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Thursday, January 02, 2025

2025: State of the Blog

Since I first began blogging in 2006, I've published 14,445 posts and 305,000 comments. This is primarily a local blog, though I do ramble into national news from time to time. Many news sources proclaim objectivity, but there really is no such thing. I admit a center left bias but have done my best to be factual and honest. This year, there will be numerous municipal offices up for grabs. I will certainly focus on Northampton County's government, politics and races. If you'd like more stories about other local governments, please comment below on what government and why. Better yet, why not become an author yourself? I'm getting older and am slowly losing eyesight, especially at night. This is likely from spending too many hours on the laptop. But there are stories that need to be told and too few people who can invest the time.  My left sidebar includes links to local bloggers on that PC version of this website. If you think you have something to contribute, please contact me at bohare5948@aol.com. 

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Losing your eyesight? Well, you aren't getting any better looking either. Just kidding BO. I do enjoy your blog. Keep up the good work as long as you can.

Anonymous said...

Please focus on Northampton County races. The at large council races and especially the county executive race will be interesting enough. Stay centered, Bernie. Trump will handle everything else.

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work Bernie. You provide a valuable psychological service to the negative MAGA personalities. You allow them to vent their hatred to make themselves feel good and important

Anonymous said...

We thank you for all those years of keeping us informed! Stay well!@

Anonymous said...

Due to my current employment, I am unable to write about the goings on in government. You will never know how much I appreciate the service you provide and yours is the first thing I read each morning. It disgusts me that you continually “scoop” paid reporters who, apparently either haven’t cultivated relationships with sources or are just too darned lazy to put in the legwork to do their very important jobs. One day, Bernie, I hope to cover governing bodies, but in the meantime, I hope you will keep plugging away and being our watchdog.

Anonymous said...

You deserve alot of credit for what you do and have done so far. Surely not an easy job, and you give others something to think about. Kudos!

Anonymous said...

not hard to out scoop the Morning Call. they are fake news

Anonymous said...

I would appreciate your insight on the Allentown City Council. I follow another blogger but his focus is more on the mayor than the council. Wonder who Ce-Ce will get behind for Mayor and how others like Santos and Hendricks will proceed.

Dana Grubb said...

Thank you for continuing to do your blog, Bernie. Your coverage of Northampton County is especially helpful.

Whethervain said...

Considering the twists & turns in the timeline of your whole life Bernie, you’ve definitely made lemonade out of lemons!
And to think that MM & I were “publishing” our own newspapers in 5th grade, look who turned out to the master publisher!

Meanwhile, take it from ME…take care of your eyesight!!!!!

Anonymous said...

As a Wilson Boro resident and a ???, please help us push the County that is suppose to back the Boro to approve the DIXIE project. It's been and eye sore to long
BO keep riding and stay healthy..

Anonymous said...

Thank you for all the work you've done to keep us informed. Without you where would we be? Not smarter for sure.

Anonymous said...

Readership by Conservatives has probably gone way down following your unrelenting attempts to smear the incoming President, even to the point of re-telling numerous lies put forward by our state-run liberal news outlets. Also from the absolute junk journalism by the Associated Press found all over the dying Morning Call. Thankfully, none of that worked.

Anonymous said...

Bernie as far as your eyes going bad didn't your parents ever tell you that you will go blind if you keep doing a certain thing? The brothers at Beca also warned us. My eyes are ok because I quit once I needed glasses. You have a great blog continue the great work as long as you can.
Fellow Hawk

Anonymous said...

12:59 -- "Conservatives." Haha. No such thing these days. The GOP is owned bought by the corporate class, getting ready to run roughshod on the poor, strip the safety net, plunder our environment and natural resources, attack press freedoms (like attacking the AP, precisely because they report the facts), and spread disinformation in all directions (like they did about the New Orleans attack).

Anonymous said...

This is an anti-Trump blog run by a person who has a Trump derangement disease.

Anonymous said...

9:18 if you don't like this blog don't read it and start your own.

Anonymous said...

9:18 The fact that your post was permitted to be published puts a monkey wrench in your logic.