It was an unhappy Arlen Specter who left the town-hall-style meeting in Lebanan, Pennsylvania this morning (Tuesday, 8/1/09). He did all he could to keep the meeting orderly: he had his staff rent a small auditorium at the Harrisburg Area Community College that seated 250 people, but over 1,000 showed up; he limited the questioners […]

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As Senator Arlen Specter returns to the Democratic fold he left back in 1966, his career is being covered by many a pundit. But one aspect isn’t getting the high beam it deserves. For 45 years Specter has appeared at critical points in lurid national dramas, skipping from part to part like a pulp fiction […]

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Congressman Murtha again shows his ignorance of his own district when he offers to house Gitmo prisoners in his Congressional district in Pennsylavania.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Democrat who is a leading critic of the Iraq war says he would have no qualms about transferring Guantanamo detainees to a prison in his Pennsylvania district.
Suspected […]

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One US soldier’s wife told me that even though the war in Iraq was essentially over, that some of the terror groups left deliberately targeted non combat American troops with mortars out of hatred for the good they did.
So the sad news of the Christmas holidays was that Doctor John Pryor, a Combat surgeon on […]

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On December 23rd, the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania was the newest refuge established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“Today is a wonderful day for Cherry Valley, and it marks the perfect holiday present for the residents of Monroe County” said Congressman Kanjorski of Pennsylvania’s District 11. “It is amazing to see such […]

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Chris Matthews’ Senate Run:
Serious Bid or Contract Contrivance?

[ABOVE: Someone tells Chris Matthews that Keith Olbermann is going back to ESPN.]

What’s a Left Wing Talking Head to Do?
Chris Matthews, the Hardball Boy, is contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate.
Or not.
From Matthews inches closer to Senate run:
Chris Matthews is dead serious about running for the Senate […]

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M.I.T. graduate Will Bradshaw is co-founder and President of Green Coast Enterprises, using innovative procedures to rebuild New Orleans homes devastated by Katrina. He is pro-life. He is voting for Barack Obama.
When Bradshaw describes himself as “pro-life,” he is speaking about an issue that goes beyond the simplistic code word that usually refers only […]

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Washington Post columnist George Will has made some great contributions to American letters. I’ve enjoyed reading many of his columns. But it seems he is still lost in an old-fashioned conservatism which is no longer alive. A recent column of his proves my point.
There’s no doubt he makes a great point when he says that […]

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Barack Obama’s campaign got wind of oppo researcher Stephen Marks’ plans to air the “The Real Barack Obama” ad produced by his 527 group pH for America on five TV stations in the battleground states of PA and MI starting this week, because his “smear-fighting” Web site has launched an attack on the attack ad.
Referring […]

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The single best word to describe this true story of a hate crime surrounded by deceit is riveting. Eyes of a Monster is a morality play that has been personalized by the naivete of its author, taking the reader deeply into the psyche of women who love men on death row. It is a treatise […]

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 … But he’s going to make the media and punditocracy wait until he declares his choice via  text message on Saturday, after which he plans a joint appearance with his running mate at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, IL, where he announced he would run for president. [Update: It’s Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), according […]

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I always felt that a German exhibition of plasticized defleshed humans was an example of decadence.
At least, the German show originator claimed the bodies had been donated to science.
But now, there are several copycat versions of “The Body Show” touring the US, and there are very real questions where this company obtained their bodies.
Harry […]

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A memo went out to all students and faculty at the University of Pittsburgh on Wednesday urging all to limit their cell phone use to avoid increasing their risk of developing cancer.
Dr. Ronald H. Herberman, Director at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, says that a solid nexus between cell phone use and cancer is […]

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Wednesday Andrea Curry-Demus, 38, called medics and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital carrying a newborn wrapped in a towel, complaining that the baby was still dirty from birth. She told the medics that the baby was hers but after tests were done it was determined the baby didn’t belong to her so […]

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Late Wednesday night in a Marianna, Pennsylvania home a gruesome discovery was made by relatives of the victims. They walked in and found 22 year old Ashley Guarino, along with her two children, a 2 year old daughter, Dreux and an 11 month old son, Orlando Jr. The state police claim they died of strangulation […]

