March, 2012

Outstanding Citizenship Award – Darree Sicher

The second annual Outstanding Citizenship Award ceremony sponsored by St. Barnabas Episcopal Church will take place on Saturday evening, March 31, at the church on Main Street in Kutztown at…



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Darree Sicher to Be Honored

Friends of Darree Sicher (I think that includes everyone): Please be advised that  you are requested to join us in honoring Darree Sicher.  Your presence  is requested At St. Barnabas…



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CommonSense2 March, 2012 Issue # 49

Just a few nights ago I was a guest at the home of Dorothy (That Woman!) and Terry Reilly along with several other activists to meet, interview and be entertained…



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Ray McGovern: War and Peace

Note: On Monday, March 5th Ray McGovern will speak at Albright College in Reading, PA (6-8pm in the Klein Lecture Hall of the Campus Center building – open to the…

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Marcellus Shale Exposed: A Symposium for Truth and Action – Register Today!

The natural gas industry has spent millions of dollars promoting natural gas drilling as a safe process that has been around for decades. In Pennsylvania, the industry has promised that…



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OUR ANCESTORS WERE WORMS

Yes, six hundred million years ago our ancestors were worms. Thus, we can relish among ourselves the inexplicably amazing evolution we have achieved since those distant pre-historic times. But then…



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Reflecting on My Trip to D.C.

 Spencer Shaak was born on November 27, 1987 in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Susan and Michael Shaak.  After graduating with a Bachelors of English and Philosophy from Albright College in 2010,…



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Julie Edgar – Part Two

This is part two of a two-part interview with activist Julie Edgar. In part one Julie tells how she became an activist and the effect it had on her friends…

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Third Time Is Not the Charm

The California Legislature passed single-payer (Medicare for all) legislation twice in recent years, only to have it vetoed by then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. A third attempt to pass the legislation…

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POMPEII

Sculpted in death, models on display, this mute cast shows how it was to die. The terror they knew is engraved on their faces, their prays canceled in a pyroclastic…

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