Politics & Policy
Popular vote bill threatens electoral gridlock
Ever since the 2000 presidential election when Gore won the popular vote, but Bush won the presidency by winning the majority of votes in
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13 years ago
Supreme Court orders review of Hazleton immigrant law
The Supreme Court Monday ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at a northeastern Pennsylvania city’s crackdown on ille
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13 years ago
Hot news: 3rd Circuit Hazleton immigration decision vacated by U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court today vacated the decision of the U.S. Court o
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13 years ago
The drug war is like Vietnam: We can’t admit that we’ve lost.
This week the Global Commission on Drug Policy issued its report calling for
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13 years ago
Tired of scandal at the U? Pay the players
Growing up in Ohio, I was in the minority, in that I never much cared for Buckeyes football.
The Ohio State coach back then was Wo
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13 years ago
Will privatizing liquor sales make people drink more?
A Pennsylvania think tank is coming out against privatizing liquor sales with an old argument backed up by some new analysis.
The E
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13 years ago
‘One Nation’ tour: an instinctive and smart tactician bides her time
Watching Sarah Palin storm through Philadelphia and Gettysburg this week convinces me that she knows exactly what she’s doing. By
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13 years ago
It was a good idea when it was proposed last year by Mayor Nutter, but rejected by Philadelphia City Council. It’s a better idea t
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13 years ago
Palin a no-show in Philly, but tongues wag anyway
Was she coming, or not? Rumors floated around the Web and across Philadelphia that Sarah Palin’s hyped bus tour would visit the cit
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13 years ago
Pa. congressman bars audio, video at town meetings
Lou Barletta, a Northeastern Pennsylvania congressman, says constituents, but not their cameras or audio recorders, are welcome at his to
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13 years ago
Thoughts on a 40th college reunion at Oberlin: What happens when people stop reading newspapers?
Suppose you were invited to a party, with no guarantee that anyone you know was going to be there, but with a guarantee that you would ha
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13 years ago
Empty words don’t fill classrooms with learning
The kids are our future.
If we had a nickel for every time a politician has intoned that cliché, we could close the fisc
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13 years ago
The Grand Piano Extravaganza at Oberlin
Most people in the world will never have the opportunity to experience the Grand Piano Extravaganza at Oberlin. The best they will be ab
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13 years ago
No, it wasn’t “SB 1070”, the other Arizona statute challenged by the Obama administration, for which appeal is still pe
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13 years ago