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We all remember laying on the grass on a perfect summer night when we were kids, staring up at the starry night sky. That beautiful, star-riddled sky is quickly disappearing, however – right before our eyes.
According to a recent Forbes.com article, the vast number of stars that were once visible have been concealed by the […]

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The other day, The Stiletto and a friend were debating the pros and cons of various McCain veep picks. The Stiletto posited a McCain-Lieberman ticket, while acknowledging the ambivalence Jews felt the first time Lieberman was tapped for the bottom half of a presidential ticket.  
The Stiletto’s friend added that he didn’t think the combo would […]

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Today, President Bush presented the Medal of Honor to the parents of Pfc Ross McGiness.
When a grenade was thrown into the hatch of his Humvee, McGiness, who was the gunner, chose not to jump out and save his own life, but to jump down and protect his buddies with his body to save them. He […]

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One of my emails notified me that a Michael Crescenz, a classmate of mine, will be buried Monday May 12 in Arlington Cemetery. He was killed 40 years ago, in Viet Nam. Ah, it’s been many years since I thought of Michael, and even then I remember him as a young boy, not as the […]

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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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By Jefferson Flanders
While early exit polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading in the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, and broadcast and cable news networks consequently delayed calling a winner in the election, when the actual ballots were counted Sen. Hillary Clinton had carried the Keystone State by some 9 percentage points.
Some pundits quickly suggested that the […]

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Does Hillary Clinton (D-NY) have a point that Barack Obama (D-IL) is the weaker candidate against John McCain (R-AZ) because of his inexperience and inability to attract white, blue collar support? Is Obama justified in his claims that Clinton is the weaker candidate in the general election because she is too polarizing and Americans are […]

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The last time Dems were considering which presidential hopeful should be the party’s standard-bearer, Howard Dean screamed (video link) and a frightened rank-and-file hurriedly anointed John Kerry the frontrunner - deeming him the most “electable” in the field – and then had the rest of the campaign to repent at leisure as Kerry became embroiled […]

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Everyone discussing the Pennsylvania primaries is insisting that Hillary’s win there is due to racism.
Well, my husband and I were docs in the coal towns of Pennsylvania, and our children suffered greatly from racism, yet I have to say that a lot of the “analysis” gets things wrong.
The pundits see things “black versus white”, so […]

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Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) won the Dem primary in PA – an important swing state - with a respectable 10-point margin (55 percent to 45 percent) over her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (IL).
Both Hilary and Obama held onto their core supporters, and neither made inroads into the other’s base. Women, senior citizens and less […]

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April 22 is here–Earth Day, and Scorched Earth Day in Pennsylvania. Only fools predict political outcomes this year. I qualify. So here’s what’s going to happen.
Hillary will probably win the primary. If she wins by any more than two percent, she will trumpet her triumph as a come-from-behind victory, even though she started with a 20 […]

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During the Dem  debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the MSM – represented the other night by ABC News’ Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos – finally began vetting Barack Obama (IL), asking questions that made the candidate squirm and his supporters scream. For her part, Hillary Clinton (NY) took the opportunity to vulch. […]

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It’s true! Would hysterical conservatives lie to you about a Godless Muslim Koran-fondling wild man like Scary Barry? A man who doesn’t always wear a flag pin on his lapel? That was mighty careless of him. You’d think the Anti-Christ would be a little more devious than that. Since Christ was clearly a white American, […]

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Currently, here at Grove City College, the Center for Vision and Values is hosting our annual conference. Titled, “Church and State: 2008 - A history of church-state relations and and a look at where the values voter will turn in 2008,” the schedule is filled with scholarly papers regarding church-state relations with special emphasis on […]

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A new Quinnipiac University poll of Pennsylvania Democrats released today found that Hillary Clinton’s lead over Barack Obama continues to decrease. Clinton now leads Obama 50%-44% in the state. This is a three point drop from the previous poll done last week, and a six point drop from two weeks ago. Obama gained support among white voters, men and women. The most surprising result is that Obama has gained four points among women voters in the state.

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