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Will it be the (tax) holiday season in D.C.?

Here’s the opening sentence I had planned for this post: Good politics sometimes makes bad policy. My topic is the ex ...

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Michael Lewis’s amusing stories from the financial collapse

Michael Lewis wrote Moneyball and The Blind Side, both of which have been made into blockbuster hit movies. He also wrote The Big Short, ...

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Ben Franklin Bridge ramp funding cut, city ice rinks reopen, distributing $30m in sheriff sale proceeds, Overbrook Farms Historic District vote postponed

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Despite recession and high gas prices, why do Americans still love their gas-guzzling SUVs?

Is there another country in the world as fond of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and pick-up trucks as the good old U.S.A.? They ...

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Pennsylvania lawmakers and advocates for veterans met Thursday for a state Senate Democratic Policy Committee round-table discussion of h ...

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PA Ballet’s demo plans, Zoning reform vote next week, Endangered Buildings, Fancy Brigade time, N. Kensington’s poverty

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Big zoning reform hearing, vacant school hazards, Manton Street park reclaimed and sold, Dilworth’s pedestrian problem

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Montgomery County Commissioner Matthews charged with perjury

An outgoing Montgomery County official has been charged with perjury and false-swearing.  Commissioner James Matthews is accused of ...

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City Controller calls for action on vacant school buildings owned by the Philadelphia School District.

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Why are colleges and universities so expensive, forcing students into debt?

When I graduated from Oberlin College in 1970, I remember holding my diploma and telling my parents that this is what $16,000 paid for, a ...

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Eyes on the Street: Philadelphia’s New Day could be here to stay

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December 5-9: King Kong, Spring Garden Street Greenway design workshop, Zoning vote, City Hall tree lighting, Trumbauer book talk

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