
Politics & Policy
Obamacare fight displays the politics of neurotic obsession
Our politics are being controlled by people who think there are monsters in the closet. What’s worse, no amount of tummy rubbing, or sh ...
11 years ago
ListenTwo cheers for the Philly tax break progressives love to hate
Here’s my rough memory of one of the most pithy quotes I ever saw in a news story: “When our schools are dying for mon ...
11 years ago
Understanding “Our Political Nature”
In his new book Our Political Nature, evolutionary anthropologist Avi Tuschman explains, what he calls, the hidden roots of poli ...
Air Date: September 13, 2013
ListenPa. judge orders end to same-sex marriage licenses
A state court’s order to stop a Montgomery County court clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples leaves nearly thre ...
11 years ago
How Philly really does support the pursuit of happiness
Ah, Philadelphia. We’re fat, we’re ugly, we’re hostile and we’re …. happy? Yep, a new ...
11 years ago
Why always money for bombs and missiles but not schools? No attack on Syria!
While President Obama and Congress are planning to spend billions of dollars dropping bombs and missiles on Syria, the public school syst ...
11 years ago
Presidential panel meets in Philly as part of effort to improve voting experience
A presidential commission aimed at cutting long lines at polling places and improving the voting experience held a hearing in Philadelphi ...
11 years ago
Dems pushing for further gains in Delaware County
For decades, Philadelphia’s suburban counties have voted solidly Republican. But in the latest development confirming a long-term p ...
11 years ago
Introverts in a world of extroverts.
I grew up thinking of myself as very self-conscious, observant, reflective, and averse to conflict. I enjoyed time by myself, and preferr ...
11 years ago
The War of 1812, little remembered in the U.S., is celebrated in Canada.
The bicentennial of the War of 1812, fought for three years until 1815, is passing with only local commemoration in the United States, al ...
11 years ago
Many Americans have no love lost for ‘labor,’ even on its day
Today is Labor Day. It is the oddest of American national holidays. It honors an institution, the labor union, to which only about ...
11 years ago
Flight 93 Advisory Commission about to disband
The Flight 93 Advisory Commission, created by former President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, is disbanding. ...
11 years ago
Bipartisan commission sets Philly hearing on voter problems
The voting booth is the place where every American can step up to directly participate in democracy by casting a ballot. Except when glit ...
11 years ago