Politics & Policy
Obama administration promises even less enforcement of U.S. immigration laws
Although the Obama administration has been trying to limit its enforcement of U.S. immigration law only to illegal aliens who have commit
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12 years ago
A long lovers’ quarrel: Larry Holmes and his hometown
Larry Holmes is getting his sheepskin, finally.
The former boxing champion, a seventh-grade dropout, will get an honorary diploma
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12 years ago
What sister city of Philadelphia is as big as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago combined?
What city is unknown to most Americans, but is as big as America’s three largest cities put together? The answer is Tianjin, in th
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12 years ago
Reforms sought on Pa. Judicial Conduct Board
In the wake of Luzerne County’s “kids for cash” scandal, court advocates say Pennsylvania’s judicial discipline s
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12 years ago
No Facebook in China, and other reasons why China won’t end up running the world
Foreign residents and visitors complain about “The Great Firewall of China” after experiencing the slowness of the internet a
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12 years ago
Who’s your dream, offbeat candidate?
Well, that should do it.
When most of a presidential candidate’s campaign staff quits on him, saying he’s not taking h
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12 years ago
Is NATO wrecking Libya, or vice versa? Or are both wrecking U.S. taxpayers?
A U.S. diplomat recently explained to me why the U.S. went to war in Libya, a country in which the U.S. has no interests at all. The dip
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12 years ago
Legal issues: John Edwards, campaign contributions, and the federal gift tax
John Edwards, former candidate for vice-president and president,
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12 years ago
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