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Benghazied (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

The Benghazi furor is a flim-flam, designed to keep Americans from noticing that Congress is not doing much of anything and hiding the need for increased funding for State Department security.

Enabling Gun Violence (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

It is time to put gun violence in perspective, cool the hyperbole, and shut off the enabling voices.

Uncivil Discourse (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

Disagreement is okay. It is not necessary to kill the messenger.

Fire!

Let's try to bring reason and sanity to regulating guns and managing gun violence.

Ryanethics (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

We can disagree about political philosophy, but ethics matter for all of us.

Hang On! Don't Fall! (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

Falling is a serious problem for senior citizens. But there is much that can be done to help.

Changing Your Spots

A Patch reader commented that I should think about changing my spots. I did, in The Bucks County Herald and now, in Patch.

Counting Votes (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

The Republicans might have won the 2012 Election by counting some citizens as less than full voters. Proposed Electoral College legislation (HB 94) may be based on cringe-worthy history.

Re-Making the Rules (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

The Republicans are trying to legislate rules that promote Republican opportunity and exclude Democratic voters from the process.

Distraction by Insanity (in Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch)

Is it okay to sit around helplessly and pretend that we can't doing anything about assault weapons and rapid fire magazines?

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