Posted by Walter Brasch | Apr 28, 2012 |
by WALTER BRASCH For years, my father, a federal employee with a top secret clearance, carried a copy of his birth certificate when he went into Baja California from our home in San Diego. Many times, when he tried to reenter...
Read MorePosted by Walter Brasch | Apr 20, 2012 |
On a bright Monday morning, a day before tax returns were due, I bumped into my ersatz friend Marshbaum who was placing a change container at the Gas-High Mini-mart on Low Octane and Greed avenues. “March of Dimes?”...
Read MorePosted by Walter Brasch | Apr 5, 2012 |
by WALTER BRASCH There’s nothing to suggest that in his 51 years Kevin June should be a leader. Not from his high school where he dropped out after his freshman year. Not from his job, where he worked as an auto body...
Read MorePosted by Walter Brasch | Mar 22, 2012 |
(part 3 of 3) The history of energy exploration, mining, and delivery is best understood in a range from benevolent exploitation to worker and public oppression. A company comes into an area, leases land in rural and...
Read MorePosted by Walter Brasch | Mar 20, 2012 |
By WALTER BRASCH (This is Part 2 of 3. Part 1 looked at a state gag order on physicians; Part 3 examines why Pennsylvania is giving special consideration to the natural gas companies.) The natural gas industry...
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