PA in the WSJ

This is a list of articles regarding Pennsylvania in this week's Wall Street Journal. Chances are I missed something, but these are the articles that caught my eye.

It should be noted that I routinely do not read the editorials in the WSJ. So any discussions of the state, its elected officials, businesses, or citizens, in editorials will not be mentioned here.

PA Politicians

The only Pennsy politician this week is Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., mentioned in “Democrats highlight their religion in voter outreach,” by Douglas Belkin (9/18)

Two mentions of political ads running in PA, in “Campaign ads about abortion proliferate,” by Amy Chozick (9/18)

Now we know what Mark Zandi has been up to lately. In “McCain, Obama jockey for position on economy,” (9/19) says that he is an adviser to the McCain campaign.

The most popular Obama video on YouTube is his 37 minutes speech on race delivered in Philadelphia. See “Video of Iraq veteran boosts McCain online,” by Christopher Rhoads (9/19)

PA Businesses

Mark Zandi of Economy.com is quoted in “Loan delinquencies rear their ugly head again,” by Ruth Simon (9/20)

Gordon Folwer, chief investment officer of Glenmede Trust of Philadelphia is quoted in “Dow jumps another 368.75 points, ends wild week nearly unchanged,” by E.S. Browning and Annelena Lobb (9/20)

Comcast mentioned in “Tech guru riles the industry by seeking huge patent fees,” by Amol Sharma and Don Clark (9/17)

Homestead steelworks of Pittsburgh, now a section of suburbia, mention in “Jobs unwanted,” by Timothey Aeppel (9/16)

Brief mentions: General Nutrition Centers of Pittsburgh (9/18)

Other PA

The clostridium difficile, c. diff, virus was identified at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2000, as discussed in “Rising foe defies hospitals’ war on ‘superbugs’,” by Laura Landro (9/17)

Erie guitarist Eric Brewer tried out for the 4th annual Guitar Superstar Competition, see “A guitar contest with a winning surprise,” by Jim Fusilli (9/16)

Penn State prof Gary Cross is the author of Men to Boys, reviewed in “Man and sillyman,” by Kay Hymowitz (9/20)

Other Interesting Tidbits

Some interesting Sarah Palin articles:

“Creamery case has Palin critics taking aim at fiscal-conservative claim,” by Jim Carlton (9/16)

“Palin’s project list totals $453 million,” by Laura Meckler and John R. Wilke (9/15)