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October 13, 2008

A recent article by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Eric Heyl points to the problem the Republican caucus in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will have as they attempt to pick up the ... [more]

October 10, 2008

It is time somebody asks the question: Is Pennsylvania still a battleground state in the Presidential election?

The answer, unfortunately is no.
Color it blue.

Look at the ... [more]

October 09, 2008

When is somebody going to stick a fork in House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese? If his goose wasn't cooked before his former chief of staff Mike Manzo testified yesterday, it certainly is ... [more]

October 08, 2008

The big loser in last night's Presidential debate: free market economics.

John McCain popped the cork on a massive new social welfare program, proposing to spend $300 billion to buy up the ... [more]

October 07, 2008

Kudos today to the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry which held its annual dinner last night at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. This year's dinner featured a "debate" ... [more]

Right Wing Limericks
by Al Bienstock

INCONSISTENT POSITIONS

Obama thinks that war is OK
If it stops genocide in some way.
In Darfur we should fight…
But Iraq wasn't right
Though Saddam Hussein
  blew Kurds away.

Statement by Barack Obama: "The United States should support the immediate deployment of an effective international force to disarm militia, protect civilians and facilitate delivery of humanitarian assistance in Darfur. " Note: Saddam Hussein "ethnically cleansed" over 300,000 Kurds.

PICKING A CANDIDATE

My wife and I
  don't always agree.
We do on most things,
  fortunately.
When I evaluate
McCain the candidate -
Like her, he's most often right
  ... happily.

There are times that
  I gripe and complain
About issues endorsed
  by McCain.
And just like with my wife
On occasion there's strife ...
But he's the best choice
  in this campaign.

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Last updated: Mon, October 13, 2008

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TownCrierMon, October 13, 2008

Melt Down

Keystone Business Climate Survey produces most pessimistic results ever

Lowman S. Henry

Pennsylvania's business climate mirrored the national economic melt-down over the past six months according to a substantial majority of business owners and chief executive officers participating in ...

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TownCrierMon, October 13, 2008

Reform Coming to Harrisburg, One Way or Another

David N. Taylor

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

After decades of dominating life in the state capitol, two of Harrisburg's political titans may be heading to the ...

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TownCrierMon, October 13, 2008

Conservative Reform Network News

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The Newsletter for Independent, Conservative Political Activists

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TownCrierThu, October 09, 2008

Franklin & Marshall College Poll

Incumbent Chris Carney leads challenger Chris Hackett by 14 points

News Release

FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE POLL Lancaster, PA


For immediate release Thursday, 10/09/08

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Guest Articles

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TownCrierFri, October 10, 2008

Imagine Sarah Palin as President of the Senate

Bob Guzzardi

The U.S. Vice President is, it seems, a part of the Legislative Branch and not the Executive Branch of the United States government. A vote on Nov. 4 for John McCain as Commander in Chief of our ...

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TownCrierFri, October 10, 2008

Politically Uncorrected

Pennsylvania's Last Hurrah?

G. Terry Madonna & Michael L. Young

Is it over? Could the lights be dimming on Pennsylvania's long-playing role as a national electoral battleground?

At first blush, the question seems ...

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Allegheny Institute

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TownCrierWed, October 08, 2008

Ending the Tax Referendum Legal Dispute

Policy Brief

Who has the power to set tax rates in a home rule community? A definitive answer to that question will go a long way in determining who retains ultimate sovereignty in communities that have adopted ...

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TownCrierTue, October 07, 2008

More Self-Congratulatory Blather About PA Job Picture

Policy Brief

The Governor remains optimistic about Pennsylvania's job situation. He compares employment changes in the Commonwealth to the nation as a whole and notes in the August Employment Report that ...

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Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College

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TownCrierFri, October 10, 2008

Why November 2008 Looks Like March 1936

Dr. Earl H. Tilford

Near the conclusion of Tuesday night's second presidential "town-hall" style debate, a questioner from the audience asked each candidate what he would do if Iran attacked Israel. Both ...

