Lehigh Valley Ramblings

Despite a forty-five minute wait, an enthusiastic and diverse crowd greeted former President Bill Clinton early last night at Easton Area H...

Yesterday, I presented Bill Leiner 's argument for community policing, and they certainly persuaded me. Having said that, Dean Browning...

Lehigh County Commissioner Bill Leiner posted his own take on last week's decision by Lehigh County's Republican commissioners to r...

In her never-ending quest for higher office , state rep. Jenn Mann (D-132) has decided to run for two at the same time. Not only is she seek...

Mike Welsh is a moderate Republican running against incumbent state rep. Jenn Mann in Allentown's heavily Democratic 132nd district. M...

Last week , I told you Democrats have picked up a huge lead over Republican voters in Northampton County. It's happened in Lehigh County...

Consistently rated by BlogNetNews as one of the state's most influential poliblogs, The Pennsylvania Progressive is shutting down. Ama...

Barack Obama 's spin machine was really buzzing on Sunday. I received twelve emails from advisers Matt Ehlrich and Sean Smith to tell ...

General Admission ticket, entitling bearer to sit on lawn outside of center field: $6.00 Two game balls caught by lucky fans: Priceless! ...

Since I began blogging, I've been highly critical of Northampton County council member Charles Dertinger . But I'm very sad to learn...

When Lehigh County's commissioners considered Don Cunningham 's $4 million anti-crime package on Wednesday evening , one person was ...

Blue Coyote turned me on to this great video for parents with kids or grandchildren playing baseball. Thanks.

Lehigh County Commissioner Dean Browning is one of about three Republicans left in Allentown. Despite this character flaw, he's one of ...

On Tuesday, Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham and District Attorney Jim Martin had a joint news conference, covered by NLV Logic , to...

He never says much. He mostly listens. But I've grown quite fond of retired pig farmer Sterling Raber , a Lehigh County commissioner sin...

Is it Obama? Bush? Whatever the reason, Democrats now have a huge registration edge in Northampton County. According to figures released by ...

From NLV Logic : "I think I was the only non-county official in attendance other than the local media types. Thats too bad! The anti-cr...

I never saw this coming. Turns out Barack Obama is actually some white dude from a trailer park in Beaver Dam, WI. Reporters first became su...

It was October, 2003 . After years of profligate spending, Northampton County Exec Glenn Reibman was about to give us the double whammy - a ...

This probably comes as no surprise to regular readers of this blog. Some psychology student at NYU has been studying me. His name is Matthew...