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PNC steps up for Pittsburgh's NFL draft

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Despite having moved away for nearly 20 years, when you've called Pittsburgh home for any length of time, two things often happen: You want to come back to raise your children, and you want to be part of something, big or small, that makes it better. Bill Demchak wanted to do both, and as CEO of PNC Financial Services, he had the ability to make a big impact. Since returning in 2002 to the city where he grew up, he has been doing exactly that, quietly and consistently. It was the fall of 2022, and the city was struggling to recover from COVID-19, poor governance, a growing homeless ...

Paying for tariffs twice

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In the midst of the America-Israel war with Iran, it's easy to forget about pesky things like the economy. Even if you do manage to tune out the scaremongering lunatics who spend their time propagandizing for radical Islam or predicting World War III, economic concerns are now viewed almost entirely through the lens of this war. Usually, it's in the form of "what else could we have spent this money on," as if a lack of budget is anywhere near a real concern for anyone in Washington, D.C., or that the only reason we haven't solved hunger, poverty or cancer is a lack of investment. But ...

Supreme Court enters spring reckoning

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The United States Supreme Court has entered its most consequential season. From April through June, the justices release rulings that do more than interpret the law – they shape the direction of the country. Cases argued in the quiet months of winter now emerge into public view, often carrying the full weight of the nation's deepest divisions. Alexander Hamilton once described the court as the "least dangerous" branch, lacking power over "the sword or the purse." History has not been kind to that prediction. Through judicial review and lifetime appointments, the court has become one ...

Country poses new test for Western establishment

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Could a Western nation ever be allowed to chart a genuinely independent course without getting side-eyed, nudged and eventually steamrolled by globalist central planners? We're about to watch this experiment unfold in real time. Enter Peter Magyar, the 45-year-old new Hungarian prime minister-elect, who just pulled off a landslide against longtime Trump-and-Putin favorite and 16-year mainstay, Viktor Orban. U.S. Vice President JD Vance even flew into Budapest to warn about "foreign interference." Vance's pitch was that the European Union would stop at nothing to push Orban out. The ...

Keep artificial intelligence out of American classrooms

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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 ...

Triumph of economic freedom?

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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 ...