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TownCrierWed, October 08, 2008

Message to Obama: We Were Greeted as Liberators

Paul Kengor

A casualty of the left's hatred for President George W. Bush has been a destructive inability to separate fact from fiction in the ongoing history of the war in Iraq. The latest case, which, sadly, ...

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Commonwealth Foundation

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TownCrierFri, October 10, 2008

Stay (Just a Little Bit Longer)

Nathan A. Benefield

Recently, state Senators Gibson Armstrong (R, Lancaster) and Vince Fumo (D, Philadelphia) sounded the alarm that Pennsylvania will be facing a massive budget deficit by the end of the fiscal year. ...

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TownCrierMon, October 06, 2008

Marx Was Right (Groucho, That is)

Matthew Brouillette

Washington's response to the current financial trouble has affirmed Groucho Marx's definition of "Politics": "The art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it ...

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Conservative Reform Network

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TownCrierFri, October 03, 2008

Conservative Reform Network News

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Conservative Reform Network
The Newsletter for Independent, Conservative Political Activists

In This Issue
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TownCrierFri, September 26, 2008

Conservative Reform Network Newsletter

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Conservative Reform Network
The Newsletter for Independent, Conservative Political Activists

In This Issue
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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

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TownCrierMon, October 06, 2008

FIRE Update

News Release

The Shadow University Celebrates Its Ten-Year Anniversary
October marks the ten-year anniversary of the publication of The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses, an ...

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TownCrierWed, October 01, 2008

After Free Speech Victory in Federal Court, FIRE Warns Public Universities Violating First Amendment

News Release

PHILADELPHIA, September 30, 2008—Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) sent letters to administrators at twenty public colleges and universities in New Jersey, Delaware, and ...

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Freindly Fire

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TownCrierMon, October 06, 2008

George Bush Has Kept America Safer

Chris Freind

George Bush Has Kept America Safer

Few will argue that the George W. Bush presidency has largely been one of disappointment. It took the President ...

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TownCrierTue, September 30, 2008

Nutter Shoots Blanks on Gun Laws

Chris Freind

I'm not sure who's more clueless: Mayor Nutter or the family of cop-killer Daniel Giddings

Gidding's family is eulogizing him as ...

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From the Kitchen Table

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TownCrierMon, October 06, 2008

Trick or Treat

Peg Luksik

Halloween came early this year. The U.S. House and Senate played a trick on the American taxpayer to treat Wall Street and their favorite pet projects in a bailout bill that many observers say will ...

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TownCrierMon, September 29, 2008

Dollars and Non-sense

Peg Luksik

Jack was renovating his bathroom. As he was working on the plumbing, his neighbor Sam stopped by. Sam was a very helpful fellow, and offered to assist Jack with the plumbing repairs. Jack was a ...

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Lincoln Institute

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TownCrierSun, October 12, 2008

Melt-Down

Keystone Business Climate Survey produces most pessimistic results ever

Lincoln Institute

Pennsylvania's business climate mirrored the national economic melt-down over the past six months according to a substantial majority of business owners and chief executive officers participating in ...

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TownCrierSun, October 12, 2008

Fall 2008 Keystone Business Climate Survey

Lincoln Institute

Total Started Survey: 245
Total Completed Survey: 232 (94.7%)

Section I: Business Climate

1. ...

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Nathan Shrader

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TownCrierTue, October 07, 2008

As the Cheese Steak Goes, So Goes the Nation

Nathan Shrader

Anyone who has ever been to Philadelphia will tell you there is something magical about the cheese steak. This sandwich is overflowing with taste. It is a cultural icon and a tasty piece of campaign ...

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TownCrierThu, September 25, 2008

Bail-Out Plan is Recipe for Tyranny

Nathan Shrader

Francois-Marie Arouet was better known by his pen name, Voltaire. A defender of personal, political, and religious freedom in 18th century France, this deep thinking man whose ideas helped influence ...

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National Federation of Independent Business

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TownCrierFri, October 03, 2008

Fix Wall Street, the Support Main Street

Kevin Shivers

Small business owners are the last to come to the government with hat in hand asking for a handout—for the most part, they're usually content to just be left alone. So it's not surprising that the ...

