State Rep. John Perzel, a Republican from Philadelphia, speaks to the New Era Thursday in Lancaster, Pa. (Photo: Rick Hertzler/New Era)
State Rep. John Perzel dropped by the New Era on a swing through the midstate Thursday (listen to the mp3). The fiery Philadelphia Republican and former House speaker chatted about his plan to put as […]

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It’s time to talk about Chelsea’s political future. So says National Review blogger Kathryn Jean Lopez: “When the House of Clinton falls next week, their exit from the presidential stage will not be the last we see of the Clinton family. Chelsea will return to do her parents’ unfinished business in a few decades time. […]

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OK. If you’re a Comcast subscriber, maybe you will.
The cable-TV giant acknowledged that it hired people to take up room at an F.C.C. hearing into its practices held at Harvard Law School on Monday. The move meant a bunch of critics and bloggers couldn’t get in.
Heh. Do these two fellas look like they’re interested in […]

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New Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll: In head-to-head contests, McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46% to 40%) and Obama by 2 points (44% to 42%). Neither lead is commanding given that the survey, conducted Feb. 21-25, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The Arizona senator is viewed favorably […]

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… before Ohio and Texas? The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen and Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter offer some advice Clinton doesn’t want to hear — but should certainly listen to. “The difference between a presidential candidate and a fool in love is only a matter of Secret Service protection,” writes Cohen in a marvelous piece in the […]

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My opinion: It’s the Gaydolf Titler joke at 8 minutes, 9 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ0s1isp2is

“You have to give Barack Obama credit, he’s overcome a great deal. Not just he’s an African-American. Barack Hussein Obama is his name. His middle name is the last name of Iraq’s former tyrant. His last name rhymes with Osama. That’s not easy to […]

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On an RRTA bus sign on West Orange and Market streets in Lancaster.

Post-powerwash on the Lititz Pike bridge near the Lancaster Stockyards.

In Lancaster Square.

And, less obvious (and not painted but written with marker), at an entrance to Lancaster Central Market.

So it’s an organized thing?

Not with local Paul supporters: “Dr. Paul doesn’t advocate any type of […]

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A beautifully written essay in USA Today by Mohammad Ali Salih, a correspondent based in Washington, D.C., for major Arabic newspapers and magazines in the Middle East. (Hat tip Terry Michael, executive director, Washington Center for Politics & Journalism.)

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So you’re a Turner Classic Movies fan. And, being a nondigital Comcast subscriber, you’re angry that to watch Clark Gable and John Wayne you’ve got to drive down to Comcast, pick up one of those black boxes, install it — and, yes, eventually pay another $2 a month for it. Is that any way for […]

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Manheim-area businessman Chet Beiler’s only opponent in the April 22 GOP primary, accountant Chris Walsh of York County, quit the race after Beiler pointed out problems with Walsh’s nomination petitions. Walsh is now supporting Beiler, and his withdrawal from the contest allows the 44-year-old Penn Township resident and chief executive officer of Amish Country Gazebos […]

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