Opinion & Essay
Hey Big Spender: Margolies burns through campaign cash
When Marjorie Margolies lost her Montgomery County Congressional seat 20 years ago, it was because she’ cast a tough budget vote an ...
13 years ago
Introducing Senator Cory Booker (D-Twitter)
Cory Booker is only the fourth African American ever to be elected to the U. S. Senate, and he’ll soon be the sole elected black in ...
13 years ago
Williams and Alvarez debate in DA’s race
Though many don’t know it, Philadelphia voters will be choosing a District Attorney at the polls November 5th. Democratic in ...
13 years ago
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Preference for ‘effectiveness’ metrics over teacher seniority rules gambles with education quality
Seniority, in the modern education reform lexicon, is among the dirtiest words. Senior teachers are not only ineffective and greedy and n ...
13 years ago
Republicans surrender (big shock), peace reigns (for now)
Well, that was fun. Fifteen days of needless national misery – reduced corporate earnings, uninspected foods, mass fu ...
13 years ago
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With cancer, if death is not imminent, how does one focus on life?
Death can give life focus. That’s my lesson for this week. I had a wretched few days where I almost “broke bad” ...
13 years ago
Review: It’s ‘4000 Miles,’ but the characters couldn’t be closer
Every now and then, a grandma will tell you how great it is to have grandkids – they come, they share the love, and after a while their ...
13 years ago
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Corbett neglecting Pennsylvania’s vulnerable school children
The evidence is in, and the verdict is clear. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is guilty of gross neglect of its most fundamental duty: e ...
13 years ago