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Practicing Un-Medicine
Friday, 19 July 2013, 12:52 pm | Walter Brasch
Clutching a sheaf of newspaper clippings in one hand and a medical bag in the other, Dr. Franklin Peterson Comstock III, knocking down pregnant ladies, students, the elderly, and even two burly construction workers who were waiting for a bus, rushed ... More >>
A Father’s Day Barbeque—Washington-Style
Monday, 17 June 2013, 2:26 pm | Walter Brasch
It’s Father’s Day, and that means the Great White Republican Hierarchy in Washington smells burnt charcoal and is ready to barbeque some Democrats. Because Father’s Day is special, the Republican-proposed Sequester is waived, and there is no budget ... More >>
Fracking America’s Food Supply
Saturday, 8 June 2013, 10:01 am | Walter Brasch
Fracking America’s Food Supply By Walter Brasch Fracking—the process the oil and gas industry uses to extract fossil fuel as much as two miles below the ground—may directly impact the nation’s water supply, reduce water-based recreational and ... More >>
Standing Tall for Landowner Rights
Monday, 20 May 2013, 12:21 pm | Walter Brasch
Julia Trigg Crawford of Direct, Texas, is the manager of a 650-acre farm that her grandfather first bought in 1948. The farm produces mostly corn, wheat, and soy. On its north border is the Red River; to the west is the Bois d’Arc Creek. More >>
Standing Tall For Landowner Rights
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:06 am | Walter Brasch
Julia Trigg Crawford of Direct, Texas, is the manager of a 650-acre farm that her grandfather first bought in 1948. The farm produces mostly corn, wheat, and soy. On its north border is the Red River; to the west is the Bois d’Arc Creek. More >>
‘A’ is for Average
Monday, 6 May 2013, 12:25 pm | Walter Brasch
About 1.8 million students will graduate from college this year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. At least one-third of them will graduate with honors. In some colleges, about half will be honor graduates. More >>
Walter Brasch Satire -- The Problem with the Bahmas
Thursday, 24 January 2013, 9:29 am | Walter Brasch
Barack Obama, satire, humor, Congress, impeachment, music, Beyonce, Marine Corps, Republicans, Tea Party politicians The Problem with the Bahmas by Walter Brasch His face flushed, his cheeks puffing half-syllables of super-heated air, Sen. Porkbelly ... More >>
Walter Brasch: Confessions of a Juiced Journalist
Friday, 18 January 2013, 9:25 am | Walter Brasch
WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch Week of Jan. 20, 2013 bbrasch@walterbrasch.com Confessions of a Juiced Journalist by Walter Brasch Before Congress creates yet another useless special investigation committee and subpoenas me, I wish to come clean and confess. ... More >>
Fiscal Chicken
Friday, 28 December 2012, 11:58 am | Walter Brasch
Fiscal Chicken by Walter Brasch Talk show hosts and other bloviators have spent hours giving their versions of the fiscal cliff. In fewer than 750 words, I’ll explain the truth. Taxes and the deficit are intertwined. If Congress can’t come ... More >>
University Governance Doesn’t Represent the People
Monday, 26 November 2012, 1:16 pm | Walter Brasch
About 800,000 Pennsylvanians are members of labor unions, and the state has a long history of union rights and activism, but neither of the two largest university systems has a labor representative on its governing board. More >>
Unconstitutional Intrusions in the Disguise of Religion
Monday, 12 November 2012, 1:23 pm | Walter Brasch
Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky, of Peoria, Ill., ordered all parish priests in his diocese to read a letter to their congregations condemning Barack Obama. The letter, to be read the weekend before the election, declared that Obama and the Democrat-controlled ... More >>
Republicans Lie About ‘Support Our Troops’
Friday, 28 September 2012, 4:48 pm | Walter Brasch
For a decade, Republicans have been screaming at Americans to “support our troops.” But they don’t really support our troops. Their constant chanting was originally code to support the Republican administration and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More >>
Vouchering an Educational Adventure
Friday, 17 August 2012, 4:45 pm | Walter Brasch
I hadn’t talked with Marshbaum for a couple of years, ever since he left newspaper journalism for more lucrative work in the fast food industry. But here he was in my office to ask if I would publicize his new educational adventure. More >>
Baffled, Befuddled, Bamboozled: Penn State Trustees Sinking
Friday, 10 August 2012, 2:26 pm | Walter Brasch
When we last left the baffled and befuddled Penn State trustees, they were trying to figure out what happened in the Great NCAA Sanctimonious Sanction. What happened is that the NCAA bamboozled university president Dr. Rodney Erickson. More >>
Olympians Medal in London, While NRA Meddles in Harrisburg
Friday, 3 August 2012, 1:09 pm | Walter Brasch
Shortly before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on an amendment last December that would ban pigeon shoots, the Pennsylvania Flyers Association sent out a bulletin it marked as “urgent.” More >>
The Snipers of Jersey Shore
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 1:07 pm | Walter Brasch
Kevin June is the reluctant leader for the 37 families of the Riverdale Mobile Home Village in Jersey Shore, Pa., who were evicted from their homes, most of which they owned and paid a monthly lot fee. Some of the residents lived there for more than ... More >>
Splitting Hairs in a Multi-Cultural School
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 12:58 pm | Walter Brasch
Sasha Rivera is a 15-year-old sophomore at the Multi-Cultural Academy Charter School (MACS) in Philadelphia. She’s an honors student who never got into trouble at school, and volunteers at Motivos, a national magazine for Hispanic youth. She also has blue ... More >>
Memorial Day 2012: A Lesson Not Yet Learned
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:14 pm | Walter Brasch
Today is Memorial Day, the last day of the three-day weekend. Veterans and community groups will remember those who died in battle and, as they have done for more than a century, will place small flags on graves. More >>
Walter Brasch: Finding a Mini=Van Made by Union Workers
Friday, 11 May 2012, 9:13 am | Walter Brasch
Mission Impossible: Finding a Mini-Van Made in America by Union Workers By Walter Brasch Last year, not one of the 491,687 new minivans sold in the United States was made in America by unionized workers. Some were manufactured overseas by companies ... More >>
Reality, News Perception, and Accuracy
Friday, 13 April 2012, 10:41 am | Walter Brasch
She quietly walked into the classroom from the front and stood there, just inside the door, against a wall. I continued my lecture, unaware of her presence until my students’ eyes began focusing upon her rather than me. “Yes?” I asked. Just ... More >>
