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No paperwork back yet from Lancaster County D.A. (Pennsylvania news)
So far, the only thing I have in writing, on a private criminal complaint I lodged late last month, is the little post-it note in the upper-right corner of this picture: Last week, I did speak to an o… more →
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No paperwork back yet from Lancaster County D.A. (Pennsylvania news)
wrote 1 week ago: So far, the only thing I have in writing, on a private criminal complaint I lodged late last month, … more →
Visiting the D.A.'s office in the lovely banana republic of Pennsylvania
wrote 3 weeks ago: I made a trip into Lancaster to speak with someone in the D.A.’s office about a private crimin … more →
It came from Pennsylvania: Charles Cullen (60 minutes piece)
wrote 3 weeks ago: America’s “60 Minutes” (CBS network) grabbed a jailhouse interview with Angel of D … more →
Congressman Pitts still politicking Obamacare.
wrote 1 month ago: This one from Lancaster Online. Pitts has not been for this from the get go. Worse, he comes across … more →
Pennsylvania's swing counties trending more blue in U.S. presidential elections.
wrote 5 months ago: From Bloomberg. Pennsylvania was gerrymandered to create a large number of “safe” Republ … more →
Nate Silver says Pennsylvania may become the tipping point state, quoting Wasserman at Cook Political.
wrote 6 months ago: Another noted commentator on the 2012 election picks this up. In short, politics geeks are ranking t … more →
Debate anxiety for Barack Obama: Stop channeling Susan Estrich.
wrote 7 months ago: Haven’t seen a political piece on this idea yet, although one about “back to the ’ … more →
Pennsylvania intermediate court judge says "no" to the Voter ID nonsense.
wrote 7 months ago: Via Huffington Post. This is the same judge who saw no problems with it a few weeks ago. [Update: Sa … more →
Pennsylvania Republicans LIE away about Kathleen Kane, Attorney General candidate.
wrote 7 months ago: It was in a TV ad, which is said to be disappearing, but you can find as part of a critique one YouT … more →
From Phillymag.com: Judge won't block Pennsylvania's restrictive (poll tax) Voter ID law.
wrote 9 months ago: I meant to say more about this earlier. Regular readers know that I have a low opinion of the Pennsy … more →
Pennsylvania Voter ID law: will it survive the court challenge? (Banana republic watch.)
wrote 9 months ago: Slate had a piece on how observers outside of Pennsylvania can’t believe the nuttiness going o … more →
Denver PA's 5th street bridge: "You didn't build that."
wrote 9 months ago: A hyper-local post. Along a walk recently, I saw a sign posted near a Pennsylvania Turnpike bridge, … more →
Feds investigating Pennsylvania's new Voter ID law.
wrote 10 months ago: From Politico. As it should be, in the least. Recent reports have said that close to 10% of Pennsylv … more →
More Joe Paterno scandal in the New York Times. Pennsylvania corruption is very deep.
wrote 10 months ago: So now it turns out, that the late Joe Paterno went looking for a bigger retirement package once it … more →
Pennsylvania budget being finalized. Temple U. set up to get $140 million---about same as last year. What a payday! #TUJapan
wrote 10 months ago: Allentown Morning Call (John Micek) had the story. I had read earlier this year that Senator Corman, … more →
Mindy Fee fighting Steve Black here in Pennsylvania's 37th state rep district.
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wrote 1 year ago: I want to move off the subject of Japan-side expat, freelance journalists fighting with each other o … more →
Are new voter I.D. laws, like the one in Pennsylvania, an unconstitutional Poll Tax?
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wrote 1 year ago: While I was commenting over at Debito’s about the standards we citizens of the 21st century ca … more →
Charlie Cook's political website and gauging the U.S. House race.
wrote 1 year ago: Cook Political is quite a resource. Charlie Cook is one of the better prognosticators out there on h … more →
Edmund S. Pawelec, Archbishop of Pennsylvania and Judge of the Philadelphia Orphans' Court
wrote 1 year ago: The main reason the traditionalist Episcopalians—or anyone else who is looking to follow a chu … more →
