Impressive effort by Santorum ends

Much can be done to mend fences. Like Al Gore, he wasn't going to win his home state. " “Rick Santorum to drop out of the presidential race Posted by Aaron Blake and Nia-Malika...

Pennsylvanians are prudent

Santorum is toast In my years working with politicians from Pennsylvania, there is something that I concluded: when the elections are over, Republicans and Democrats collaborate for the sake of the state. People...

Atheist attacked by religious zealot, judge lets attacker off

The local director of an atheist organization in the state of Pennsylvania dressed up as a character he created called Zombie Mohammad, while participating in a parade in that state. It was a satire and criticism of Islam. He was attacked by a Muslim man. Video of this attack...

Santorum, the classic porker

Do gooder There are poor belts in America and one of them lies between Western Pennsylvania and extends through the State of West Virginia. Rick Santorum grew up in the middle, son of a psychologist working for...

Santorum—can he become unstuck?

Rick Santorum was raised in a county in Virginia that is home to the affluent and home to rural America. It is a cross cultural community with deep history. Being the son of a professional and a lawyer-politician...

Ex-Penn State coach Sandusky faces 12 new charges

(Reuters) - Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on Wednesday and charged with 12 new counts of sexual abuse of minors, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said....

An atheist banner is promotion of religion but a nativity scene i

Ellwood City (PA) Mayor Anthony Court has stated that a Christian Nativity (or creche) isn't really what it is. It's not religious, but basically a bunch of random statues. That's is what he called that, statues. Nothing religious, I guess. Why did he say that? Because he ...

A Legal Lesson on the Penn State Scandal

          I have read many complaints about how long investigators "waited" to take legal action, and all these claims do is reinforce my understanding of how little the majority of the American public actually knows about the justice system.  ...

Why Is the Media Hating On Penn State's Mike McQueary?

I've not heard of a person who, after observing wrongdoing in the workplace, bypassed their boss, and went directly to the police. So why are the media talking heads holding Mike McQueary to this standard. Mike McQueary was a mere 28-year-old administrative assistant, when he...

Bullet Hole in a US Airways plane

The FBI has recovered a bullet from a plane that left Philadelphia on Monday and landed in Charlotte, N.C. The bullet hole was discovered by a pilot during a routine visual inspection before the plane was set to take off from Charlotte. He noticed the hole above a window near...

A Fox News primary?

" As the 2012 primary season begins to take shape, political observers are beginning to wonder whether the four potential candidates who work as commentators for Fox News will forgo their large paychecks to run for the nomination. On Monday's edition of John King, USA, Chief...

The Medal of Honor Never Awarded

          June 6, 1944. D-Day, H-Hour. General Dwight D. Eisenhower had already written his concession speech for Operation Overlord. In it he admits defeat therein and asserts that any responsibility therefore fell solely on his own shoulders....

Brandon Bitner Commits Suicide After Anti-Gay Bullying

Brandon Bitner, 14, Committed Suicide Last Week By Running Into the Path of a Tractor-Trailer in Pennsylvania Bitner left behind a note saying that he was tired of being called names such as 'faggot' and 'sissy' and said he wanted to call attention to the problem of bullying....

Michele Kalina Charged With Homicide Over Infant Remains

Michele Kalina From Pennsylvania Has Been Charged With Homicide After Five Sets of Infant Remains Were Found in Her Home She has been charged with causing the death of at least four of the five infants, whose remains were found in the nurse's aide's home back in July. Michele...

PA ANTI-TERROR CHIEF QUITS; OKAYED SPYING ON POLITICAL ACTIVISTS

• Can "the reckoning" -- and the liberation of extra-legally targeted and elecrtomagnetically tortured and incarcerated Americans -- be far behind?GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTONThis PA-based journalist, who has exposed the U.S. government's cell tower- based silent...

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