John M. Baer is a graduate of Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland, holds a Masters Degree from Temple University, is a former Fellow of the American Political Science Assn. in Washington, under whose auspices he studied at the Brookings Institution and worked a year in Congress, and a Fellow of the Loyola University School of Law's inaugural Journalist Law School program in Los Angeles. The National Journal (in 2002) called Baer one of the country's top 10 political journalists outside Washington, saying Baer has, "the ability to take the skin off a politician without making it hurt too much."
Email John at baerj@phillynews.com
- Gallery: Gov. Corbett delivers budget address
- Major shift in colleges suggested by cuts?
- Bad news, good news for schools
- A Modest Proposal
John Baer: Gov. Corbett, an avowed advocate of transparency, is offering a state budget more than transparent in terms of its politics and political goals.
- A Modest Proposal
John Baer: Whom can we thank for this latest demonstration of how not to govern? You be the judge.
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Rough sailing head for double-digit loser
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THE GOOD Ship Gingrich, launched 10 days ago in South Carolina but scuttled last night in Florida, faces some rough sailing ahead if history is a guide.
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Baer: State of the Union was just a speech
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PRESIDENT OBAMA'S State of the Campaign speech - a free prime-time TV ad last night - put down some pretty clear markers for his re-election bid.
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A look at the Florida keys for Mitt, Newt
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John Baer: As the GOP primary shifts to Florida, two questions arise: Can Mitt change? Can Newt maintain?
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Imagine, state reps truly representing
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John Baer: A new effort to clean up Pennsylvania's often corrupt political system is interesting.
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High-court justice's woes: Pa. politics, as usual
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John Baer: The case of state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin comes with layers and tentacles.
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Newt's ready to pull out the stops
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THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL race today hits South Carolina, where Newt Gingrich has a plan for attacking Mitt Romney that resembles a murder-suicide pact.
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No debating how GOP show will end
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John Baer: A day away from the New Hampshire primary, two questions face what's left of the GOP field.
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Say bye-bye to Santorum -- he's just an asterisk in 2012 campaign
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OUR OWN RICK Santorum's a hit in the initial test of 2012. What can it mean? Does it mean Pennsylvania's positioned to get its first White House resident since James Buchanan (1857-61), a regular on lists of worst presidents?
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Righting my wrongs of 2011
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John Baer: OK, it's my annual mea culpa column in which I admit to mistakes made during the year.
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John BaerMcQueary's story paints scary picture
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John Baer: Mike McQueary - the linchpin of the case against Sandusky, et al - was unshakable on the stand.
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