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Magic spells to disappear on eBay

Bad news, Hermione.A week from now, eBay will ban the sale of magic spells and potions. You read that right, the massive online bidding site will add spells and potions to the “prohibited items” list, making any attempt to buy or sell them on the site impossible — without the use of a ...

End of an era

Last weekend, the 50th District put an end to the DeWeese era.The Democratic State Committee held a meeting on Aug. 18 to choose a candidate to run in November in the 50th Legislative District after longtime lawmaker Bill DeWeese was tossed from the ballot last week.Commonwealth Court ruled on ...

Is ‘Breaking Bad’ greatest TV show ever?

I’ve been addicted for a few years now, ever since an all-day bender in a Dallas hotel room.Since then I’ve been trying to get my friends and family hooked. My brother-in-law is the most recent victim. HeĢƵ been consuming at a pretty torrid pace for a few weeks now.Just this past weekend ...

Testing teachers

Common sense dictates that if an evaluation system rates nearly everyone the same, itĢƵ not a very effective system.Yet for the last 40 years, Pennsylvania teachers have been evaluated using a two-category system, which is determined based on observation whether a teacher was ...

Prison reform?

Pennsylvania has a prison-overcrowding problem, and the solution is easy: Don’t keep so many men and women in jail.Simplistic as it sounds, thatĢƵ exactly what a bill recently signed by the governor will do. While the most dangerous criminals will remain locked up, those considered ...

Rushing Voter ID proves its true intent

To really understand the Pennsylvania Voter ID law, consider the effort to switch broadcast television from analog to digital a few years back.The “digital switchover” changed the way you could tune in over-the-air television signals. Unnecessary technical bits aside, the result was that if ...