By The Raging Grannies Follow the Money, to the tune of Roll Out the Barrel, Pittsburgh Raging Grannies Key of D Follow the money/See where the candidates stand. Follow the money/Then we […]
Fridays with Rothfus
Fr. Greg Swiderski and the Pittsburgh People North of Peace gather each Friday during Lent in front of Rep. Keith Rothfus’s office in an effort to get the Congressman to endorse strict […]
Are Free Traders Channeling Chicken Little
By Jo Tavener Economic Advisor to the President resigns! A slump in the Dow hits Wall Street. Speaker of the House finally breaks his silence and criticizes Trump’s tariff proposal! All this […]
We CAN Do It
By John Hemington Every day some politician or some media talking head tells us that we can’t have the social programs or infrastructure improvements we need “because there isn’t enough money;” “the […]
Gerrymandering, PA and You: Topic for April 26 Potluck and Discussion at the TMC
By Joyce Rothermel As the drama in Harrisburg continues about the process of addressing our “gerrymandered” condition (the manipulation of election district lines in a partisan way), we invite you to come […]
March 4: Action for Immigrants
(Photo Caption: Sabrina Liu of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, center, and Antonia Dominga, Merton Center Board Member, make their statements. (Photo: Neil Cosgrove) By Sabrina Liu On March 4, dozens of […]
Think Like a Commoner: A Review
By Laura Quinn In a New York Times Book Review retrospective on the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, novelist Martin Amis peevishly claims that “the chief demerit of the Marxist program […]
Tax Day April 17th
(Photo Caption: The Raging Grannies sing at the 10th Annual Tax Day Rally (Photo: Neil Cosgrove) By Edith Bell Join us on Tuesday, April 17 from noon until 2pm for the 11th Annual […]
Art Saves Lives
(Photo provided by author) By Roy My Grandfather survived a genocide,”The Great Fire of Smyrna” of 1922. He fled to a nearby Greek island, Chios, losing a brother and parents. Occurring days […]
A Hellish Bargain
By Michael Drohan Review of book: Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency by Joshua Green, 2017. Green’s book relives the events that catapulted Donald Trump to […]
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