Opinion & Essay
Poll shows Kenney in command in Philly mayor’s race
The first independent poll on the Philadelphia mayoral primary candidates shows former City Councilman Jim Kenney with a commanding lead. ...
11 years ago
ListenDeflategate, GOP debates, Jeb’s spin, Hillary’s silence
Today, a tidbit quartet. Let’s begin with Harry Reid. On the Senate floor yesterday, Reid ...
11 years ago
Katz out, Fumo in, and your fundraising totals
There’s an old story of a powerful Philadelphia politician with a notorious reputation who paid a call on a young man who was plann ...
11 years ago
Doubling down on Iraq, Jeb is his brother’s keeper
Last night, in the Fox News cocoon, Jeb Bush tied his own shoelaces together and fell flat on his face. In a ham-handed attempt to ...
11 years ago
Jeb Bush tries to woo (or neutralize) the evangelicals
Jeb Bush knows that he can’t win big with religious conservatives. His goal is merely to neutralize them, to hose them down with go ...
11 years ago
Who didn’t fund Philly’s super PACs
By now, it’s not a shock to learn that super PACs spent twice as much as the candidates in the Philadelphia mayor’s race this ...
11 years ago
It’s the year of the super PACs in Philadelphia. Campaign finance filings yesterday show three super PACs have raised twice ...
11 years ago
Carpenters fueling pro-Kenney super PAC
If you follow the Balkanized world of Philadelphia politics, you know that carpenters union, which has been shut out of the Pennsylvania ...
11 years ago
/ Shutterstock.com) " title="ssgovernmentspyingx1200" width="1" height="1"/>Carsten Reisinger / Shutterstock.com) " title="ssgovernmentspyingx1200" width="1" height="1"/>
NSA domestic spying: ‘An unprecedented contraction’ of our privacy
Finally, nearly two years after Edward Snowden spilled the beans, we’ve gotten some serious judicial clarity on whether the governm ...
11 years ago
Super PAC spending for campaign’s final week approaches $1 million
American Cities, the super PAC supporting State Sen. Anthony Williams has increased its planned TV and radio advertising for the fi ...
11 years ago
Philly neighborhoods forum asks: How can we achieve a fair future?
When you bring 100 Philadelphians together to discuss how to improve communities for long-term residents and new neighbors alike, you get hundreds of more questions.
11 years ago
Review: The bittersweet tune in ‘brownsville song’
The sweeter that things seem in the new play “brownsville song,” the sadder they are. Even when a black high-school senior na ...
11 years ago
Review: The bittersweet tune in ‘brownsville song’
The sweeter that things seem in the new play “brownsville song,” the sadder they are. Even when a black high-school senior na ...
11 years ago
Ten billion bucks for a presidential race? Really?
We all know that the ’16 campaign will cost way more money than ever before – $10 billion is the latest head-spinning estimat ...
11 years ago