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GOP candidates blasted

First Lady Michelle Obama was castigated when she said, "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.'' I suspect that Mrs. Obama is not very proud of her country in this era as sadly, it is a time that Americans of goodwill and open minds should join me in feeling ...

Iowa voters let America down

I have always believed the people of Iowa to generally be good-natured, decent individuals who make up the heartland of America. That image has sustained a hard hit through its stunning and sad selection of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump as the front-runners in its Republican presidential ...

Made for each other

Just when it seemed that failed vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had gotten off the public stage, she emerges to endorse the irrepressible, irascible Donald Trump.No wonder Trump was beaming upon receiving Gov. PalinĢƵ imprimatur. The union of two know-nothings ...

Both sides to blame for budget impasse

There are no purely innocent or sympathetic parties among the “leaders” who have contributed to the budget debacle that continues to bring dysfunction and embarrassment to our crumpled state government. Republicans and Democrats, including Gov. Tom Wolf, share the blame for a commonwealth ...

Justice Eakin ripped

Aside from the raunchy, disgusting, and offensive e-mail “jokes” said to have been communicated to and from State Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin is an equally serious matter: his alleged banter with a friend about visiting strip clubs.I am currently in my 32nd year of service for the ...

NRA controls Congress

As we attempt to make sense out of the senseless: the slaughter and maiming of innocents at a social services center in San Bernardino, California, it is chilling to recognize that if the savages who perpetrated it had been on a terrorist watch list, they would still have been able to legally ...