by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
The University of Pennsylvania announced on Feb. 28 in the Penn Almanac that coverage for transgender benefits will be extended to include sexual reassignment surgery under the Aetna Point of Service II plan. Members of Penn’s LGBT community — who have lobbied for the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A top Pennsylvania Cabinet member Monday afternoon indicated he was confident two of three Philadelphia-area refineries that are up for sale can be saved. “I am confident that there’s a high likelihood that we can save two of the three refineries,” C. Alan Walker,...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
really, is a balanced budget necessary? The answer will largely depend on who is being asked the question. Ask Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, or Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, and all of them will, in an almost Pavlovian reflex, respond with “No! We need government...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Don’t worry, America — Europe and the global economy will be just fine within a few years. This was the final message heard by a group of over three hundred financial professionals, delivered in a presentation by a chief economist of a very large and...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
President Obama’s top science adviser (better known as his Science Czar) testified the other day on the administration’s budgetary plans for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, but encountered some skepticism from the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Highly unlikely! From the Hill: “Yet no one has figured out the more positive corollary – how to harness the immensely valuable political space the Tea Party and Occupy movements have each created to help the economy and create jobs. There is reason to...
