| Home | About Us | '05 - '07 Archives | Login/Register | Email Tips | Pamela Leavey | Bohemian Women |

Political News, Progressive Commentary, Liberal Opinions and Common Sense Conversation…

Downsizing Newspapers and Pretending to Improve Quality

WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch
Executive management at the Allentown Morning Call recently laid off more than two dozen persons from its newsroom, most of them veteran reporters drawing higher salaries. Management plans to cut 35–40 positions, according to a letter sent by publisher Timothy Johnson. The cuts are about one-fourth of the news staff. The remaining [...]

Bad Seal

Remember that silly campaign “seal” that the Obama campaign unveiled late last week? Just about everyone seemed to the think the “seal” was a bad idea, from staunch Obama supporters in the blogopshere, to the media, it was mocked and ridiculed. The good news is, it didn’t take team Obama too long to figure out [...]

Appeals Court Keeps Governor’s Initiative Off Ballot

More bad news for the Governator…
A state appeals court on Tuesday refused to put Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s redistricting initiative back on November’s special election ballot.
The 3rd District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision, said supporters’ use of two versions of the initiative in the certification process was a “clear violation of the constitutional and [...]