Politics & Policy
Is John Street considering a council run?
An unexpected independent candidate could pop up for the fall race for City Council at Large. John Street changed his registration ...
15 years ago
‘Birthers,’ natural-born citizens (like President Obama), and the law
I’m reluctant to offer any comments on the absurd controversy over the adequacy of President Obama’s Hawaiian birth certifica ...
15 years ago
Former Congressman Murphy running for state AG
A former suburban Philadelphia congressman wants to be Pennsylvania attorney general. Patrick Murphy of Bucks County kicked off hi ...
15 years ago
Signs of impending economic collapse, or needless fear-mongering?
Headline news in most American newspapers this morning was the rating agency ...
15 years ago
Using Gadhafi to make a point about Philadelphia politics
Moammar Gadhafi is weighing in on the Philadelphia Mayor’s race. Okay, not really. But a Republican candidate for mayor ...
15 years ago
Citing PHA as an example, Sen. Casey pushing bill to disclose sexual harassment settlements
U.S. Senator Bob Casey wants to require full disclosure of sexual harassment within organizations receiving federal funds. Today in ...
15 years ago
Cluster bombs: the least of Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s crimes
Saturday’s newspapers carried reports that ...
15 years ago
Pa. lawmaker urges registry of animal abusers
After the Pennsylvania SPCA broke up the biggest dog-fighting ring in its history last week, the gruesome images of the abused animals ar ...
15 years ago
The Kyl/Colbert counterfactual face-off
Only a stone-cold fool would try to cover ground where Stephen Colbert has already planted his satiric flag. So let me begin. ...
15 years ago
Are U.S. income tax rates too high or too low? How do we decide?
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 ...
15 years ago
The DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) died on December 18, 2010, when it drew only 55 affirmativ ...
15 years ago
Camden leaders welcome new law to check crime
Leaders from the struggling city of Camden are praising New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for signing a law that will make it easier for pol ...
15 years ago
Obama right on health care, but how to pay for it?
President Obama is right to defend Medicaid, Medicare for seniors, and his own health insurance reforms. If we’ve made the policy ...
15 years ago
Growing national debt: Obama’s problem, Toomey’s solution
President Obama seems to have finessed the fight over the budget for the last half of the 2011 fiscal year. His next battle will be tryi ...
15 years ago