Courting Disaster: The Weak Impact Fee Leaves PA Vulnerable to Next Gulf Spill

We just passed the anniversary of the Gulf Spill in late April that captivated the news for days. Could PA be heading to a worse result?

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Election 2012: Obama Sees Only Hope is Republican Party

It may be a shock to you, but remember the President came to Washington for bi-partisan cooperation to get things done. What is more bi-partisan than one term as a Democrat and one term as a Republican.

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Coming for the Money: Obama Eyes the Wealthy

Republicans can cry, "Class Warfare Has Begun", but I say, “It is about time.”

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How Can We Stop the Rising Poverty?

I want to offer solutions so more and more people can have lunch and share in a conversation with optimism.

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Why Donald Trump is Still Awesome

Image Courtesy of Gage SkidmoreOk, so as a huge fan of The Celebrity Apprentice (yes, you read that correctly) and a big “tax & spend, abortion loving, tree hugging, let’s give pre-schoolers condoms ” liberal, The Donald going full-teabagger was initially disappointing.

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Spoiled Lunch: How the Abortion Issue Helped Pass the Budget

How did the final day come down to an attack against Planned Parenthood, or more exactly, who raised the abortion issue and why?

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Why I Changed Parties (aka What Specter Should Have Written)

Apparently, the Tea Party has conjured up enough verbal jujitsu to fool predominately rural voters into believing that government protection of workers is a bad thing.

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Be Careful What You Wish For: Healthcare, Democracy, and the Internet

As a free citizen in a democratic republic, what combination of factors would make you so fired up that you would actively seek out your local congressman and shout at him until he will listen to your two cents on an issue? Recently there has been a wave of American anger boiling over at town hall meetings regarding healthcare. In a previous post, I questioned what the news media would cover during the August recess of Congress. I posited that Americans would begin to demand more answers from those in power regarding their lack of progress on international issues. I was right about the renewed call to politicians for more accountability, but wrong about the agenda that would be called into question. It seems a sizable portion of our citizens are most concerned about, indeed fearful of, the Democrats' healthcare initiatives and are voicing their concern to elected officials while they are making their August visits to their home constituencies.

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