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Archive: October 2007
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Published: October 2007
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Blogs
 John Morgan, Blogger- Part 1
1 Comment Learn the ins and outs of blogging from John Morgan, Professional Blogger.
Education
Support The Troops Day
3 Comments Our undercover teacher is back providing more glimpses into the miseducation of our students.
Bringing Back Good Education
Jane Ferriera offers a glimpse into one alternative approach to education. Read about the inception of The Noble Project, a home school cooperative in Kutztown, PA.
Food
What’s For Dinner?
Uniting consumers with the local farmer is the healthier, saner way
Green-ology
Harvesting the Seeds of Change
Greening Pennsylvania:
Endless blue skies, sharp clear sunlight, and a fairground filled with visitors learning about energy and lifestyle options for a healthier, cleaner future. Welcome to the 2007 Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival in Kempton, PA. What a weekend it was - with presentation of old and new “alternative” ways of living for […]
Health Care: News & Notes
Berks Legislators and Health Care Reform
Where do your state legislators stand on meaningful health care reform?
Chuck Pennacchio On The American Health Care Crisis
Organizing veteran of 34 years, Chuck Pennacchio leads the fight to make single-payer health care a reality for all Pennsylvanians.
Middle East
How Stupid Does Bush Think We Are? Answer: Very
What stands between Bush and the continuation of this bloody, immoral and ill-conceived war in Iraq? Certainly not the pathetic Democratic wimps who are supposed to be representing us in Congress!
Poetry
Benefactor
2 Comments Jack Romig has been essential behind the scenes in the production of CS2. Our multi-talented editor makes his CS2 poetic debut.
Politics: General
Drinking Liberally!
Raise a brew and talk liberal politics
Politics: Local
Kevin Barnhardt: Seasoned, Ready
In the County Commissioner race there are four of you running for three seats. It’s like playing musical chairs. When the music stops you’d better have a seat. The odd man’s out.
Berks County Commissioner Tom Gajewski
When you have a good commissioner, you keep him. Get to know about Tom Gajewski’s strong, steady leadership.
Jim Gerlach: Working For Bush, Not Berks, Not The 6th
Lapdog for Bush and song and dance man to the voters of the 6th Congressional District. Voters need to retire Jim Gerlach in 2008
Politics: National
The Sleep of Reason
10 Comments Like it or not, we still live under the shadow of the Gipper nearly 20 years after he left office, and after all that time many of the ideological excesses of that era are just now beginning to become mainstream in American political discourse.
Why I’m For John Edwards
John Edwards is the candidate I support in 2008 for many reasons. First and foremost, he seems to me to be an honest, sincere and intelligent man. He also is strong and resourceful as he had to be during his court cases as a lawyer. He took on the insurance companies and corporations, and he […]
Politics: State
Mike Morrill - Fighting Democrat
1 Comment Mike Morrill-Fighting Democrat. An oxymoron, you say? Here’s one politician willing to stand and fight for his values. Are you paying attention, Washington Democrats?
Relationships
An Abused Woman
A courageous women breaks through the pain to tell her story of abuse
Mid-Month Supplemental
Keeping you up to date with late breaking news and issues along with previews and other items of interest. Special Election InterviewsTom Gajewski and Kevin Barnhardt
The November 6th election is approaching rapidly. Because time is of the essence we are releasing two interviews originally scheduled for the November edition early. We feel this November’s County Commissioner’s race to be of particular importance. After sending extreme right-wing ideologue Rick Santorum packing out the front door [...] This Issue & Site News
Everything CS2 site related: article info, site developments, coming attractions. Coming Next Month in CS2Read about the exciting and provocative articles, poems, cartoons, and essays we have in store for you in future issues of CS2. Newsletter for October 2007As we strive to be bigger and better, and incorporate improvements to the site, please be patient as we work out some issues Editorials
Opinions, rants, confessions and predictions appear in this monthly commentary. Activism or Status-Quoism?
6 CommentsCan we shed our inside-game mentality and connect with the public? Unsung Heroes
People who work tirelessly for progressive change in our community and state Ron Stouffer & Rosie SkomitzRon and Rosie have been tireless crusaders for single-payer health insurance for Americans. Here they tell us why. To Your Health
Ron Stouffer and Rosie Skomitz have been waging battles in the health care wars for 15 years. Check back every month for views, opinions and information vital to you and To Your Health Imagine
3 CommentsFixing health care- less complicated than you think. Read the common sense solution. In Each Moment - Living With Autism
Leslie Welch inspires us with her courage and resilience as she faces life as the mother of an autistic child. In Each Moment - Living With Autism
3 CommentsOne family's journey living with Autism. Meet Josh, his brother Lucas and his mom and dad and get a glimpse into what one child and his parents and brother go through like most families -- only different. The Keystone Scorecard
Sylvia Baylor chronicles the absurdities of Harrisburg and our State Legislature. Occasionally The Keystone Scorecard will feature guest authors. For About Two Grand We Can Bury Them All
2 CommentsBelieve it or not, Pennsylvania's state judiciary is in many ways a landmark of humanist thought and experience. Here's why we need to protect it by voting wisely on retention in elections to come. "Vote Know!"Insist on knowing the truth about candidates for Pennsylvania's judicial posts. RocktheCapital.org tells you how to learn what you need to know. Gut and Run Legislation"Our judges and lawmakers have a duty - right now, today - to improve the electoral system rather than abandon it." Democracy Rising PA co-founder, Tim Potts, examines the greed and duplicitous behavior exhibited by our state judiciary. The Judicial SwindleJudges may decide the law, but We the People decide who the judges are. The Road Less Traveled
I’ve known Kathleen Welch for 35 years. I’ve learned to respect and admire her resilience and her refusal to buckle under to conventional wisdom. As you get to know her through these columns I’m sure you’ll feel the same. Some Fantasy/Some Reality
1 CommentAdonis, Krishna, Zorba the Greek, eschewing the socially acceptable, and following your passion... The Dark Visions of Sheldon Kaplan
Sheldon Kaplan explores and brings a world into focus that is unseen to most of us The American Equation
1 CommentWe all like to play those word/letter jumble games - where after rearranging letters a secret message is revealed. Oddly enough, a secret is hidden within our Founding Father's name and our current Floundering Father's name. Feeding The Monster - America's Legacy
1 CommentI often hope there will come a time when the enlightened human will turn to the animal inside and say, "Take your stinking paws off of me you damn dirty ape!". The New NOT SEE's
1 CommentA new form of NOT SEE's are loose on the planet - but they are not goose stepping down the streets. That Woman!!
Dorothy Reilly - You may love her, you may hate her, but you’ll never be confused about where That Woman!! stands. Protect me from my friends... I know my enemies"It's hard to do, but our Democratic representatives are not paying attention to all us nice Democrats out here. It is time to not be nice."
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