Shedding tears
— One candidate will receive Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial nod next Tuesday. Barring some miraculous intervention, it won’t be any of these three. —
View ArticleAll tied up
— Gov. Tom Corbett is a very deep hole heading into the November election, down in the polls against Democratic challenger Tom Wolf by roughly 20 to 25 percentage points among likely voters. But in...
View ArticlePresident WHO?
— Presidential public-approval ratings generally drop when the commander-in-chief reaches the end of their term in office. Those for Barack Obama have been no exception. Coupled with findings that...
View ArticleDoctor, doctor …
— Roughly 1,500 Americans died in 2011 due to the seasonal flu in contrast to the one who recently passed away after contracting the Ebola virus. This bit of statistical comparison has not stopped a...
View ArticleThe Tacks Plan
— Democrat Tom Wolf is the projected (to say nothing of totally unsurprising) winner of the 2014 Pennsylvania Governor’s race. Given the current GOP-controlled legislature, the red ink-soaked budget...
View ArticleWake us when it’s over
— There’s no denying the shellacking that voters delivered upon Democratic candidates last Tuesday. Exploiting President Obama’s 53-percent disapproval rating, the GOP retook the U.S. Senate and...
View ArticleLet it snow!
— Obamacare in theory has been a bit different in practice for a number of individuals and small businesses. —
View Article2014 Year-in-Review: National & International
2014 was a regular annus horribilis mostly. Russia invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea and later found itself staring into the fiscal abyss in the midst of a global oil-price war. ISIS rolled over the...
View ArticleLet the word go forth …
— A who’s-who of longtime (too longtime, really) local political actors are elbowing each other out of the way in the hope of landing in County Commissioner Corey O’Brien’s soon-to-be-vacant seat....
View ArticleAlong for the ride
— As anyone not currently living off the grid in a cabin located somewhere in a holler of the Pennsylvania Wilds probably knows, Hillary Clinton is set to announce her candidacy for the Democratic...
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