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OP-ED: The Right-to-Work difference in jobs recovery

Private-sector employment in Pennsylvania climbed 2.3% above the pre-pandemic July 2019 level by this July. But a researcher at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy says the commonwealthÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ fealty to organized labor is retarding job growth.“The gain was accounted for by … ...

OP-ED: Economically ailing China suffers from an incurable case of Leninism

WASHINGTON — Vladimir Lenin, who died 100 years ago as of next Jan. 21, was having a good 21st century because the Chinese Communist Party emulated him. For four decades, the CCPÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ primacy was compatible with ChinaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ economic advance. Now, however, China has ailments partially caused by, ...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville should stand down

I’m a Vietnam Vet.As a result of the time I spent in Vietnam, I’ve been deemed 100% disabled.I don’t have much time for people who disrespect the military.I have no patience for those people who would use the military for their political chicanery.Tommy Tuberville is one of those ...

The fight for the forgotten American

It is often said we should learn from history. We sometimes do learn from history. Sometimes we don’t.Another oft repeated phrase is that the past is never really in the past. (Thank you, William Faulkner.)References to these axioms – that we should learn from history and that the past ...

Suicide prevention more urgent than ever

Sunday marks the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week, and the need to stop individuals from taking their own lives is more urgent than ever.In August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released preliminary data on suicides in the United States in 2022, and the agency ...