Politics & Policy
Three rings are hardly enough to contain the Pa. political circus
The great columnist Steve Lopez used to call local politics the Big Top. Lopez long ago left Philly for the Left Coast, but the ci ...
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Wagner joins Democrats at forum; all favor gifts ban
Democrats running for governor of Pennsylvania endorsed a state ban on gifts for public officials at a canididates’ forum in Philad ...
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Pa. AG says despite crimes committed on tape, case couldn’t be salvaged
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane says despite the fact that her office has audio tapes documenting four state lawmakers and on ...
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Thought of Condi Rice in a mortar board has Rutgers profs frothing
As long as there are college professors, Fox News will never run out of material. The faculties of Rutgers’ New Brunswick an ...
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ListenAttorney General Kathleen Kane has a big problem. Now let’s see what else she’s got.
Elected statewide officeholders often deal with difficult and controversial issues. To survive, it’s not enough that they be right ...
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Democratic senator criminally charged with abusing office
Sen. LeAnna Washington (D-Montgomery) has been charged criminally with using her legislative office to her own political and financial be ...
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Even when you’re as guilty as Mumia, you deserve an able defense
It happened again. And it’s maddening. Congress has punished a lawyer for doing what lawyers are supposed to do: represent th ...
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Vignettes from Russian-American history
I once owned a Pete Seeger vinyl record containing several Woody Guthrie songs including this catchy ditty composed in 1942: ̶ ...
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