Russell Frank
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Preliminary Report of the Pennsylvania Name Commission
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It’s true. A blue-ribbon commission has been meeting behind closed doors to rename the Keystone State. I know this because They, the chair of the commission, asked me to be one of the nominators.
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Of Right-Setting and Ring-Fencing: Old Mainese as a Second Language
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Inspired by Penn State’s road map for the future, and in keeping with my commitment to delivering the highest value to readers, I have enrolled in a class in Old […]
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New Hope for Subu Vedam
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The case against Subramanyam Vedam was always flimsy. Now it may have disintegrated altogether. Vedam has been locked up for 40 years, having been arrested and then convicted of murdering […]
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What’s So Funny? Ask My Students in 16 Weeks
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Next week I’ll begin teaching a course I’m calling Humor in Journalism. (Don’t tell my students that I plan to distribute Groucho glasses on the first day of class to […]
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Like It or Not, This Is What Democracy Looks Like
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A couple of cops were among the 150 or so folks in the standing-room-only crowd that turned out for Wednesday night’s State College Borough Council meeting. They weren’t needed. The […]
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Tonight at 6: State College Takes Another Crack at a Ceasefire Resolution
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Russell Frank offers two columns this week. For a lighter read, click here. A resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is back on the table for State College Borough […]
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Can I Borrow a Cup of Vodka? (It’s Not for Me, It’s for My Tineola Bisselliella)
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Russell Frank offers two columns this week. For a more serious read, click here. At 9 a.m. on Saturday, I asked Mary across the street if she could spare some […]
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No Ceasefire Resolution, but a Heartening Exercise in Civics and Civility
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My snap response to the Gaza ceasefire resolution considered by State College Borough Council on Monday night was an eyeroll. After the requisite litany of “whereas-es,” council would, if the […]
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Of Gratitude and Inquietude
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I’m across the bay from San Francisco this week, visiting the newest member of the crew and the first grandson, Marcus James, born last month, thriving and calm. Marcus is […]
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Summoning the Ghosts of Elections Past
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The obvious solution to Joe Biden’s over-the-hill problem: We rewind to 2008 and pull a switcheroo. Make Uncle Joe the presidential nominee and Obama the running mate. That way, we […]