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Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> ThereĢƵ been a lot of ink spilled in recent months about the high turnover rate among American teachers and the problems in replenishing their ranks. For that reason, any school would be wise to hang onto educators as dedicated as Justin ...

OP-ED: Mugged by reality? Or respectful of common sense?

A conservative, to paraphrase and slightly alter Irving KristolĢƵ saying, is a liberal who has been mugged by reality — especially by a reality that is plain to the vast bulk of ordinary people but remains inexplicably invisible to liberal intellectuals and politicians.That saying applies, ...

OP-ED: Jim Brown’s legacy is mixed but memorable

I usually don’t try to “do sports,” as some of my newsroom colleagues might say. But I beg your indulgence as I try to pay proper homage to football great Jim Brown, even as I still try to figure out what proper homage looks like.Brown, who died last week at age 87, may well have been the ...

EDITORIAL: Release data on marijuana prescriptions

Fully legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania would require a robust regulatory framework, from licensing growers and distributors to tracking and collecting taxes, preventing underage use and ensuring public safety.Gov. Josh Shapiro supports legal adult use to the point of including that prospect ...