‘We the people’ must retain control

By Fred Fonseca Daily Local News September 17, 2010 I learned about delusion as a young man during conversations with my grandfather who during the 1940s and 1950s as a United Public Workers Union official worked to organize government employees. He was convinced that the big corporations controlled our government and oppressed working people. According [...]

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Not Racism … But Opened Eyes

By Anthony J Oleck Daily Local News September 10, 2010 I happened to be reading some of the Daily Local blogs when I came across this disturbing piece from Karen Porter. In her Sept. 4 blog, “From Chester County’s Left Bank,” Ms. Porter writes: “… This country should hang its head in shame … we [...]

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Voters Must End Partisan Politics

by Scott Good Daily Local News August 27,2010 Why is anyone a Democrat or Republican these days? Between the partisan atmosphere and seemingly nothing getting done these days in the world of politics, why does anyone consider themselves Democrats or Republicans? Honestly, most of the country agrees that neither party is helping anyone but themselves. [...]

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Some Are Elated About War’s End

 by Anthony J. Oleck Daily Local News August 27, 2010 Karen Porter writes that the Iraq War is over and somehow she does not feel elated. Well let me offer a possible explanation … we won the war, it was a victory for America and a victory for the Iraqi people. A victory for the [...]

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The Ground Zero Mosque and the Legitimate Boundaries of Religious Freedom

Recent public outcry in print and on talk shows demonstrates that many Americans instinctively oppose the construction of a mosque anywhere near Ground Zero. A mosque near Ground Zero is seen as an intentionally provocative act, a declaration of triumph and supremacy over a symbol of America by the forces of Islam.

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Obama Health Care Law Under Attack

By Christopher P. Gerber Daily Local News 8/16/10 We have just witnessed the beginning of the end for Obamacare. Living up to its nickname, the “Rocket Docket,” the U.S. District Court in Virginia recently gave the attorney general a green light to launch a constitutional attack upon the health care law. That lawsuit has now [...]

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America’s troops are our heroes

Tom Chambers Daily Local News July 20, 2010 In response to Gordon Bennett’s letter to the editor where he writes about a sign he recently noticed being held by someone in a group of (in his words) “pro-war demonstrators” that reads, “Our Soldiers are Heroes,” I take exception to his opinion expressed in his letter. [...]

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Fulfilling the Promise of Transparency

Paul Crovo Philadelphia Bulletin June 29, 2010 One of my favorite authors and personalities of the 19th century, Mark Twain, was once quoted as saying “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” As this relates to President Obama, one might paraphrase here by saying “To a man with a far left [...]

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Black Revolutionary War Heroes

Independence Hall Tea Party, Philadelphia written and delivered by Amy Reid July 4th, 2010 It is very humbling to stand here and address you today. Thank you Teri and Don Adams and the Independence Hall Tea Party for this opportunity to stand before such a great group of patriots. I was asked to come here [...]

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Revive a Founding Father’s Ideals

Louis R. Petolicchio Daily Local News July 2 , 2010 With Independence Day quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to remind liberty-loving Americans of the sentiments expressed by John Adams when the Continental Congress voted to sever relations with Great Britain. In a letter to Abigail Adams dated July 3, 1776, he said: “The second day [...]

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