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Pennsylvania’s latest national rankings are not just embarrassing – they’re a policy indictment. But for Republicans, they also offer something else: a clear political opportunity. U.S. News & World Report ranks Pennsylvania 41st out of 50 states. Of the six states bordering the Commonwealth, five ranked higher. Only West Virginia fared worse. The drivers of this steep decline… Continue reading Turning PA’s Poor Rankings into a Winning GOP Agenda

Like the weather, everyone complains about Pentagon spending and mismanagement, but no one does anything about it. Leaders of the world’s most expensive military have refused to conduct or failed to complete every internal financial audit since Congress first demanded such accountability in the 1990s. The Department of Defense owns over 70% of the nation’s assets and can’t account… Continue reading Unbridled: How Massive Pentagon Spending Happens by Design

Unalienable rights and self-evident truths are the two core ideas of the American founding.   Expand the number of core ideas under consideration to three and you get unalienable rights, self-evident truths, and free market economics. You could call them the three pillars of the American Idea. These three pillars are the direct gifts to America of… Continue reading The 3 Pillars of the American Idea

AUSTIN, Texas — Lacking three crucial components – students, faculty, and facilities – the two educational experiments proposed in this state capital sounded like moonshots just a few years ago.  Today, the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas and a feisty startup calling itself the University of Austin are not just up… Continue reading In ‘Weird’ Austin, a Double Shot of Academic Counter-Revolution

Congressional Republicans are currently looking to slow the growth of federal Medicaid spending, which has surged from $161 billion to $616 billion over the past two decades.  Although only 17% of Americans support reducing Medicaid spending; 62% support requiring most adults to work in order to gain eligibility.  But, while work requirements command broad appeal… Continue reading Would Work Requirements Cut Medicaid Costs?

Early in my tenure at the education policy organization I founded, we barely had any money. No money meant no lobbyist, which left me, a complete stranger to the legislative process, to figure out how to pass meaningful policy. A conversation I had with a Democratic legislator seen as an up-and-coming leader stands out among… Continue reading Dear Democrats, Republicans Are Eating Your Lunch on Education. What Are You Going to Do About It?

While San Francisco grapples with a tech exodus and New York navigates regulatory headwinds, Miami has quietly emerged as a technological powerhouse. The numbers tell the story: the city now ranks 16th among global startup hubs, with a $95 billion valuation and nearly $5 billion in venture capital raised just last year. Behind this transformation lies a deliberate strategy focusing on… Continue reading Miami Is Enjoying a Tech Renaissance Under Francis Suarez

The new Pennsylvania GOP chairman, state Sen. Greg Rothman, was elected on a platform that can be described as: “Let’s make Pennsylvania Florida.” In other words, make the GOP the plurality party in Pennsylvania and turn the perennial purple state red – just like Florida transitioned over the past decade. This requires executing three things… Continue reading The GOP’s Path to a Pennsylvania Majority