Bryan Lentz, State Representative from the 161st district, which includes the area of Delaware County in which Swarthmore resides, is spearheading an effort to pass new laws to stop the torture of dogs in so-called “puppy mills.”
The mills represent some of the worst treatment of animals I’ve ever heard of, and it’s currently completely legal [...]
Filed under: Decision '08, PA-161 | Tagged: Animal Rights, Bryan Lentz, Puppy Mills | 1 Comment »
The New York Times reported in this article that an internal review of the Justice Department by the inspector general showed that prominent officials under Alberto Gonzales, President Bush’s second appointee to the post of Attorney General, improperly and illegally allowed political considerations to affect hiring practices for non-appointee, career positions. In particular, Ms. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
I’m a Swarthmore student and a registered Democrat, and I was recently lucky enough to see Obama speak at the Siegessäule in Berlin.
(By “lucky” here, read “determined”: I showed up at 4 PM for a 7 PM speech, and if I’d been an hour later it’s doubtful I would have gotten past the metal detectors [...]
Filed under: Environment, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
What is a hero? Is there one in this presidential election?
Filed under: Decision '08 | Tagged: Batman, hero, Iron Man, McCain, Obama, The Dark Knight, Tony Stark | Leave a Comment »
An Iraqi government spokesman said recently that the government hopes U.S. troops will leave Iraq by 2010. This announcement comes during Barack Obama’s visit to the region while he maintains his pledge to withdraw soldiers over a 16 month period after taking office. John McCain refuses to commit to a timeline and insists that American [...]
Filed under: Decision '08 | Tagged: Iraq, McCain, Obama | Leave a Comment »
When Curt Weldon was ousted from office in 2006, the Swarthmore Dems were some of the most pleased, and the most critical in Joe Sestak’s election to the 7th district in his place. Curt Weldon was one of the most sinister Republicans in Congress (and that’s saying a lot nowadays), even being named the 8th [...]
Filed under: PA-07 | Tagged: Curt Weldon, Joe Sestak, PA-07 | 1 Comment »
Craig Williams, the Republican candidate trying to oust our beloved Joe Sestak from the 7th congressional district, raised $280,000 in the second fundraising quarter of 2008. Sestak, the one-term incumbent, raised $436,000 in the same quarter, and has a considerable war chest, $2.59 million.
Sestak is quite popular in the mostly-Republican district, and has spent much [...]
Filed under: Decision '08, PA-07 | Tagged: Craig Williams, Joe Sestak, PA-07 | Leave a Comment »
