Michael Smerconish

Time to Clip the Right Wing's Wings

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.06.2012

In 8th grade, I was an odd kid from Chester, PA. I listened to news (KYW) and talk radio (WCAU) as much as country music (WEEZ) and rock (WFIL and WI...

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'Semengate' Stuns Scientific Community

Michael Smerconish | Posted 06.25.2011

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The PC story of the week belongs to a controversy surrounding a world-renowned surgeon who resigned a leadership position in the face of criticism over a one liner he delivered concerning semen.

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Donald Trump, Birthers, and O.J. Simpson

Michael Smerconish | Posted 06.08.2011

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Every time I hear Donald Trump talk about President Obama's birth certificate, I think of O.J. Simpson. The conspiracy theory invented by Simpson's defenders was every bit as loopy as the fantasies concerning Obama.

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The Middle is Starting to Win

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, November 18, 2010 the following link announced: "Philadelphia's 'Big Talker' makes big changes with Smerconish, Beck, Hannity" Beck an...

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Democracy is about representation. Part 1:Congress

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you think it is a good idea to increase the size of Congress, I don't have to convince you that the time to say something is now. We need to make the argument that this is what members of Congress want.

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Smerconish: 'Extreme Dialogue' Growing On Cable, Talk Radio

Washington Post | Michael Smerconish | Posted 05.25.2011

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Any conversation about political polarization would be incomplete without a look at the media's role in shaping opinions. From my view on the front li...

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Attitude for Aptitude

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Smerconish, Joe the Nerd, Education Reform, Education, Sputnik, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Politics News

We need to bootstrap ourselves to become hungry for the knowledge to train ourselves. No one else is going to help us. We need to stop our societal grubbing for money as an end.

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Let Specter Investigate the Flotilla Mishap

Michael Smerconish | Posted 05.25.2011

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The flotilla raid has made for inflamed discourse in the days that have followed. A Specter-led investigation would be a welcome bridge over troubled waters.

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Kathleen Sebelius Condemns Westboro Protestors, Roots For Dead Marine's Father (VIDEO)

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sharply criticized on Wednesday the anti-gay protesters who come to military funerals bearing me...

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Sestak and the Reporter Behind the Story

Michael Smerconish | Posted 05.25.2011

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Interestingly, the Sestak job offer issue never impacted the primary. Just as in the case of Rand Paul's comments, it was out there well in advance of the primary but did not create a stir until after the polls had closed.

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How to Get Civility in Washington Back on Track

Michael Smerconish | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elected officials spend only as much time together as is absolutely necessary. And they only see each other in a single context: the ugly political and ideological clashes that end up dominating the daily talk radio shows.

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Con Games: Conservative Crack-Up

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who knew? Who knew that Scott Brown's election to the Teddy seat in the United States Senate would break open the slush of bipartisanship?

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The Perino Conundrum: PR's Expert Inexperts

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

Sometimes a story just sticks with you. Such is the crazy and amusing story of Dana Perino - Bush's White House House Press Secretary - who admitted she had no idea what the Cuban Missile Crisis was.

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Michael Smerconish: Talk Radio Host Without A Shout

Politico | PATRICK GAVIN | | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Smerconish has been on the radio for years in Philadelphia, but he shot to national recognition on Aug. 20 when he broadcast his interview wit...

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Instinct of an American Hero

Michael Smerconish | Posted 05.25.2011

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The publication of Instinct will provide Jose Melendez-Perez, a true 9/11 hero, with the well-deserved recognition he's never had among the general populace.

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I Want You to Sell Your Body!

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

We grouse about Congress people prostituting themselves all the time. If we believe in health care, we may have to do the same, as it were.

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The Current Reforms Need People, Not Money

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you want healthcare you may have to take grief from the party-insiders in the area. Tough noogies. Guess what -- the Congresspeople need political cover to get this done. Make their knees stronger.

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Obama Smerconish Interview: "Guarantees" Reform, Still Open To GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama guaranteed on Thursday that health care reform will be achieved, and he stuck by the public option as his preferred choice for ...

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Tales from the Lobotomy Ward: The Stupidest Republican Talking Point I've Heard in a Long Time

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's moronic for conservatives to believe that they will derail a proposed universal health care system by likening it to a program whose only problem is that the public loves it far too much.

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Michael Smerconish Naked In Philadelphia Magazine To Promote Book

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philadelphia-based talk radio host and cable news regular Michael Smerconish has posed naked for Philadelphia magazine in an ostensible attempt to dru...

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Matthews, Hitchens Lead Stirring Fight Against Pro-Torture Views Of Michael Smerconish

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cheers to MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens, for their resolute opposition to Michael Smerconish's cockamamie embrace of i...

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Newspapers That Backed Bush Shift To Obama

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two more papers that endorsed President Bush in 2004 backed Barack Obama on Sunday. Both papers hail from Texas: the Houston Chronicle and Austin Amer...

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Student Who Quizzed Palin On Pakistan: Her Handlers Are "Tyrannical"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Surprised (and upset) we missed this one. On Monday, Michael Smerconish, the never under-stated radio talk show host, had on his program the Temple Gr...

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Rachel Maddow Leads Chorus Of Truth On 'Presumptuous' Accusation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maddow was invited to take the matter on, and she led with this statement -- "This issue is weird when you look at the facts on which it is based." And she couldn't be more right.

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Resisting The Conventional Wisdom On Polls: It's Possible!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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My larger problem with the poll talk is that all the magical thinking and furtive suppositions seem to only apply to doomsaying in the direction of Barack Obama.

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