Once again, the great hue and cry in quarters both governmental and political has it that conducting a property reassessment in Allegheny County would be an immorality bordering on a public policy atrocity that would only serve to gouge taxpayers and even retard economic growth.But the reality ...
Teachers have become easy prey for criticism among those claiming today鈥檚 classrooms represent a liberal free-for-all.Much of that noise comes from those who digest an overabundance of division from their media of choice, but haven鈥檛 set foot in a classroom in years.There is no doubt, ...
The CEO of British car company once complained in my earshot that his fancy jeweled Swiss watch always seemed to run a little behind. No one could fix it. And so, when he met the executive of a Swiss watch company at a conference in Geneva, he asked for advice. 鈥淚t鈥檚 always five minutes ...
WASHINGTON - Stacy Davis Gates, president of what is, in effect, Chicago鈥檚 government 鈥� the Chicago Teachers Union 鈥� has at last done something helpful. Having denounced school choice as fascist (Mussolini favored it? Who knew?) and, of course, racist (what isn鈥檛?), she has enrolled her ...
Nobody seems to be as liked but disliked or loved but hated as much as Donald Trump.His hold on the Republican Party is never in dispute. He鈥檚 simply a rock star to many Republicans.He鈥檚 also created a long list of enemies among the many people who鈥檝e worked for and with him over the ...
Remember how the nation鈥檚 official poverty rate fell to its lowest point on record during the pandemic? That鈥檚 over.Let us recall for a moment the vast array of programs in the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, better known as the CARES Act, and the American Rescue ...