Politics & Policy
Trying to prevent collateral damage with government shutdown
The federal government shutdown on schedule to start at midnight tonight, could change life for Philadelphia’s residents and visito
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13 years ago
Temple law professor David Post on the new internet
My colleague David Post is this year’s recipient of the Friel-Scanlan prize for the best scholarly publication by a member of the T
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13 years ago
Our man Karzai’s role in the deaths in Afghanistan after the Koran burning
Of course the lunatic pastor in Florida who burned the Koran on March 20 bears moral responsibility for the resulting deaths in Afghanist
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13 years ago
The new NY Times and Philadelphia Inquirer digital pay walls: trying to make readers pay
I’ve always been a news junkie. Since moving to Delaware in 1983, I have routinely had four different newspapers tossed onto my fr
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13 years ago
More on the tenure debate at American law schools including Temple
Regarding my posting yesterday about the tenure debate now on-going at American law schools, Scott K. asks, “And so… what do
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13 years ago
Corbett refuses to rake in a windfall
What if the kid at your front door offered to rake your leaves into piles, but not to bag them? Would you hire him?
Or a contracto
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13 years ago
American law schools debate tenure
A great debate has opened up over tenure of law professors at American law schools. While this subject has been debated before, the chal
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13 years ago
Birthright tourism: another challenge to 14th Amendment citizenship
The United States is one of very few countries in the world to recognize as full citizens children born in the country to parents who are
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13 years ago
Philadelphia school violence: where’s the superintendent?
The Philadelphia Inquirer has again been demonstrating how irreplaceable it is by publishing a disturbing series of articles on violence
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13 years ago
Ramsey’s blunt response to gaffe impresses
Don’t go, Charles, don’t go.
Word is that Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey might be headed to Chicago to become
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13 years ago
What the 2010 census does and doesn’t tell us
The 2010 census tells us our population grew from 282 million in 2000 to 309 million in 2010, a net increase of 27 million residents in a
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13 years ago
Live blog: Can We Talk? event at Constitution Center
This weekend, the National Constitution Center is hosting heavyweights from the worlds of politics, journalism and academe for a two-
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13 years ago