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Exciting times

Don’t look now, but the April 24 spring primary is fast approaching, and with it comes one of the most interesting contests in years on the Republican ballot. GOP voters across the Commonwealth will take to the polls to let their party know who they think should run against Barack Obama in ...

We owe it all to Alec Baldwin

Hell hath no fury like an Alec Baldwin scorned.If you recall your celebrity gossip from December, the star of small and silver screen was booted from an American Airlines flight for refusing to quit his game of “Words with Friends” (think Scrabble without the licensing rights) prior to ...

Clear message

Journalism is all about context, so we get pretty steamed when people wrongly cite context in an attempt to spin their way out of an especially stupid public comment.Gov. Tom Corbett recently set mouths agape after he was asked whether women should be forced to watch fetal images during ...

Terrible idea

When the GOP took control of the governorĢƵ mansion and both the state House and Senate last year, we argued that since they would have complete control over the legislative process, voters could - and should - hold the party accountable for the path on which they take Pennsylvania.Well, here ...

Encyclopedia Britannica takes extended rest

Did you feel it Wednesday, March 14?Did you notice when an American tradition — nay, an American institution — was put to sleep?After 244 years, the Encyclopedia Britannica is dead.There was no fanfare, no lighting of eternal torches or solemn pyres set out to sea in search of publishing ...

Close loophole

It makes no sense that Pennsylvania sits back and watches big companies do business here but shield themselves from paying their fair share of taxes to our state.While they enjoy all the benefits of the commonwealth - using our roads, water and other infrastructure, some even getting government ...