The Contraception Mandate...
...or, "Why I Won't Shop at Hobby Lobby". If you have your ear at all to political news lately, you'll notice the 'contraception mandate' popping up over and over. The argument has been going on for...
View ArticleKiss Kiss, Bang Bang...
Guns are a hot topic these days, as well they should be. Quite frankly, I think that we in the United States are tragically behind the times on gun control. In the wake of a rolling list of...
View ArticleLoud and Proud for LGBT Equality
It's hard to keep track of all the news that's out there and I think it's safe to say that, even among newshounds like myself, you tend to keep track of the issues that matter most to you. The issue...
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It's an issue because I'm making it one...
I was told this week that "the gay thing" wasn't an issue in Blair County because no one is talking about it right now. Guess what? I'm talking about it. Why is it an issue? Let's pop over to...
View ArticleA Woman's Identity...
“Part of their identity is the potential to be a mother,” Pedulla said. “They are being asked to suppress and radically contradict part of their own identity, and if that wasn’t bad enough, they are...
View ArticleThe Meeting
If you're read my previous post you'll know that I recently sent off a few letters to legislators in an effort to spread the good word about LGBT equality. One of the letters that I wrote was to...
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Because There is Nothing More Important to Legislate...
Over a couple month period at the end of this past year into the beginning of this year, the United States saw a spate of truly horrifying mass shootings, the sum of which have led to a movement to...
View ArticleNo Good Options On Alcohol
For awhile now I've been laboring over a coherent opinion on whether or not Pennsylvania should privatize alcohol sales. As a Democrat, it's possible that you'd think my opinion would clearly be that...
View Article"Traditional Marriage"
Instead of rehashing what you could certainly read many other places on the internet today regarding yesterday's Supreme Court hearing of Hollingsworth v. Perry, I thought I'd give you my personal...
View ArticleBlah, Blah, BLAG...
After a long day there's nothing quite as relaxing as sitting down at your laptop, puttin' in the old ear buds, and rockin' out on two hours of Supreme Court oral arguments...said no one ever. Thanks...
View ArticleCuba, Not For Lovers...
I read dozens of news articles every day. My RSS Feed Reader is in a constant state of updating, leaving me pretty much consistently unable to keep up with the deluge of news and what I like to call...
View ArticleMachin-Toomey and Senate-Shaming
There was a hot second after Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) agreed to co-sponsor a gun control bill with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) that I thought, "hey, that's really big of you Toomey." This was a literal...
View ArticlePublic Non-Apologies
From Ben Carson to Alfred Blue to brand new President-elect of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes; the art of the public non-apology is alive and well in the world. These are only a few of the most recent...
View ArticleThe Party of Personal Regulation
The Republican Party, ladies and gentlemen. They're the party of "freedom" and "liberty" and "rights". They want these things for rich white people men. For everyone else they want to make sure that...
View ArticleGet Active, Get Local
It seems like local politics has been all I've been thinking about for the last month or so leading up to the primary election and now that the primaries are over I have something new, but still local,...
View ArticleVagina Control
Pennsylvania legislators are very concerned about controlling the vaginae of Pennsylvania. I'm sorry, I mean the women of Pennsylvania. It's just so hard to remember that I'm a woman and not a vagina...
View ArticleSchool Closings, But Not the Fun Kind
Pennsylvania ConstitutionArticle III, Sec. 14The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education to serve the needs of the...
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The Voice of the People, Delivered
Today it was both my honor and pleasure to join a group of nurses and community members in delivering the signatures of over 2,000 3,000 people to Altoona Regional Hospital. The petitions regard...
View ArticleQuestions? What Questions?: The UPMC-ARHS Merger Continues
Thursday, I joined a group of nurses and concerned community members to deliver petitions to the Altoona Regional Hospital. As I mentioned, the delivery was covered by both WTAJ and the Altoona...
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The Supreme Court Gets More Disappointing
It's hard to feel optimistic about tomorrow's DOMA/Prop 8 decisions after today's extremely disappointing decision on the Voting Rights Act. In case you missed it - if you're reading me, it's unlikely...
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