Politics & Policy
Three stories about teen stardom, playhouses, and leeches
I’ve been puzzling over how to work interesting stories I come across into this blog. I think the easiest way is just to list them
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13 years ago
Listing your laws that ‘ought to be,’ but likely won’t
A couple of weeks ago, I noted a gimmick by state Sen. Anthony Williams of Philadelphia, who was asking constituents to propose laws they
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13 years ago
Three ways the U.S. debt crisis is the same as Europe’s
People keep telling me our debt crisis is different than Europe’s, but I’m not convinced. Here are three things they have in
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13 years ago
Turnpike employee EZ pass records off limits to newspaper, judge rules
About 2,000 employees of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission get to ride the toll road for free, and a Commonwealth Court judge has turn
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13 years ago
Toomey against ‘Gang of Six’ plan; Casey noncommittal
Less than two weeks away from the deadline to raise the federal debt ceiling or face default, Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators are
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13 years ago
Andrew Bacevich on America’s path to permanent war
The seemingly bitter struggle between Republicans and Democrats is just political theater concealing a long-standing, bi-partisan determi
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13 years ago
Japanese women beat the U.S. and win the World Cup on penalty kicks
The result was completely unexpected. First, in the quarterfinals Japan defeated two-time defending champion, undefeated Germany, which
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13 years ago
Fiscal smackdown: Donkey vs. elephant
Much about growing old stinks. Joints creak. Hair doesn’t grow where you want it, but does where you don’t. Young people
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13 years ago
If a fan catches a baseball, does the fan have taxable income?
That’s what Christian Lopez is wondering after the 23-year-old caught Derek Jeter’s home run, which was the Yankees star̵
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13 years ago
Debt ceiling fight splits Republicans, puts presidential candidates on hot seat
The 2012 Presidential election may be effectively over this week as Republicans split over their differing positions on the debt ceiling.
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13 years ago
Playing “American-style”: U.S. advances in World Cup
When I was in high school and met up with friends on a public tennis court, sometimes only three of us would show up. Since there were n
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13 years ago
If Asian-Americans are so smart, how come they have no power or influence?
Asian-Americans score well on standardized tests. This is both a stereotype and the truth. So schools that admit primarily on standardi
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13 years ago