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
- The Big Tent: Poll: Obama leads in Pa., Ohio, Fla.
John Baer: I'm not saying that Mitt Romney's overseas junket was a diplomatic coup. But come on.
John Baer: The voter-ID law has been ill-conceived, politically driven and bureaucratically bungled.
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Casey at the bat, a safe bet
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John Baer: Our state's senior U.S. senator, Robert P. Casey Jr., seldom seen, rarely heard, is in the news.
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Why Romney's tax returns don't matter
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John Baer: I don't give a rat's rump about Mitt's returns, other than to satisfy some voyeuristic curiosity.
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Who will win in '12? Corporate donors
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John Baer: Enacting true campaign-finance reform withers in Congress no matter which party is in charge.
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Baer: Could Corbett have done more?
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THE POWERS at Penn State knew young boys were being raped by one of their own and did nothing about it for more than a decade. They "repeatedly concealed facts," showed "callous and shocking disregard" for child victims and actively agreed on a coverup to avoid bad publicity.
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GOP voter-ID law could backfire
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John Baer: It could cost taxpayers $3.4 million to provide free Voter IDs, but the state has only budgeted $1 million.
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Will Corbett take up cause for new slogan?
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John Baer: I'm wondering if Gov. Corbett follows previous guvs and gives us a new state slogan.
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Pa. project fund ripe for reform
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John Baer: A revamp of a huge state program and an audit showing that it needs it is getting scant notice.
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Corbett 2.0: Governor turned salesman
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John Baer: The Republican guv, uncharacteristically, is suddenly publicly pushing for what he wants.
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Feds keep tapping Vince Fumo's till
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John Baer: And now, because some sagas never end, we face another round of U.S. vs. Vince Fumo.
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Shock at reports of problems at the Liquor Control Board? Not really
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I'M SHOCKED — shocked, I tell you — that folks running the state's longtime booze monopoly might not be playing by the rules. Imagine, if you can, political appointees in the arcane Liquor Control Board taking gifts from those with whom they do state business, or seeking to hook up relatives with jobs.
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