Politics & Policy
Flat tax is unequal to the task of calming income anxiety
Last week, the Occupy movement’s biggest issue – income inequality – got a big factual boost. The respected Congressiona ...
13 years ago
World population hits 7 billion as natural disasters spread and Romney flips on emissions control.
I think that future generations will look back on 2011 and wonder, “What in the world were they thinking?” This is the ...
13 years ago
Mitt Romney, barometer of extremist control of the GOP, now supports a flat tax!
Each time that Mitt Romney changes his position on an issue to conform to the extremist consensus among his rivals for the Republican nom ...
13 years ago
Charges fly in Northeast Philly council race
For three decades, Brian O’Neill has been the rarest of species in Philadelphia politics–a Republican representing a Philadel ...
13 years ago
Recalling Ronald Reagan, a pragmatic compromiser on taxes
One of President Ronald Reagan’s many gifts was his ability to reduce complex ideas into simple, easily communicated slogans. So h ...
13 years ago
Chanting about rights can be the wrong way to go
The Occupy Philadelphia protesters are a motley crew of motley views. Judging by their signs and chants, they do seem to agree on ...
13 years ago
Don’t offset declining birthrate with more immigration
In a time of increasing environmental consciousness and concern over economic inequality, the theory that the U.S. should seek a perpetua ...
13 years ago
Prosecutors: Fumo should get at least 17 years for ‘astonishing’ corruption
Federal prosecutors are recommending that former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vince Fumo get more than 17 years in prison when he is resentenc ...
13 years ago
Listen to last night’s city commissioner’s debate at WHYY
Monday night, three candidates for the post of Philadelphia city commissioner met in a debate hosted by WHYY and Newsworks, the League of ...
13 years ago
Candidates for Philadelphia City Council at-large debate at WHYY
Monday night, seven Philadelphia City Council-at-large candidates met in a debate hosted by WHYY and Newsworks, the League of Women Voter ...
13 years ago