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AI Is Here – Is That Good or Not So Good
Artificial Intelligence or “AI”, surrounds us, it seems, at every step today. It might be thought of as an ever present but not always considered atmosphere in which we work and live – that is, in that way, like air. It has been criticized as replacing humans in some routinized professions but also praised as […]
Continue readingObamacare Debate Defines End of the Year
To understand the fiscal tension in Congress defining the end of 2025 it is helpful to grasp it as a debate between continuing health care subsidies on which average Americans have come to rely to be able to receive medications, treatment, hospitalization and other medical services and continuing and extending tax breaks to the most […]
Continue readingPennsylvania Retention Election – A Matter of Numbers?
For most of us, accustomed to elections as being a contest between candidates from opposing political parties, the notion of a retention election seems odd, almost foreign. So the idea that there are a number of Pennsylvania judges, both in the appellate courts and lower courts up for retention might need some explanation. Although often […]
Continue readingDepartment of Aging Threatened By Merger Proposal
When you buy your next Pennsylvania lottery ticket you might notice the message that the funds raised by the lottery benefit aging services in Pennsylvania. “Does it really?” I’ve been asked. Yes, really and one of the beneficiaries of the lottery fund is a State agency that for the past almost forty years has provided […]
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