Jay Stevens

Joe Posnanski makes the case for the Cleveland Spiders.

Being a sports fan means being able to root like hell for a team, and paint everything in deliciously simple black-and-white, us-versus-them narratives. It?s fun to pull for teams because it?s simple. Our team is good. Their team is not. We tend to turn a blind eye toward things that complicate our fandom.

The Controversy Surrounding Raw Milk

An oddly worded article appears in the local daily newspaper...

Expert on Afghanistan politics and policy to speak at the Jefferson Educational Society

From the post office to public education to our water supply and Social Security pensions, conservative radicals seek privatization of programs generations of our forebears thought too critical to subject to the whims of the market and rapaciousness of profit seekers.

Erie School District is planning to consolidate and "mothball" three schools. Jay Stevens weighs in on whether this makes sense.

Erie elementary students learn science and art at Frontier Park.

Pennsylvania's new voter ID law requires religious objectors to photos to answer extremely intrusive set of questions to obtain IDs.

It seems this year, the election will be about who can slam Harrisburg harder.

The leadership Jay Badams supplies Erie's schools is real, but let's not minimize the damage the cuts did to our children's education, and who, ultimately, is really to blame.

While the Erie Reader debated, the Erie School District unveiled its proposals for 2012-3 school closures.

Budget cuts, loop holes, and taxation. What's Pennsylvania's future?

Erie?s favorite ship returns for the summer

How Gov. Corbett's budget cuts are leaving our children behind