Profile of a Local Artist
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Mark seems interested in capturing a moment in time and nature. Saving that moment for future reflection and contemplation is the goal

John Morgan Blogger-Part 2

Three years ago there was no progressive movement. Then the Dean campaign started. It got the Democracy In America group going. The Kutztown Area Democratic Club got going. All these progressives have become energized. They got involved and they stayed involved.

The Chicken That Ate Brazil

Way back when, I started farming so I could have food that I wanted to eat. Clean, healthy, nutritious food that I new the source and had control of from start to finish. Now, I find the way I farm and how I market my food is also becoming an act of social justice.

The Massacre of the Sheep

Appleseed Hollow is a memoir of 20 years of communing with nature that Jack Lindeman spent on a farm with his artist friend in Lancaster County.

Rendell Blows Smoke
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Rendell’s first health bill went nowhere now he’s on plan B and doing even less well.

CS2 Staff Hard At Work
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Scenes from the CS2 staff meeting

Litterbugs Beware!

CS2 issues its environmental policy

Unsung Hero Strikes Again

Our first unsung hero (CS2-Sept) is raising eyebrows with herculean efforts for precinct coverage in the Nov. 6th election.

The Difference Between Myanmar and Iraq

This is the difference between Myanmar and Iraq. The Burmese want democracy and are willing to do what must be done to capture their freedom for themselves. They aren’t asking Americans to come and die for their liberty, they are willing to do so themselves and, out of such epic strifes freedom is, indeed, born. It won’t come as the result of an invasion and occupation of a country which made no attempt on it’s own to overthrow it’s government.

Thomas Paine

“These are the times that try men’s souls.”

Habit

We are fortunate to have three new poems in this issue from a world class poet Jack Lindeman

Unlike St. Francis

Unlike St. Francis
you’re tired of faith
in the Peaceable Kingdom
and sick of the oil slicks
that smudge the Immaculate Conception.

Like The Skunk’s Brain

With submissions like these, I’m going to have to stop calling Jack Romig our copy editor and start calling him our poet. Nice!

Surge

Unanswerable questions

How False Choices Encourage Bad Choices

False choice arguments shut out minority opinions, ignore vital information, promote division over unity, weaken public debate, and promote either/or thinking patterns that are bad for policy and bad for our country.

Blue Plus Red Equals Purple

Yikes!! A Republican?

If I Am Cut Do I Not Bleed?
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Without Dissent, Democracy Is Not Possible, nor Does It Qualify As Terrorism.

The Difference Between Republicans And Democrats

Say what you want about Republicans being cold-hearted, child-hating, war-mongering, domestic spying advocates. At least they fight for the crap they believe in!

School Tase
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Tasers leave no physical evidence of excessive force, making police brutality difficult to prove. These advantages arguably lead to officers using their tasers indiscriminately in situations of questionable necessity.

The Argument For Judge Retention
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Basing our decision on one issue and not retaining good judges would throw our entire court system into absolute chaos…
When you go to the polls, consider the whole picture, not a knee-jerk reaction to one or two recent complex issues. When you vote for judge retention, you are voting for much, much more than that.