NAACP, ACLU, Liberal Media and Feral Politicians Too Little Help

     Some things we all just take for granted, like the idea of justice being available for ALL, the thought that groups who tout themselves as champions of the poor and downtrodden will take an...

Let's just make it official and move the White House to Wall St.

Letter to The White House, The House, The Senate... Many of us who worked & voted for REAL Change are sorely disappointed so far. We the People support a Public Option & need you on our side.  ...
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NAACP, ACLU, Liberal Media and Feral Politicians Too Little Help

     Some things we all just take for granted, like the idea of justice being available for ALL, the thought that groups who tout themselves as champions of the poor and downtrodden will take an...

Let's just make it official and move the White House to Wall St.

Letter to The White House, The House, The Senate... Many of us who worked & voted for REAL Change are sorely disappointed so far. We the People support a Public Option & need you on our side.  ...

Rendell cabinet officer, top PA Dem lawmaker face charges

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has charged state Rep. Bill DeWeese, a top-ranking Democratic leader for decades, and Gov. Ed Rendell's former Revenue Secretary, Stephen Stetler, with theft, conspiracy and conflict of interest charges.This is the third round of...

RACE is Not Always The CASE

     The recent news has been that blacks are having a tough time compared to whites in the workplace, both for low-skilled black males and for those with a college degree.  I agree. ...

Does Honesty Matter?

     In a NowPublic news article I wrote awhile back, about an impoverished man apparently sueing a huge nonprofit organization (Blacks, Men: Are Racial & Gender...

Ed Rendell wants to bankrupt Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania continues to spend more than it takes in.For the fifth month in a row in the 2009-10 fiscal year that began July 1, the state spent more than it collected in tax revenues, resulting in a cumulative shortfall of $217 million at the end of November.While the...

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address:Anniversary of Human Equality

Today is the 146th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.  The speech given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863 is one of the most famous speeches in American history.  Four and a half months...

No Teacher Left Behind? Not So in Pennsylvania

Originally posted on DailyKosAccording to its Department of Education's estimates, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a projected shortage of more than 12,000 teachers. This alarming statistic is exacerbated by Pennsylvania's Teacher Recruitment Bureaucracy. Due to under...

Republicans Sweep PA Judicial Races

Republican Joan Orie Melvin won a hotly-contested seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday, giving Republicans a 4-3 majority on the court.Melvin defeated Democrat Jack Panella in the most expensive judicial race in Pennsylvania's history. Panella raised more than $2.5...

Did Obama 'save' your job?

U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts, who represents Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District, wants to set the record straight about the latest bogus announcement by the Obama Administration that it has "created or saved" 650,000 jobs. Last week, The Associated Press reported that the...

PA headed for another fiscal crisis

It may be a new fiscal year, but Pennsylvania is stuck in the same fiscal rut. The state is spending more money than it takes in. That practice led to a record budget deficit last year and caused a 101-day budget impasse. It appears Gov. Rendell and the Pennsylvania...

Love Arrives in a Military Care Package

by Marilyn LoeserIt could be the plot of a romance novel — Pennsylvania woman sends care package to soldier serving his country in Iraq. They correspond, they fall in love and they marry one month after he returns safety from the war zone.But for Army Reserve Sergeant...

Saw-Whet Owl Cared for at Pocono Wildlife Center, Pictures

A saw-whet owl is just one of the many creatures cared for at the Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Stroudsburg, where about a thousand animals are treated every year and at least 85% of them are returned to...

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