The Marcus Hook Industrial Complex (MHIC) has provided a positive economic lifeline to Southeast Pennsylvania for over 100 years. It wasn’t all that long ago that the facility was shuttered, but thanks to investments by Sunoco, the facility has been revitalized and is thriving today. To continue to produce positive benefits, the facility’s operator has […]

Editor’s Note: For another viewpoint, see This Memorial Day, COVID-19 Will Force Us to Stay Home; Maybe That’s a Good Thing Scenes of GIs mooning for their girls back home, baseball, hot dogs and Mom’s apple pie were a staple of Hollywood movies about World War II. But those scenes never rang true with any […]

Editor’s Note: For another viewpoint, see Point: Memorial Day Is Not for Sale Dust off your water skis because summer has begun! Clean your grills for fresh burgers and dogs — the neighbors are coming over! Get down to the stores for the big sales for new cars, furniture and TVs! Put on your Uncle […]

Memorial Day takes place on May 25 this year. Observed annually on the last Monday in May, the day is set aside to honor the men and women who have died in service to our country. While Memorial Day didn’t become an official national holiday until 1971, its origins begin with the Civil War. The […]

First Delaware and Bucks counties — now Chester. Late Wednesday night, Chester county commissioners released a statement asking Gov. Tom Wolf  for a move from the “red” shutdown phase into the “yellow” phase, allowing some business activity to resume with safety precautions in place, like social distancing and mask wearing. “Chester County’s data indicates that […]

Montgomery County Chairwoman Dr. Valerie Arkoosh said Wednesday she has “strong confidence” in Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania’s health secretary and currently the target of Republican efforts to force her resignation. However, just two weeks ago, Arkoosh testified before a Democratic Senate Policy Committee meeting on the COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes and told of two occasions […]

Two months ago, America’s coronavirus mantra was mitigation: “Flatten the curve.” Today, politicians pushing to keep lockdown policies in place are embracing a new strategy: suppression. “We must stop the spread.” The result of embracing two conflicting approaches to the COVID-19 crisis is on display in Boston, where Mayor Marty Walsh announced he’s holding off […]

Pennsylvania’s top health official has become a poster child for elitism amid the political battle over coronavirus policy, and now some are calling for her resignation. A Republican representative introduced a resolution Monday seeking the resignation or forced removal of Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine, and at least one Delaware Valley house member is already […]

Alejandro Roldan, a Veterans Affairs nurse practitioner in Wisconsin, recently captured the essence of what it’s like to be on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all of our 360,000 healthcare workers across the country, he worries about bringing the virus home to his family, and says he can’t even give his son a […]

Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai (R) said enough data shows the greatest risk from the coronavirus is pointed at the state’s seniors, and added he believes the numbers illustrate why a wider economic reopening can begin safely and soon. “The reality is that there’s a significant part of the population that aren’t at risk for […]