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TownCrierWed, September 03, 2008

Legislation to Watch

Policy Brief

Pennsylvania 2008 Legislative AgendaLegislation to Watch in Pennsylvania

Insurance Issues

HB 121 ...

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PA Chamber of Business and Industry

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TownCrierWed, August 27, 2008

Improving PA's Business Climate: Lessons to be Learned from the Olympics

News Release

Anyone who follows the Olympics knows that at that level of competition, it's mastery of the fundamentals that often is the difference between winning Gold and simply going home. When the competition ...

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TownCrierFri, August 08, 2008

PA Chamber:

Cost-Reducing Reforms Essential to Health Care Debate

News Release

Basic benefits plans would make health care more affordable

A fundamental problem with the various state-subsidized health-care proposals that have ...

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PA Family Institute

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TownCrierMon, September 22, 2008

PA Family Update

News Release

FAMILY UPDATE
Volume 4, Issue 26
September 19, 2008
The Pennsylvania Family Institute's weekly update to concerned ...

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TownCrierFri, September 12, 2008

Family Update

Newsletter

FAMILY UPDATE
Volume 4, Issue 25
September 11, 2008

The Pennsylvania Family ...

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PA Leadership Conference

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TownCrierWed, July 09, 2008

Michael Reagan to Keynote 2009 PA Leadership Conference

PLC celebrates 20th anniversary

News Release

An Evening with Michael Reagan
Pennsylvania Leadership Conference Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Michael Reagan, eldest son of President Ronald ...

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TownCrierFri, May 02, 2008

2009 PA Leadership Conference Schedule for March 27th and 28th

20th Anniversary Conference to be held in Harrisburg

News Release

Save the dates!

The 2009 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference will be held March 27th and 28th at the Four Points Sheraton near Harrisburg, PA.

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PA Manufacturers' Assn.

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TownCrierMon, May 19, 2008

Pennsylvanians Support Bipartisan House/Senate Pro-Growth Tax Reform

Survey Conducted by CompetePA

David N. Taylor

Pennsylvanians strongly support the bipartisan, pro-growth business tax reforms introduced in the state House and Senate, a recent survey reveals.

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TownCrierMon, May 19, 2008

Long Time PMA Board Member Jack May Dies at 79

News Release

PMA notes with sadness the passing of longtime board member Jack May of Berwyn, who died on March 23, 2008 of heart failure at his second home in Hobe Sound, Florida. Former chairman and longtime ...

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PA Pro-Life Federation

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TownCrierWed, October 01, 2008

PA Pro-Life Federation On-Line News

News Release

Pennsylvania Pro-Life Online News from the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
October 1, 2008

A publication of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life ...

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TownCrierTue, September 16, 2008

PA Pro-Life OnLine News

Newsletter

Pennsylvania Pro-Life Online News from the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

September 15, 2008

A ...

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PA Right to Work

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TownCrierWed, October 08, 2008

Is the Employee 'Free Choice' Act Really Free?

It is time for for the business community to face the challenge ahead

Susan Staub

"The inconveniences of too little government are far less harmful than the inconveniences of too much."... Thomas Jefferson

With ...

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TownCrierFri, August 29, 2008

PA Right to Work Labor Day Message

Are we celebrating workers, or union bosses?

Susan Staub

"LIBERTY IS UNOBSTRUCTED ACTION ACCORDING TO OUR WILL...LAW IS OFTEN BUT THE TYRANT'S WILL, AND ALWAYS SO WHEN IT VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF AN INDIVIDUAL"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1819
...

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PA Taxpayers' Coalition

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TownCrierTue, May 20, 2008

Property Tax Elimination Rally!

Newsletter

20 May 2008

Property Tax Elimination Rally!

This is just a short note today to remind you about the ...

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TownCrierFri, May 02, 2008

Property Tax Rally Scheduled

News Release

02 May 2008

Property Tax Rally!

