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Whoopin’ and a-Hollerin’ for the Plantation Life
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 5:11 pm | Walter Brasch
Judge A. Joseph Antanavage, with shotgun in hand, stood before a modified Confederate battle flag, and looked as if he had planned to defend whatever it is that the Confederate flag stands for. More >>
The Business of Wall Street
Sunday, 21 June 2015, 11:12 am | Walter Brasch
If you don’t mind working hard—and partying even harder—why not get a business degree, take a couple of state and federal tests, and become a Wall Street trader? More >>
A Life That Mattered - Michael Blake
Monday, 11 May 2015, 12:32 pm | Walter Brasch
A Life That Mattered by Walter Brasch Michael Blake died last week. You probably don’t know the name. You probably don’t know about his life. You probably don’t know most of what he wrote. That’s probably because he didn’t write diet and ... More >>
Sick and Tired Workers: An Epidemic of Corporate Greed
Friday, 24 April 2015, 3:20 pm | Walter Brasch
by Walter Brasch Snaking its way through the Pennsylvania legislature is a bill that will block local governments from requiring companies to provide sick leave, even if unpaid, that is more than required by state or federal regulations. There ... More >>
Look for the Union Bunny | Walter Brasch
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 11:09 am | Walter Brasch
Bullied, harassed, and lied to, District 1 of the Amalgamated Association of Easter Bunnies, AFB-CIO (American Federation of Bunnies–Cottontails International Organization) went on strike, forcing a halt to this year’s Easter egg hunts. More >>
The Morality Police | Walter Brasch
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 9:30 am | Walter Brasch
In Saudi Arabia, the Mutaween are 3,500 public officials and thousands of volunteers who work for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. They are responsible for enforcing strict religious laws. Among the many laws are ... More >>
America’s Real Traitors : Walter Brasch
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 10:59 am | Walter Brasch
America’s Real Traitors by Walter Brasch The Tea Party wing of the Republican party thinks House speaker John Boehner is a rhino. Not the thick-skinned horned mammal that lives in Africa. This rhino is an R-I-N-O . . . Republican in Name Only. ... More >>
Divesting America of Ozone-Destroying Energy Sources
Sunday, 25 January 2015, 6:49 pm | Walter Brasch
Long before the price of gas and oil began to plummet, socially conscious churches, universities, non-profit organizations, and local governments began to divest themselves of fossil fuel stock and shock the fossil fuel industry to understand the environmental ... More >>
Walter Brasch : A Textbook Case of Willful Distortion
Monday, 12 January 2015, 7:43 am | Walter Brasch
HarperCollins says it’s sorry. It says it regrets not including Israel on a map of the Middle East in an atlas it published and distributed in the Middle East. It says all remaining copies of the atlas will be pulped. More >>
Setting America’s Priorities for 2015 | Walter Brasch
Sunday, 4 January 2015, 3:30 pm | Walter Brasch
What we pay our workers reflects what we, as a nation, consider to be our priorities. And our priorities certainly aren’t in the categories of helping or teaching others. More >>
The Fracking Boom is a Fracking Bubble | Walter Brasch
Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 3:55 pm | Walter Brasch
Gas prices have plunged to the low $2 range—except in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, the prices at the pump are in the mid-$2 range. That’s because Gov. Tom Corbett and the legislature imposed a 28-cent per gallon surcharge tax. U More >>
One Jew’s Christmas | WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch
Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 3:10 pm | Walter Brasch
[This column was originally published in December 2011. Watching and listening to conservative media channels, nothing has changed in three years.] More >>
A Nation of Fear
Sunday, 9 November 2014, 9:51 am | Walter Brasch
Maintenance workers at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pa., airport shot and killed a bear and her three cubs. The bears had crawled under a perimeter fence and were just lying around, several hundred yards from a runway. The airport director claimed the ... More >>
Cowardice Plagues Pa. House of Representatives
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:55 am | Walter Brasch
The Institute for Legislative Action of the National Rifle Association (NRA-ILA) gives politicians Defender of Freedom awards. The award, accompanied by a glowing press release, has little to do with freedom; it has everything to do with legislators ... More >>
A Swift Boat Load of Lies
Sunday, 12 October 2014, 11:36 am | Walter Brasch
A Swift Boat Load of Lies by Walter Brasch “Gov. Tom Corbett, who claims he opposes legalization of marijuana, was seen behind a barn smoking weed. Just a-puffin’ and a-grinnin’.” “Tom Wolfe was speeding and driving drunk through the streets ... More >>
A Fracking Good Letter
Sunday, 5 October 2014, 11:12 am | Walter Brasch
The oil and gas industry has retreated from its entrenched position to have the public delete the “k” in “fracking,” and write it as “frac’ing” or “fracing.” Those who have been the strongest advocates for fracking scorned and ... More >>
The Politics of Animal Cruelty
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 10:56 am | Walter Brasch
Pennsylvanians can still butcher, braise, and broil their pet cats and dogs because a murky mixture of politics has left a critical bill on the table in the state senate. More >>
Arsenic-Laced Coffee Good for You
Monday, 22 September 2014, 3:36 pm | Walter Brasch
“I really don’t think I want arsenic,” you say, now wondering why she’s so cheerful. More >>
No Safe Haven for Obstructionists
Friday, 12 September 2014, 12:19 pm | Walter Brasch
He didn’t like it when Barack Obama was elected president. Just about the first thing McConnell said was that his main responsibility was to make sure that Mr. Obama was a one-term president. More >>
A Quacked-Up Strategy to Stop Terrorism
Friday, 5 September 2014, 10:33 am | Walter Brasch
Just about everyone has an opinion of what President Obama should do about the ISIS threat in Iraq. Many of the suggestions have come from the architects of America’s latest invasion of Iraq who claimed the nine year war that led to more than 25,000 ... More >>
