Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Walter Brasch
A Pennsylvania district attorney took campaign funds from an organization which promotes killing live pigeons in contests, and then refused to allow the prosecution of animal cruelty charges against a gun club that hosts pigeon shooting contests.
DA John T. Adams of Berks County accepted $500 campaign contributions from the Flyers Victory Fund in August 2008 [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Walter Brasch
Up to two feet of snow hit the Mid-Atlantic and New England states last week, the second storm within two weeks. Wind gusts of up to 50 miles an hour and temperatures in the 20s created severe wind chill and extreme hazardous driving conditions. Pennsylvania ordered all commercial trucks off many of its major highways [...]
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Walter Brasch
Sarah Palin stood before an audience of 600 at the first Tea Party convention and in her twinkly home-spun rhetoric, declared we don’t need a professor of law but a commander-in-chief. As expected, she received roaring applause. And, as expected, she was wrong.
After Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, aided by a compliant Congress and [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Civil Liberties/Civil Rights, Civil Rights, George W. Bush, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, Military, National Security, Obama Administration, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Wingnuts
Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Walter Brasch
Air America, the liberal radio network, went down in flames, Jan. 21, when it filed for bankruptcy. It wasn’t because of air-to-air combat with conservative talk shows and bloggers. It wasn’t because of the Recession, although reduced advertising revenue, a reality of all media, also affected Air America. It wasn’t even demographics, even though older, [...]
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Filed under: Arts & Entertainment, Conservatives, In The News, Liberals, News Media, Political News Shows, Progressives, Walter Brasch
Posted on January 12th, 2010 by Walter Brasch
It’s a new year, and we’ve been trying to find new topics for our columns.
In reviewing the columns over the past few years, we wrote against racism and animal cruelty. But, there’s still racism and animal cruelty, so we’ll still have to speak out on these critical social issues.
We wrote about tolerance and the acceptance [...]
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Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Walter Brasch
The Philadelphia Eagles honored reserve quarterback and admitted dog-killer Michael Vick with an award for courage. Yes, you read that right. “Michael Vick” and “courage” are in the same sentence.
Each of the 32 NFL teams annually honors one of its own with an Ed Block award, named for the Baltimore Colts head trainer who was [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by Walter Brasch
Dick Wolf, who created “Law & Order” and its two successful spin-offs, “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” should probably consider establishing a branch office in Pennsylvania.
It seems that whenever any of the New York City cops take a road trip to find a fugitive or track down a witness, they [...]
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Filed under: Bigotry, Civil Liberties/Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Corruption, Human Rights, Racism
Posted on December 6th, 2009 by Walter Brasch
I don’t have a column this week.
You see, I analyze and interpret the news, trying to find something that others haven’t touched. When there’s lots of news, I have a playground of riches. But during the past week, there were only two stories, and every reporter, columnist, commentator, pundit, bloviator, and blogger weighed in on [...]
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Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Walter Brasch
NBC news correspondent Jenna Bush Hager had a news exclusive. And, like news exclusives in the Era of Infotainment TV, this one was broadcast by the entertainment division. Specifically, Jenna Bush interviewed her mother, Laura Bush, on 38th episode of “The Jay Leno Show.”
It makes no difference what the questions or answers were. Journalism hasn’t [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Walter Brasch
One of the joys of Halloween is to dress in scary costumes and pretend to frighten others, who pretend to be frightened. But with less than two weeks until an evening of trick-or-treating, it’s possible there won’t be anything scarier than what’s already happened in the country.
We are being told to fear the swine flu [...]
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