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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."

 
Read John's blog Baer Growls
Latest post: Pols in Prison - 05/15/2012
  Email John at baerj@phillynews.com
Would gamblers pay to aid Pa. pensions?
John Baer
Posted 05/16/2012
John Baer: State Rep. Rep. Paul Clymer wants casino-goers to pay a $2 cover to ease the pension crisis.
 
Pols in Prison
Mike Turzai is majority leader of the Pa. House.
Advice on protesting Pa. budget
John Baer
Posted 05/14/2012
John Baer: The overriding argument against all pleas will be that there is no money. This is a lie.
 
Pols in Prison
What happened to the politics of hope? - 05/09/2012
John Baer
John Baer: The change President Obama once stood for has evolved into the politics of predictability.
Another no-tax state budget looms - 05/07/2012
John Baer
John Baer: Expect predictable posturing, Capitol rallies and protests, but really not much of a battle.
Plane truth about presidential travel - 05/02/2012
John Baer
John Baer: The president’s plane is yet again the subject of a political spat. Should we care?
Baer: Legislature’s busy getting plane owners off food stamps - 04/30/2012
John Baer
GREAT NEWS, KIDS, your Legislature’s back this week after a nice long break for Easter and the primary, and, boy, it sounds as if lawmakers are really ready to work. High on the list: fiscal responsibility, private-sector job creation and cuts in business taxes.
Kane seen as woman for job - 04/26/2012
John Baer
John Baer: She won everywhere outside the Philly media market, which gave her a 53-47 statewide victory.
Boring primary bad for democracy - 04/23/2012
John Baer
John Baer: It’s like problems can't be fixed, hope is dead, so let’s hold a zombie primary in Pennsylvania.
Can young activist oust veteran pol? - 04/17/2012
John Baer
John Baer: Long odds don’t deter Numa St. Louis, who faces state Rep. Mark Cohen in Tuesday’s primary.
Attorney general and governor's mansion - 04/16/2012
John Baer: Of the 4 Republicans who've won attorney general since 1980, 3 later ran for governor.
Government's on break ... & broken - 04/11/2012
John Baer: Your state Legislature and Congress are on break. And your roads and bridges are about to break.
Where thinking is a capital offense - 04/09/2012
John Baer: It's a near-comedic contest between state and city government over which is more inept.
MORE STORIES
Baer to Santorum: Yo, Rick: Pack it in - 04/04/2012
When smaller is size that matters - 04/02/2012
Angering both sides, Guv's doing OK - 03/28/2012
Political divide is widening - 03/26/2012
Ex-House speaker faces sentencing - 03/21/2012
Baer: Santorum's making the GOP antsy - 03/19/2012
The ins and outs of voter ID - 03/14/2012
Lawmakers checking their brains at the door - 03/12/2012


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