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When the Constitution Threatens Democracy Jan. 12, 2024
The Supreme Court faces a quandary: It must choose between democracy and the Constitution. Compared ... Read More
Who Is on a Bigger Bender in Our Country: Voters or Elected Officials? Oct. 10, 2023
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — On Sept. 29, 2020, Bethany Hallam, an Allegheny County elected offi... Read More
Dead on Arrival Aug. 30, 2023
Maternal deaths during pregnancy or in the year after childbirth are on average 10 times higher in t... Read More
Americans May Soon Be Given the Right to Prohibit Abortions. Could This Change the Midterm Tide? May. 12, 2022
They say history repeats itself. You are likely familiar with the saying but uncertain of its true m... Read More
Handgun Carry Permits Transform a Right Into a Privilege: The Argument for Loosening Restrictions on Armed Self-Defense Goes Beyond the Measurable Impact on Public Safety Mar. 30, 2022
As of last week, 24 states have decided to let law-abiding adults carry handguns in public without a... Read More
Trusting a Child is Not Neglect Oct. 07, 2021
"My son isn't allowed to stay home alone till he's 12, even if I just have to run to the corner stor... Read More
Whether by Statehood or Annexation, D.C. Residents Need a Voice in Congress Apr. 27, 2021
The debate over whether to grant statehood to the District of Columbia is a hotly partisan one with ... Read More
Politics and Places of Worship Mar. 09, 2021
Dear Readers: The letter from a woman who left her church because she did not want to hear political... Read More
The Coming Abortion Wars Feb. 11, 2021
Amid arguments in the Senate over whether the impeachment of former President Donald Trump is consti... Read More
The New Federalism Jan. 28, 2021
The U.S. COVID response has been called "federalism at its best" — treating the states as "lab... Read More
Vaccination Protocol Jan. 28, 2021
We remember reading in the Scripture that the Father has his sun rise on the just and the unjust. Th... Read More
These DUI Laws Are an Irrational Hangover From Pot Prohibition: States Should Stop Treating Sober Cannabis Consumers As Public Menaces Oct. 28, 2020
Four years ago, Pennsylvania allowed patients suffering from any of 17 serious medical conditions to... Read More
Time To Change the Way We Vote Oct. 17, 2020
There's been much said lately about the way we vote in this country, especially now that COVID-19 ha... Read More
Only Congress Can Spend Federal Monies Aug. 13, 2020
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of Appropriations made by Law." ̵... Read More
In This Crisis, States Should Get a Lot of Federal Money May. 21, 2020
The economic collapse precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic has been a disaster for a multitude o... Read More
Grading the Governors on Economic Response to COVID-19 May. 12, 2020
The U.S. economy is at last moving into the recovery stage from the coronavirus, at least in most st... Read More
Prolonging the Shutdown Defies Science and the US Constitution May. 06, 2020
Across the nation, protesters are taking to the streets and business owners are filing lawsuits obje... Read More
States Are on the Front Lines of the Pandemic Fight. They Need Federal Aid. Apr. 28, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says states with budgets devastated by the pandemic should co... Read More
Piercing Illusion of Trump's 'Immigration Ban' Apr. 22, 2020
President Donald Trump unleashed his "April surprise" on Monday night, sending shock waves from the ... Read More
An Unnecessary Coronavirus Victim: The Right to Travel Apr. 02, 2020
For Chicagoans who need to go to Texas, there is bad news. You can do it, but anyone flying from Chi... Read More
