Pennsylvania seems like a pretty OK state, and I say this as someone whose only firsthand experience comes from sharing bleacher space with Philadelphia sports fans. Sure, that was repulsive, and there have been some other notable social and cultural failures over the years—the MOVE bombing, the Santorum era, the various fracking debacles—but on the whole I'd say the place has brought the rest of the nation at least as much joy as it has pain.Read more...