’s father: The traces he left

My fatherĢƵ father died when he was 8, just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Born in 1901, the grandfather I never knew died in 1941. It was the darkest of times for the family and country.Dr. Reuben Stiehm left a wife and four children, including baby Elizabeth. He was on the faculty of ...

America must work around its latest test

It might seem foolish to try to find anything positive about the chaotic economic situation in this country at this time, and it is true that many people will flat-out refuse to even try.That is their prerogative.But one basic fact emerging from any open-minded study of economics is that there ...

Schools must remain transparent

With people of the United States still feeling shock and grief over the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, last month, officials of school districts across this country have embarked once again on the task of assessing security at their respective educational facilities ...

Reducing mass shootings by recognizing red flags

<em>EditorĢƵ note: Syndicated columnist Diane Dimond is on sabbatical. This is a reprint from 2019.</em>Want to reduce the number of mass shootings in the United States? Then letĢƵ ramp up efforts to stop domestic abuse.Just as a red flag is raised when a child ...

George Floyd peaceful protest haunts Mark Esper

With the exception of Jan. 6, 2021, itself, maybe the most traumatic day of the Trump presidency was June 1, 2020 – the day peaceful American citizens protesting the police murder of George Floyd were forcibly removed from Lafayette Square, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White ...