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Railroad ‘Bomb Trains’: Speeding to Disaster
Friday, 22 August 2014, 2:30 pm | Walter Brasch
It’s 3 p.m., and you’re cruising down a rural road, doing about 50. More >>
House Committee: No Benghazi Scandal
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 3:10 pm | Walter Brasch
The House Select Committee on Intelligence, following almost a two-year intense investigation, unanimously determined there is no basis for what has become known as the Benghazi Scandal. More >>
AIDS Advances May be Compromised by Legislative Inaction
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 4:27 pm | Walter Brasch
Researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia may have found an entry-way to the cure for AIDS. Once the HIV virus enters the body it can lie dormant for years. It can also evolve into AIDS. But, until now, it could never be removed. More >>
Packing Heat in the Brothers’ ’Hood
Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 4:10 pm | Walter Brasch
A group of white gun-rights advocates plan to sling rifles, shotguns, and semi-automatic assault weapons onto their bodies, and walk through a Black neighborhood in Houston. What could possibly go wrong with that?! More >>
Passing Gas to the Consumer
Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 1:50 pm | Walter Brasch
Gas prices at the pump during the July 4th extended weekend were the highest they have been in six years. This, of course, has little to do with supply-and-demand economics. It has everything to do with supply-and-gouge profits. More >>
Senate Committee Says Pigeon Shoots are Animal Cruelty
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 5:28 pm | Walter Brasch
The Pennsylvania State senate may vote on a bill this week that will make it a first degree misdemeanor to kill a cat or dog “for the purpose of human consumption.” The penalty is a fine of $1,000-$10,000 and a maximum imprisonment of five years. More >>
Scientists Predict Increased Rain, Floods for Northeast
Sunday, 22 June 2014, 2:49 pm | Walter Brasch
Pennsylvanians will experience increased rainfall and floods if data analysis by a Penn State meteorologist and long-term projections by a fisheries biologist, with a specialty in surface water pollution, are accurate. More >>
Scientists Predict Increased Rain, Floods for Northeast
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 1:48 pm | Walter Brasch
Residents of New England and the Mid-Atlantic states will experience increased rainfall and floods if data analysis by a Penn State meteorologist and long-term projections by a fisheries biologist, with a specialty in surface water pollution, are accurate. More >>
The Phillies Are Not Phigments of Imagination
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 12:31 pm | Walter Brasch
by Walter Brasch Newspapers are often a “court of last resort” for our readers whose problems can’t be dealt with elsewhere. Thus, it was no great surprise to receive a letter from a young girl who was confused about the Philadelphia Phillies. ... More >>
An Assault Upon Our Civility
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 5:09 pm | Walter Brasch
For awhile, it appeared the National Rifle Association leadership committed an act of sanity. But, a few hours later, the pills wore off. The story begins with a group called Open Carry Texas (OCT). More >>
Insanity Extends Beyond the Shooters
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 2:23 pm | Walter Brasch
Insanity Extends Beyond the Shooters by Walter Brasch During this past week, in Scranton, Pa., a 16-year old put two bullets into the head of a taxi driver and then stole about $500 earned by the cabbie that evening. The teen, who showed no remorse when ... More >>
The Sounds of Silence—Political Style
Thursday, 22 May 2014, 5:13 pm | Walter Brasch
A hush has fallen over our house. It began late Tuesday night and, if we are fortunate, will last at least a wk. But it will return. We have no illusions that there will be continued quiet. That’s because we are in the middle of yet another election ... More >>
The Fracking Prostitutes of American Colleges (part 3 of 3)
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 5:07 pm | Walter Brasch
Among the mission statements of the University of North Dakota Department of Geology and Geological Engineering is that it “strives to develop in its engineering graduates keen insight and abilities to design an environmentally sound and sustainable future ... More >>
The Fracking Prostitutes of American Colleges
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 11:29 am | Walter Brasch
[Part 1: Lackawanna College, a two-year college in Scranton, Pa., accepted a $2.5 million endowment from Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to strengthen that college’s programs and ties to the oil and gas industry.] More >>
The Fracking Prostitutes of American Colleges
Saturday, 3 May 2014, 2:21 pm | Walter Brasch
Two of the reasons Pennsylvania has no severance tax and one of the lowest taxes upon shale gas drilling are because of an overtly corporate-friendly legislature and a research report from Penn State, a private state-related university that receives ... More >>
SitComs Not Always a Laughing Matter
Sunday, 20 April 2014, 11:08 am | Walter Brasch
SitComs Not Always a Laughing Matter by Walter Brasch My favorite new TV comedy is “Growing Up Fisher.” It’s the story of a blind lawyer, his 12-year-old son, a mid-teen daughter, and an ex-wife who is trying to return to her adolescent years. ... More >>
Anti-Fracking Activist Can Now Go to the Hospital
Sunday, 30 March 2014, 10:55 am | Walter Brasch
Anti-Fracking Activist Can Now Go to the Hospital by Walter Brasch Vera Scroggins of Susquehanna County, Pa., will now be allowed to go to her hospital, supermarket, drug store, several restaurants, and the place where she goes for rehabilitation ... More >>
An Injunction Against the First Amendment
Friday, 21 March 2014, 11:14 am | Walter Brasch
Vera Scroggins of Susquehanna County, Pa., will be in court Monday morning. This time, she will have lawyers and hundreds of thousands of supporters throughout the country. Representing Scroggins to vacate an injunction limiting her travel will ... More >>
Lettuce Look at Some Prices
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 2:45 pm | Walter Brasch
I was resting at home when Marshbaum called to ask if I wanted to go with him to look at the lettuce. More >>
Disposable Assets in the Fracking Industry
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 1:21 pm | Walter Brasch
Disposable Assets in the Fracking Industry by Walter Brasch The oil and gas industry, the nation’s chambers of commerce, and politicians who are dependent upon campaign contributions from the industry and the chambers, claim fracking is safe. More >>
