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PA-Gov: A Totally Biased Primer for the Uninitiated
February 19, 2014 By Tom Borthwick

For the average registered homo sapien, the upcoming gubernatorial primary isn’t number one on the priority list.  Maybe it’s putting food on the table.  Or what case of beer to grab after work.  I’m not disputing the importance of such necessities.  Instead, I’m saying the race for governor affects those things, man.  I mean. Minimum […]

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PA-112, PA-113, & PA-114: And We Have Races!
February 4, 2014 By Tom Borthwick

The routine of breakfast consumption in NEPA involves more than mimosas and toast.  We get our truest, necessary sustenance from politics.  A slice of gossip here, buttered with a little bit of hearsay there, and a healthy balanced meal of the latest corruption arrests coupled with  rampant speculation about upcoming elections leaves us ready for […]

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Don’t Burn on the Weekends
January 25, 2014 By Tom Borthwick

Very few of us can imagine the horror and terror of waking to a house fire.  Nobody should have to.  And especially, nobody should have to on the weekends.  Says PP&L. In a city where just a few years ago a firefighter died because of electrocution, we just witnessed a family lose a home that […]

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Governor Corbett’s Conversion
December 19, 2013 By Tom Borthwick

Governor Tom Corbett has come out in favor of non-discrimination against members of the LGBT community.  This is wonderful and he should be congratulated. I didn’t go with a headline that said something like, “Corbett Comes Out…” because everybody is doing that.  It’s too easy.  (Actually, I’m just jealous they beat me to it.) Why […]

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What’s the Word? Edition #1
December 11, 2013 By Tom Borthwick

It’s important that I spend some more time blogging, as opposed to thinking about blogging.  The format of this space hasn’t really been solidified in my mind, yet.  Since this is TomBorthwick.com and not NEPArtisan.com, my former political blog, it’s obvious that the focus is different. So I’d rather my writing life take precedence over […]

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PA-113: The War for West Side
December 2, 2013 By Tom Borthwick

Usually the summer before the November election, rumors about what’s going to happen in the following primary start emerging.  Maybe that’s the nature of politics everywhere, maybe it’s unique to this area.  Regardless, it happens.  Because of both redistricting and having a delegation to the General Assembly that’s full of freshmen, we have a lot […]

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