Pop City has a nice article about some of the top-notch blogging going on in Pittsburgh.
"Were they alive today, would acclaimed western Pennsylvania-born writers Gertrude Stein, Nellie Bly and Rachel Carson be bloggers? It’s a subject one imagines populating the blogosphere, a venue for community engagement enlivening the region."
Be sure to visit the blogs mentioned in the article. Say hi and tell ’em I sent ya. 🙂
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The Tribune-Review has provided some more reasons for a good Clean Sweep. Brad Bumsted covers the legislators who made the most in terms of per diem’s. What’s a per diem? Per diem’s are a flat daily supplement to a legislator when he’s "on the job".
You see, it’s not enough that we slop the hogs (er, pay the legislators) with the biggest paychecks this side of Sacramento, we have to make sure that they should not SPEND the *$&*# paychecks on things like food and transportation. Yes, we give ’em more money for that.
"The fellow who comes should be a great leader. He should not be afraid of you people (in the media). He should be a holy man. He should be a great teacher, and he should teach more by example than with words. And he should be funny." – Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Wasjington, DC
Cardinal McCarrick believes he will be retiring soon. There’s talk of Bishop Donald Wuerl replacing him. That greatly displeases some people. What are your thoughts?