Politics & Policy
Are U.S. income tax rates too high or too low? How do we decide?
When I graduated from law school and started practicing tax law in Philadelphia back in 1975, the top rate on both federal income and est
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13 years ago
The DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) died on December 18, 2010, when it drew only 55 affirmativ
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13 years ago
Camden leaders welcome new law to check crime
Leaders from the struggling city of Camden are praising New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for signing a law that will make it easier for pol
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13 years ago
Obama right on health care, but how to pay for it?
President Obama is right to defend Medicaid, Medicare for seniors, and his own health insurance reforms. If we’ve made the policy
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13 years ago
Growing national debt: Obama’s problem, Toomey’s solution
President Obama seems to have finessed the fight over the budget for the last half of the 2011 fiscal year. His next battle will be tryi
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13 years ago
Carl Lewis goes for electoral gold
New Jersey state senator Dawn Addiego may now have a real race on her hands. Today in Mt. Holly, legendary Olympian Carl Lewis leap
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13 years ago
Doing my taxes: silly investing mistakes I made that you can avoid
I teach and study taxation for a living, so you might think I enjoy doing my taxes so much that I’m an early filer. The truth is j
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13 years ago
Primary voters head to the polls in just over a month. As the campaigns heat up, the word “reform” is making an appearance right on c
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13 years ago
Election apathy a hard one to figure
In one moment last week, I saw both the gloomy downside and the percolating potential of Philadelphia politics.
In the last month,
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13 years ago
Obama’s plan to reduce oil imports is doomed by immigration and population growth
President Obama, probably in response to Republican criticism of rising gasoline prices, recently
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13 years ago
Update on Temple law faculty vote on ABA tenure requirement for accreditation
For those with interest in this issue, the Standards Review Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education
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13 years ago
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