Beth Ann Rosica wrote about the continuing failures in local schools since the 2020-2021 lockdowns, noting the sobering fact that Upper Darby Middle School students are more likely to be chronically absent from school than proficient in math. The district puts “equity” at the top of its agenda, but how can students get an equal chance at success in the world if they’re not all being taught to read and perform basic math?

Seth Higgins wrote this week about county governments, perhaps the least understood system of government in the average Pennsylvanian’s life. Who in our county seats is responsible for what? The answer is not always clear.

National correspondent Andy Bloom filled us in on the attempts in Colorado and Maine to unilaterally exclude former President Donald Trump from the ballot. Is the latest legal maneuver, which supporters claim is justified by the Fourteenth Amendment, another example of far-Left Democrats shredding our republic’s institutions in order to “save democracy”?