Dave Davies: Off Mic Archive
We’re saying goodbye (sort of) this month to Pennsylvania political icons Arlen Specter and Ed Rendell, and I was glad today that w
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13 years ago
Reform group slams new sheriff
New Philadelphia Sheriff Barbara Deeley has had an eventful start as the city’s first woman to hold the job.
On her second d
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13 years ago
This is one of the scariest guys on the face of the earth. Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan spent a couple of decades trafficking nuclear a
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13 years ago
Another contender in Northwest Philly
Voters in Northwest Philly are in for another lively battle for City Council this spring, and when I did a
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13 years ago
Governor Rendell said at a morning news conference it’s a “fair question” to ask whether Philadelphia should ever get a
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13 years ago
For a thoughtful take on John Street’s inflammatory assertion that many African Americans don’t see Mayor Nutter as a black m
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13 years ago
The digital beyond on Fresh Air
If you died next week, what would become of all the stuff in your Facebook account, your Yahoo e-mail, or the photos you have on Flickr?
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13 years ago
Any student of modern urban history knows of the connection between snowstorms and the political fortunes of big city mayors. O
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13 years ago
Morning radio, and a parting shot
Join me this morning on Radio Times, when Marty Moss-Coane, the Daily News’ Sandy Shea and I discuss the year’s events in Phi
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13 years ago
I want to thank Joe Banner and the Philadelphia Eagles for embracing sanity instead of macho pigskin bravado Sunday and postponing a game
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13 years ago
Enjoy your holiday……I’ll be posting again next week.
Meanwhile, enjoy my friend and Harrisburg blogger John Micek
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13 years ago
As Arlen Specter and Ed Rendell depart the political stage, State Treasurer Rob McCord will emerge as a leading Pennsylvania Democrat, ju
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13 years ago
You probably heard about Arlen Specter’s farewell speech in the Senate, but you’ve been to busy to watch it. It’s worth
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13 years ago
Mayor Nutter told Mike Dunn of KYW Newsradio this week that he is, indeed, running for re-election next year. It wasn’t surprising,
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13 years ago
Politico quotes sources as saying the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will get the votes to approve to the controversia
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13 years ago
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