Opinion & Essay
Fleeing the Republican Convention: ‘I’ve got other things to do,’ etc.
Republicans have become so toxic that even Republicans don’t want to be around them.&nb ...
10 years ago
In defense of David French (‘Huh? Who?’)
Denizens of the far-flung political community (donors, activists, journalists, Twitter typists, idiot trolls) had been breathlessly await ...
10 years ago
‘Porngate’ investigators back to work with $159,000 tab running
How long will it take a special investigator appointed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to make sense of tens of thousands ...
10 years ago
ListenAttacking the judiciary is a tyrant’s tactic
Oh so predictably, America’s Troll is still attacking the federal judge who’s handling the lawsuit against Trump University. ...
10 years ago
The ‘vile creature’ soils the meaning of Memorial Day
If this were a normal Memorial Day, I’d simply and briefly state the obvious, that this is not just an opportunity to barbecue. If ...
10 years ago
Hypocrisy howler: The other wall Trump wants to build
Let’s kick off the holiday weekend with a belly laugh. On the one hand, Donald Trump denies the reality of climate change; like his ...
10 years ago
Koch-related super PAC drops $3 million ad bomb on McGinty
A national conservative super PAC associated with the billionaire Koch brothers has announced a $3 million ad blitz to attack Pennsylvani ...
10 years ago
Hillary’s emails weigh down her political baggage
Anyone who hates or distrusts Hillary Clinton will find fresh ammo in the newly released State Department report about her use of a priva ...
10 years ago
Trump, donning his tinfoil hat, wants to party like it’s 1993
I’d long assumed that Vince Foster would be allowed to rest in peace. But alas, he has now been exhumed by America’s Troll. ...
10 years ago
Whiffing on Zika: Take a wild guess who’s imperiling babies
We all know by now that Republicans are well practiced at the art of magical thinking — massive tax cuts balance the budget, human-indu ...
10 years ago
City worker hit with $1,800 penalty for political work
The Philadelphia Ethics Board has imposed a $1,800 penalty on a city worker who did political work on city time and on his city computer. ...
10 years ago
Risky business: Hillary gets parsed by the ‘liberal’ media
I love it when conservatives claim that the “liberal” media is in the tank for Hillary Clinton, because the imperviousness of ...
10 years ago
Pennsylvania seniority bill advances the war on teachers
I’ve watched with a mix of amazement and chagrin as the blame for a crumbling school system has been callously laid at teachers’ feet ...
10 years ago
ListenMorley Safer would know how to cover Trump
Morley Safer, who died yesterday, was not always an avuncul ...
10 years ago
Who’s inflating the English language?
The saga of the two criminals who cleverly escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York last summer also turned out to be a ...
10 years ago
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