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It’s time for Pennsylvania to repeal its ‘garb law’

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission announced 24 additional sites that will be commemorated with the distinctive markers we see along streets and roads in nearly every corner of the commonwealth. ItĢƵ a fascinating and diverse list.Muhammad AliĢƵ onetime training ...

College students need to be involved in the electoral process

As Bernie Sanders has marched toward the Democratic presidential nomination, the ghost of George McGovern, the partyĢƵ 1972 standard bearer, has been summoned in more than one quarter, usually to point to ideological common ground or to warn that Sanders could face a thrashing in November on ...

Air pollution still a problem in Pennsylvania

If you walk through cemeteries close to downtown Pittsburgh, two things stand out.First, many headstones are still smeared with the soot that adhered to pretty much everything during the regionĢƵ industrial heyday. And, at the midpoint of the last century, many residents died in their 40s, ...

Kail bill is complete nonsense

ThereĢƵ plenty of reason to worry about AmericaĢƵ commitment to democracy and the rule of law lately. To be more specific, thereĢƵ plenty of reason to worry about the Republican PartyĢƵ commitment to democracy and the rule of law.The refusal of the U.S. Senate majority to even hear ...

Diocese faces new decade to right itself

Debate will continue about whether the decade of the 2020s really began on Jan. 1 of this year or whether that actually will occur on Jan. 1, 2021.Either way, the period of time has been traumatic for the Roman Catholic Church here, across Pennsylvania, across the nation and, indeed, around the ...

Electing state judges regionally a bad idea

Pennsylvania is one of only a handful of states that chooses its state judges at the ballot box.And, letĢƵ face it, even voters who pay close attention to elections often have no idea whom they are putting in these powerful positions.Candidates are constrained on what they can say about ...