
Opinion & Essay
Can the GOP nuke its own nominee?
In the last 24 hours the Republican race has gone nuclear. Everybody is suddenly fixated on the Republican National Committee byla ...
9 years ago
In defense of South Philly’s parking quirks
I couldn’t believe my ears. There’s a movement to ban parking on the median strip in South Philly! What next? Banning soft pr ...
9 years ago
Reality strangles invention: Just another day in the ’16 campaign
Years from now, if the grandkids ask you what the ’16 presidential campaign was really like, just tell them about August 2. It was ...
9 years ago
North Carolina’s fight over black votes is just the beginning
When I learned that a three-judge panel of the Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals had struck down North Carolina’s restrictive ...
9 years ago
Trump tees up the Citizen Kane excuse
We knew this was coming. At a rally yesterday, Donald Trump said: “I’m afraid the election is gonna be rigged, I ...
9 years ago
Vote-suppressing racist Republicans lose big in swing state
Here’s the ’16 campaign in a nutshell: Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine spent the weekend barnstorming by bus in middle-American ...
9 years ago
I love science — and here’s why that’s important
This summer I was chosen to participate in the ...
9 years ago
ListenHillary did well, can do better
It was a big at-bat for Hillary Clinton. Did she deliver? A solid base hit, I thought, not a home run. In some respects, th ...
9 years ago
How an ‘anti-Airbnb bill’ could benefit Philadelphia
While a convenient option for travelers seeking a home away from home or individuals looking to make extra money, Airbnb has led to adver ...
9 years ago
Hillary Clinton makes history, savages Trump, channels Sinatra
Before we get started, we need to park our jaded cynicism and celebrate the fact that 96 years after women finally won the right to vote, ...
9 years ago
Clinton must heal the racial divide among supporters
The mood at the Wells Fargo Center ahead of Hillary Clinton’s prime time speech to the Democratic National Convention was quiet. ...
9 years ago
Michael Bloomberg’s pithy pitch to the independents
While guesting this morning on R ...
9 years ago
After a bumpy convention, time for Hillary
After covering conventions for two weeks, I’ve lost my voice (not good for a radio guy), and it occurred to me: Maybe Hillary Clint ...
9 years ago
The power and the hunger — confessions of a DNC partygoer
Philly may have been extremely hot this week, but the ambitions on display among the city’s political class were hotter. I attende ...
9 years ago
Obama and friends capture the flag
President Obama, with herculean help last night from supporting players, has put Hillary Clinton on the high road to November. Wha ...
9 years ago
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