Dear Friends,

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Patients and Physicians Association

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TownCrierMon, September 29, 2008

PA Medical Society Demands Taxpayer Subsidies Rather Than Legal Reforms

News Release

The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PMS) has long been in cahoots with Personal Injury Governor (PIG) Rendell, an outspoken opponent of legal reform.

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TownCrierMon, September 15, 2008

Patients and Physicians Alliance Newsletter

DeWeese's Last Stand

Newsletter

Patients And Physicians Alliance
Pennsylvania's Voice for Tort Reform Education September 15, 2008

REMINDER: SEND PAPA YOUR PHARMA REPS!!!

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Reflections

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TownCrierMon, October 06, 2008

Nice Words, Killer Friends

Ralph R. Reiland

In March, Barack Obama's speech in Philadelphia on race was inspiring and knowledgeable.

Attempting to put the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy ...

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TownCrierMon, September 29, 2008

Bad Mix: Mortgages, Liberals and Community Organizers

Ralph R. Reiland

The roots of today's mortgage-based financial crisis can be traced back to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which Jimmy Carter signed in 1977. Seeking to address complaints from anti-poverty ...

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Salena Zito

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TownCrierMon, October 13, 2008

Imagining a President Obama

Salena Zito

Most Americans wake every morning to news that Barack Obama will win next month's presidential election. Strategists even say the word "landslide" aloud.

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TownCrierMon, September 29, 2008

Pausing & Thinking

Salena Zito

Last week, Main Street received an opportunity to sit in the front seat of the election, thanks to John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign to go to Washington to help Congress fix the ...

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Stop Teacher Strikes, Inc

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TownCrierTue, September 02, 2008

Teacher Strike Update

News Release

The Pennsylvania teachers' union (PSEA) are back in action. Today, two school districts see their doors shut following the summer break.

Dusquesne in ...

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TownCrierMon, August 25, 2008

Stop Teacher Strikes Calls Union Contract Unconstitutional

News Release

MEDIA RELEASE
Yardley, PA – August 22, 2008 for immediate release

StopTeacherStrikes calls union contract unconstitutional and demands answer to ...

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Susquehanna Valley Center

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TownCrierMon, September 29, 2008

Shale Drilling Would Benefit PA by $500 Million Annually

Louis D. D'Amico

Pennsylvania cannot throw away the economic opportunity that gas production in the Marcellus Shale could provide the state. And it cannot turn its back on the rest of the nation by denying it a ...

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TownCrierMon, September 29, 2008

Behind the Headlines Program Schedule

Weeks of September 29, October 6

News Release

Watch BEHIND THE HEADLINES, a television production of The Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy. For the weeks of September 29 and October 6 a discussion about the upcoming election with Abe ...

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The Foundation for Free Enterprise Education

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TownCrierThu, June 12, 2008

Free Enterprise Week Update

Newsletter

Plea for Scholarships

The difficult economy has taken a real toll on nonprofit organizations nationally and the Foundation for Free Enterprise ...

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TownCrierFri, November 02, 2007

Victory at University of Delaware

University president ends mandatory ideological re-education program

News Release

NEWARK, Del., November 2, 2007—After an intense campaign led by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), the University of Delaware has dropped an ideological reeducation program ...

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Urban Family Council

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TownCrierMon, August 25, 2008

News From the Urban Family Council

News Article

eNews
Aug 2008

In This Issue
From the President
A Great Summer
Need Your Help!
Upcoming Events
UPDATE

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TownCrierWed, June 18, 2008

PA Family Council News

Newsletter

June 2008

In This Issue
Brand New Website

Father's Day Tribute

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US Freedom Foundation

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TownCrierThu, October 09, 2008

School Finance

David W. Kirkpatrick

There is a tendency to view what is as what was, what will be, or what must be. The public school system is a beneficiary of this tendency. To some degree this is desirable. If everything was ...

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TownCrierThu, October 02, 2008

Charter School Highlights

David W. Kirkpatrick

The following is adapted from a recent weekly charter schools compilation in the Charter Schools News Connection, sponsored by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Enrollment ...

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