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The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. Can a state government decide what law it will and will not uphold? In Pennsylvania, the state Attorney General has promoted herself to state Supreme Court Justice by refusing to defend a state law’s constitutionality because of her own personal […]
Opponents to Pennsylvania’s short-term loan bill (SB975) have revealed they are not the noble “consumer advocates” they claim to be. They are nothing more than low-life mercenaries, out to make a buck, while wrapping themselves in the banners of “non profit organizations”. They are actually harming the very people they claim to be helping, all […]
The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. I got our first e-mail listener feedback from what I talked about last episode, regarding whether or not legalizing same-sex marriage necessarily leads to polygamy. I thought it had to, but one listener took on my challenge to come up […]
It’s open season on the LDS church, says the headline in this WAPO article. The piece foreshadows, I fear, of what is to come — effort to portray Mormons as weirdly out of step and unmodern, and by implication, Romney as being unfit for the presidency… But if you read the article, the writer isn’t […]
It’s hard to follow American politics from ten thousand miles away (I live in the rural Philippines, and we get the news a day late), but as a Democrat, I was bemused to read in today’s papers that Rick Santorum just won in the Republican primaries of Minnesota and Missouri. Santorum? I wasn’t aware he […]
Sean Patrick Griffin’s new book Gaming the Game won’t make disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy happy. In 2007, Donaghy was busted by the feds for conspiring with pro gambler Jimmy “Baba†Battista and their mutual boyhood pal, low-level drug dealer and all round dogsbody Tommy Martino. Donaghy had been supplying Battista with picks on games […]
In April, 2008, the press was hailing the brilliance of Barack Obama, and dissing the much more experienced Hillary Clinton for not dropping out of the race, even though the race was close and several primaries were still due to be held. So, when in early April, stories started percolating on right wing blogs and […]
Arlen Specter joins 3 other high-profile politicians who, having been campaigned for by President Barack Obama, lost their race. Erick Erickson has a summary of yesterday’s primary results in which Rand Paul, who associated himself with the Tea Party, handily beat Trey Grayson. Jay Cost at RealClearPolitics notes, however, that as much as the current […]
I almost swallowed my teeth. The Headline states: Earth Day Facts: When It Is, How It Began, What to Do There it was, a large photo heading an article on the NatGeo webpage: The caption accompanying the photo states: Ira Einhorn—a leader of nonviolence, drug, and free-love movements in the 1960s—speaks at Philadelphia’s first Earth […]
This movie has no star power whatsoever. In fact without going to IMDB the most recognizable actor is “The mom from ‘That 70’s Show’†(Debrah Jo Rupp).  That being said, this film has already achieved beyond it’s expectations having gained wide release without big name in the marquis. But don’t let that scare you away, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
 … 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 […]
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 […]
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 Herberman, Director at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, says that a solid nexus between cell phone use and cancer is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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