We knew she was for sale. Now it’s official. Scranton Mayor and 8th Congressional District candidate Paige Cognetti is for rent as well. When The Scranton City News’ guerrilla photographer stopped by Cognetti’s recently opened Scranton campaign headquarters at 301 Mulberry Street, from across the street our photojournalist could barely make out the tiny campaign […]
What better way to exercise the rebellious spirit of the American Revolution and celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence than by burning an American flag? Nothing could cause MAGA conservatives, vanilla soft-serve Republicans and more than a few liberal Democrats to freak out worse than the incendiary thought of torching Old Glory. The […]
1 Standing on new hip Overlooking Zen garden Muscle cells grow strong 2 Cherry blossoms come Cherry blossoms also go Life and death will visit 3 Zendo peace cranes fly Dancing in Mother Tree’s breath Soaring in goodness 4 Old parts find new parts Junkyard better than graveyard Polish and drive on 5 Practice Aipeedo […]
Last night a friend in Santa Maria, California, where Stephanie and I lived for five years, sent me an audio/video clip of the third episode of Michael Jackson: The Verdict, the three-part docuseries streaming on Netflix about Jackson’s 2005 child molestation trial. There I was standing in the Santa Maria Courthouse parking lot tent city […]
Deception is a devious form of political corruption. But that didn’t stop Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro from trying and failing to bamboozle the good people of Archbald when he showed up unannounced at State Rep. Kyle Mullins’ office for a secret, yet well-staged, meeting with a handful of timid so-called opponents of the borough’s planned […]
