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Corporate welfare for hospitals has been raising costs

Editorials

Hospitals are not as unpopular as other health care sectors, such as drug manufacturers and insurance companies. But like other businesses, they are prone to rent-seeking and fiercely defensive of special breaks. Case in point: The 340B drug discount program. The federal program was created in 1992 to help hospitals and clinics in poor communities. In recent weeks, it has become the target of new lawsuits over complaints that wealthy health systems are abusing the benefits and driving up costs for everyone else. The program requires pharmaceutical companies to sell drugs at a ...

Keep artificial intelligence out of American classrooms

Editorials

Norway is, by almost any metric, a profoundly successful nation. It's rich, democratic and relatively corruption-free. It's not a socialist country, but fans of a robust welfare state and high taxes see much to admire in the very progressive Norwegian model. It also benefits from having the biggest and arguably best-run sovereign wealth fund in the world. And yet, Norway nearly ruined its children. In 2016, flush with cash and progressive values, Norway gave every child in the country, starting at the age of 5, their own iPad or similar digital device. A decade later, young Norwegians ...

The triumph of economic freedom?

Editorials

Prices rise. People blame capitalism. Politicians promise "solutions." President Donald Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates. My socialist mayor wants to freeze rents. Elizabeth Warren wants politicians to decide what prices are "excessive." So I was surprised to see economist Donald J. Boudreaux's new book titled "The Triumph of Economic Freedom." "Economic freedom is losing!" I shout at him in my new video. "Republicans and Democrats vote against it." "Free markets are on the ropes," he replies. "But when you look at history, you see that when economic ...

Curiosity often leads to new adventures

Local Columns

Sometimes you just need to break away from your regular routine to take a little adventure. It doesn’t have to be elaborate or far away. Sometimes the best escape is a simple day trip to a neighboring county. That was exactly the case for me when I unexpectedly found myself with a free weekend with no obligations keeping me at home. My husband and I decided to head over the mountain toward State College with a stop in Boalsburg at Boal Mansion, a place I had passed hundreds of times but never truly explored. From Route 322, I’d often catch a glimpse of the mansion tucked quietly ...

Take the high road

Editorials

We’ve all been there. Whether blinded by the high beams of a tailgating vehicle or unexpectedly cut off by another, the unexpected maneuvers that occur on short jaunts to the grocery or long drives to the beach are enough to provoke even the most even-tempered among us to raise a shaking fist in frustration. But road rage incidents appear to have accelerated beyond the occasional rude gesture or honk of a horn. Last week, a South Strabane Township driver was jailed after he was accused of assaulting a woman who apparently had been following him with her vehicle’s high beams on. ...

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Thank you to Carlisle High School To the Editor: It seems we are increasingly living in a country where news stories frequently result in half the people cheering and the other half becoming angry. Dividing into us-versus-them has become too easy these days. We can do better. I recently witnessed us doing better. On the afternoon of April 14 of this year, the Carlisle Track and Field team modeled humanity’s best side. Addy Ross, a rising star for the Mifflin County track team, died as a result of a car accident on Feb. 4 of this year. Her life was remembered and honored by her ...