Politics & Policy

You’ve heard of battle fatigue. And compassion fatigue. A friend said the other day that, as a Philadelphia resident, she h ...

I can’t seem to get Grete Waitz, the Norwegian marathon champion who died last week in Oslo, out of my head. I’m no athlete, ...

I’m eagerly anticipating the wedding this Friday of Britain’s young Prince William, heir to the throne, and his lovely colleg ...

Anyone else troubled by the U.S. mission creep in Libya? Originally we were just going to help our allies establish a no-fly zone over L ...

An unexpected independent candidate could pop up for the fall race for City Council at Large. John Street changed his registration ...

I’m reluctant to offer any comments on the absurd controversy over the adequacy of President Obama’s Hawaiian birth certifica ...

A former suburban Philadelphia congressman wants to be Pennsylvania attorney general. Patrick Murphy of Bucks County kicked off hi ...

Headline news in most American newspapers this morning was the rating agency ...

Moammar Gadhafi is weighing in on the Philadelphia Mayor’s race.  Okay, not really.  But a Republican candidate for mayor ...

U.S. Senator Bob Casey wants to require full disclosure of sexual harassment within organizations receiving federal funds.  Today in ...

Saturday’s newspapers carried reports that ...

After the Pennsylvania SPCA broke up the biggest dog-fighting ring in its history last week, the gruesome images of the abused animals ar ...

Only a stone-cold fool would try to cover ground where Stephen Colbert has already planted his satiric flag. So let me begin. ...

When I graduated from law school and started practicing tax law in Philadelphia back in 1975, the top rate on both federal income and est ...

The DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) died on December 18, 2010, when it drew only 55 affirmativ ...