Politics & Policy

It’s a strip shopping center, just like thousands – no, make that tens of thousands – across America.   A W ...

Much is being said, and much more will be said after tonight’s State of the Union, about Barack Obama’s “move to the center,” whi ...

Philadelphia City Council President Anna Verna says she’s not running for re-election.   Council President Anna Verna h ...

Pennsylvania has a brand-new governor, who has decided to tilt at some windmills that foiled the last Republican governor. One pl ...

After just 10 months, Sister Mary Scullion, one of the city’s most enduring crusaders to end homelessness, is stepping down from th ...

Perhaps it’s all my fault. I did hurt the guy’s feelings that one time. You may have heard that Glenn Beck, the ubiquitous pun ...

The awful moment in Tucson a week ago has spawned a national conversation about … the national conversation.   A rough c ...

It’s too soon to know what drove the Arizona gunman. That hasn’t stopped some from leaping to blame extreme political rhetori ...

Read any good letters of marque lately? What, you don’t know what a letter of marque is? Haven’t you read your Constitution? ...

How about:  ‘DeSean Jackson quietly hands ball to ref after Super Bowl-winning TD?’ You can write your own, too! ...

With the New Year, 111 new members will be sworn into the House of Representatives.  One local newbie is already establishing himsel ...

Philadelphia City Council has wrapped up its 2010 work and is now heading into an election year.  A host of candidates is considerin ...

The other day, I stood where George Washington slept. And where Hercules cooked. I stood where an extraordinary man proved ...

Here’s a quote from last week, spoken by a politician angry at a reporter: “You’re a liberal paper aren’t you? You ...

Philadelphia City Council got an earful from the public Thursday on two pieces of legislation that weren’t even up for a vote. ...