Mitch McConnell is talking like a man who is certain his party will pick up seats in the fall. But I think he’s counting his chickens before they hatch. As things look now, it’s almost certain that the Dems will lose...
Read MoreI finally set aside the time required to read George Packer’s long New Yorker piece on the broken state of the U.S. Senate. If you have a half an hour of free time, I suggest you do the same. I know most of the history...
Read MoreRipped from the headlines of Today’s Inquirer “Jim Schneller of Wayne basked in the glow of having gathered 7,900 signatures to get his name on the ballot as an independent, tea-party-minded candidate for...
Read MoreWe usually hear of wildfires in California and the American West, or Australia, or the Mediterranean (especially Greece) for those are areas of drought and heat and wind and brush and trees that become tinder easily. But in...
Read MoreJust a day before Senate Bill 1070 was set to become law in Arizona, District Judge Susan Bolton stepped in and made the critical decision to put an injunction, or temporary hold, on the most contentious portions of the bill....
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