Bird’s-Eye View

We’re peering out from our perch at the Nest to see if the pennant-clinching Philadelphia Phillies actually endorsed Republican John McCain for President of the United States, and we’ll let you know just how many voters out there just can’t decide between McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.
The best quotes of the week are there, too, […]

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If Barack Obama wins, c’mon, you can’t be serious when you say Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell is going to finish out his second term. I mean, why? No one doubts his devotion and dedication to the Commonwealth, but in this week’s column we consider why staying in the Governor’s Mansion would be folly compared to […]

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The three most frequent things I heard about Sarah Palin last week were:

“She’s just like one of us.”
“Has anybody taken a close look at her record? People need to know about this stuff.”
“How soon before Tina Fey returns to SNL to spoof Palin?”

Ask and ye shall receive. Fey helped open the new SNL season last […]

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The print edition tomorrow will have a short tribute to Tim Russert, someone I humbly idolized. Plus as always the Quotes of the Week and Save the Date. All this for the pleasurable price of 50 cents.
I was just talking about Russert’s passing with one of our copy editors, and he said his wife had […]

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