CommonSense2 December, 2011 – Issue # 46
I first met Betsy Eggerling the day that George W. Bush visited Kutztown as part of his re-election campaign against John Kerry. Betsy was there with her girlfriend to demonstrate…
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Remembering Betsy Eggerling
Very few people manage to navigate life without developing hard edges, without becoming a little cynical, and without losing sight of their ideals. When you get to know such a…
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The Frackchecker: Negotiating Insanity, an End of the Year Comment
Before I say anything else, I want to thank all of you who contacted your elected officials to express concern or ask their support for a moratorium or other…
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What to Be Thankful For
Partisan politicians have little to be happy about this Thanksgiving. They are being called to task. Bankers are, unfortunately, still celebrating their profits and bonuses. A year from now an aroused citizenry should be thankful for the downfall of both.
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Tom Herman’s “Good Democrat”
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves…[and] the grand thieves are running…
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Censorship Just Shows Ignorance
Earlier this year, the American Library Association held their annual “Banned Books Week,” a well-meaning but inherently pointless demonstration that all over the country, and all around the world, people…
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Connecting the Dots: The Marcellus Natural Gas Play Players – Part 1
You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Scorecard! The Beginning One Sunday afternoon in the summer of 2009, there was a knock at our door. It was a landman from…
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Penn State Trustees Violated State Law
The Penn State Board of Trustees may have several times violated state law for its failure to publicly announce meetings and how it handled the firing of Coach Joe Paterno….
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RED OR DEAD?
For some mysterious reason men cannot seem to carry on their existence without forming a kind of partnership with their gods, and when these gods fail them, as all gods…
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It’s Time To Take Sides – You Are Either with Occupy Wall Street or With the Criminal 1%
“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got…
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