Web sites give access to Pa. teachers' salaries

As part of a campaign to make public information more accessible, a New Jersey newspaper has put a list of Pennsylvania teachers' salaries online. The Asbury Park Press posted the information about a week ago on its Web site. Read More

LIHEAP aid ends, leaving many without help

Low-income Pennsylvanians facing shutoff notices from their utility companies won't be able to turn to the state for help until winter. That's because the Department of Public Welfare shut down its heating assistance program, LIHEAP, on March 21 despite having a $13 million balance. Read More

Truckers demand fuel tax halt

Traffic choked the state Capitol on Monday as hundreds of tractor-trailers slowly circled the sprawling complex, their horns creating a deafening din. "Fuel prices are too high. We can't put our kids through college," said J.B. Farrow, a truck driver from Duncannon in Perry County. "People can't heat their homes." Read More

OBAMA CHURCH BASED ON BOOK CALLING FOR THE “DESTRUCTION OF THE WHITE ENEMY”

From the story: Trinity United Church of Christ's Web site says its teachings are based on the black liberation theology of James H. Cone and his 1969 book "Black Theology and Black Power." "What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love," Mr. Cone wrote in the book. Mr. Cone, a professor at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, added that "black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."

Washington Times

Clinton, Obama Hit Similar Chords in Pennsylvania

(USA Today) The Democratic presidential candidates hit populist notes as they nearly crossed paths campaigning for votes in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary, the next contest in their marathon battle for the nomination.

On the issues here Monday, Clinton and Obama were virtually indistinguishable. Read more...

With so little difference in the issues between Hillary and Obama, how is it that large double-digit percentages of Democrat voters in each camp emphatically state that they will sit out the election if their candidate does not make the Democrat nomination?

Here is a theory: In a relativist mindset, feelings are the most important guide. If you doubt me, just ask Oprah. Other criteria, such as logic, proportion, the constitution, and the concept of absolute truth, matter little.

Stripped of all objective criteria, all you have left is a cult of personality. Identity-based politics, as opposed to issues-based politics, can cause animosity between similar campaigns to run deep.