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Wednesday Morning Coffee: Post-Gaming The Primary.

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome to The Morning After. If you're a victorious candidate, we hope you're still sleeping off the depredations of last night's celebrations. If you're a loser, just remember, there's nothing like a little R&R... »

The Sunday Brunch: Canaries In The Ballot Box. What Tuesday's Special Elections Might Tell Us.

Forget the heat and the hoopla surrounding the race for the White House this spring. Pennsylvania voters in a half-dozen special elections Tuesday could provide inklings into their intentions this fall. This year the special state House races will be... »

Friday Morning Coffee: The Weekend Warm-Up.

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Well here we are -- in the final furlong before the April 24 primary. Can't you just feel the electricity in the air? The buzz building before the dramatic face-off between a pack of charismatic... »

Wednesday Morning Coffee: Don Quixote's Got Nothing On This Guy.

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The polls are closed. The TV lights are dimmed. And the great caravan that is the 2012 Republican presidential campaign has moved on from New Hampshire and onto South Carolina, where, in just a few... »

Monday Morning Coffee: Schools And Politics, Two Great Tastes That Don't Always Go Great Together.

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Our Mothership colleague Steve Esack takes a fresh look at the education reforms currently all the rage in Washington D.C. and Harrisburg and asks one question: When it comes to educating kids, who's vision is... »

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