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SpaceX IPO

Jobs and Labor

June 18, 2026

In Defense of Entrepreneurs

Like clockwork, U. S.

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Pennsylvania Elections

November 20, 2025

Why 'No' Lost on Election Day  

In 2023, after Republicans’ defeat in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race, I wrote , “The Left has done a stellar job convincing deep-pocketed...

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
Election 2024 Pennsylvania Row Offices

Pennsylvania Governor

January 28, 2025

Behind the Scenes with Josh Shapiro

“Politicians are actors, too, don’t you think? ” It was a simple question, posed by child actor-turned-political diplomat Shirley Temple Black, likely...

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
Election 2024 Pennsylvania Legislature

Pennsylvania Elections

November 15, 2024

Dissecting Pennsylvania's Election Results

Last week, voters handily rejected Democrats’ progressive, woke, defund-the police agenda that defined the past four years. Even many voters who often...

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
Election 2024 DNC

Cultural Issues

August 28, 2024

Would the Party of 'Real Freedom' Stand Up?

In his recent speech at the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Josh Shapiro said his party carries the banner of “real freedom.

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Governor

July 31, 2024

Shapiro Is Kamala Harris's Perfect Running Mate

With Vice President Kamala Harris on track to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, the question now is whom she will choose as her...

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
Philadelphia Schools

K-12 Education

June 28, 2024

Speaking Truth to Power on Education Equality

Progressives like to play the part of the underdog, pretending to take up the cause of the marginalized against the entrenched powers of well-funded...

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
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Pennsylvania General Assembly

May 20, 2024

The Dark Side of the Left's Move to Ban 'Dark Money'

In the mid-1950s, when Jim Crow laws reigned in Alabama, state attorney general John M. Patterson – later a Ku Klux Klan-supported governor – filed a...

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
Election 2024 Pennsylvania Senate

Pennsylvania Elections

October 6, 2023

The GOP Must Build a Bench for the Future

Republican David McCormick’s announcement that he will once again run for U. S.

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania
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State Budget

August 24, 2023

How Secretive Union Contract Negotiations Cost Pennsylvanians

With little fanfare and even less transparency, Gov. Josh Shapiro and his major union campaign donors recently met behind closed doors and negotiated...

Matthew J. Brouillette • RealClearPennsylvania

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