As we near the final two months of the 2018 campaign cycle, I thought it appropriate to mention something I have noticed. There are some truly stellar, hard‐working, dedicated people busting their asses on campaigns all over Pennsylvania (and every other state) not only helping our candidates but…

As summer comes to a close, candidates in legislative districts all over Pennsylvania are sweating away at their respective county fairs and making as many rounds as possible to meet voters. But beyond the perfunctory shaking hands and kissing babies, the groundwork is being laid for a hopeful…

Donald Trump’s one‐on‐one meeting with Vladimir Putin on Monday in Helsinki is by definition an event of global political importance, but Trump’s demand that the two men meet without anyone else in the room is shocking even by Trump’s standards. The inexplicable affinity Trump has undeniably demonstrated for…

On Monday at about 7:00 PM, two hours before President Trump was due to announce his pick to the United States Supreme Court, I decided to conduct a quick and highly unscientific experiment. I shot a quick post on the Goose in the Gallows Facebook page stating that…

“Now renegades are the people with their own philosophies They change the course of history Everyday people like you and me — Rage Against the Machine In U.S. history courses, high praise was heaped upon those figures who dared to defy group‐think mentality, who fought for what they…

As someone who eats and breathes politics, I’m usually pretty quick to offer my take on a story, whether it’s solicited or not. Saying what’s on my mind has never been a problem for me. So as the story of children being detained in cages at the U.S.…

Democrats, it’s time to stop apologizing. Apologizing for what? Everything. Actually, it’s well past time, but we have to start somewhere so here we are. Every day of the Trump Administration is a new chapter in this bizarre politically‐motivated nightmare of a culture war dominating America. I know…

In the aftermath of the deadly school shooting at Santa Fe High School that left ten students dead, I decided to try and clear my mind by mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook feed. It didn’t work. I saw a headline that made seemed so impossible that I almost…