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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Two years ago, Atlantic City, NJ lost its only Supermarket. IGA closed its doors in April 2006 forcing residents and tourists to shop at small markets or outside of the ocean resort.
Since the closing, attempts have been made to convince others to replace IGA, but no new supermarket has yet to open.
In late December […]

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Hillary Clinton is playing her PA roots to the hilt – reminding voters in the NE part of the state that, “my father was from Scranton.” And speaking before the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia Tuesday, she couldn’t resist comparing herself to Rocky Balboa, the archetypical underdog who has the drive and the heart to go […]

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According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, Hillary Clinton has seen her lead drop by three more points in Pennsylvania. The margin is now 50%-41% in favor of Clinton. A little more than two weeks ago the same poll had Clinton up 53%-41%.

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This is a question we should consider every election year. A “DesManCon” is a DEStructive MANipulative CONtrolling personality.
I was a mental health counselor for 25 years. Early in my career, I began noticing a disturbing personality profile I had not studied or found in any diagnostic manual. This “type” embodied traits of several unfortunate diagnoses […]

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A construction worker in the movie industry killed himself at one of Mel Gibson’s homes in the Agoura Hills, near Malibu.
48-year-old, Michael John Van Dyke, hanged himself on one of the structures under construction on Gibson’s property.
His body was discovered early yesterday morning by the job site foreman. According to TMZ, Mel’s rep says the […]

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Consider this abbreviated list of unseemly associations, and decide if you would vote for this person. The stories are all true, and they have been verified. For now, we will call the person “Candidate X.” But further in this article the person will be exposed, by name.
One long term friend of Candidate X was sent […]

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A legal opinion issued Thursday in Connecticut may allow lawmakers to extend a state smoking ban to the American-Indian casinos, which claim that smoking restrictions would be a threat to tribal sovereignty.
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have debated this week to make casinos completely smoke-free or limit smoking to 25 percent of the gaming floor which is […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA) still hasn’t moved on, and remains fixated about the legitimate questions raised about his four-month tour of duty at the helm of a Navy patrol-boat in Vietnam by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 presidential race. He has since leaped to the defense of any […]

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Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy and JESUS.
Written by David Vaughn Parry, Sr.; Illustrated by Christine Alt Parry
When I received this book, I was impressed by the balanced montage on the front cover, one that encompasses pictures of all four central characters of the text. There are whimsical pictures of Santa with […]

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Overview of Game
30 Years of Backyard Brawl Highlights
A Newsflash and a Poem 
It’s the Mountaineers Vs. the Panthers with a berth for WVU in the BCS National Championship on the line. 100 Years of the Backyard Brawl between West Virginia University and University of Pittsburgh.
A story, scenes from the last 30 years, a newsflash and a […]

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Drug Warriors Select a New Target
Hershey’s Ice Breakers Look Like Crack Cocaine?
“Clueless” is Used as an Unintended Description
“Drop the Ice Breakers and step away from the car.”
It would’ve been mildly amusing if it had been satire. After searching the story to see if it was intended to be a humor piece, “Mint or Drug: […]

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Say hey. Philadelphia has a new day. On November 6th, reform candidate Michael Nutter was elected mayor by the largest margin in the history of Philly mayoral elections. A gut reaction against the corruption and crime that flourished during the two terms of Mayor John Street. The feds convicted players in and around Street’s city […]

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News Item:
Pepsi-Coke rivalry becomes physical
The cola wars historically have been based on marketing techniques.  Who comes up with the most attention grabbing ad, who sells the most bottles and cans.  In any kind of war, separate battles occur, and within those battles, individual skirmishes.  One such skirmish occured at a Pennsylvania Wal-Mart the other day, […]

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Today’s Political Lunch Tuesday Snack is all cheesesteak, all the time. Find out why this Philly favorite is such a political hot potato and which candidates are successfully harnessing the power of the Cheez Whiz.
Watch now!

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Last week, I was face-to-face with Philadelphia Flyers sensation Daniel Briere. While hockey fans find it hard to believe that since Briere came into his own during the 2006 playoffs, he did struggle earlier in his career. With Phoenix, he was on the bubble — up and down from the minors like a yo yo, […]

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In the United States, 1 million baby cribs manufactured and distributed by Simplicity and Graco brands were recently recalled following the deaths of three young children in the beds.
These younsters were entrapped and suffocated in their faulty cribs. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall over two years following the date that a California attorney claims to have reported to the agency […]

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Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania delivered the Democratic radio response to President Bush’s weekly radio radio address. This week Rendell spoke in defense of expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

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