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Speak Easy

Student’s love of dressing up suits his high school fine

I have always had something of a love for suits, and I welcome any occasion to wear one. At my high school, opportunities to don a suit c ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Emergency plan for Philly schools

Seen this movie before? I know I have. The Philadelphia school system is broke, in a financial crisis even worst than the last one ...

13 years ago

Speak Easy

Serving jury duty can take a real toll, says serial juror

Several years ago at a murder trial, my first time in the jury box, I held in my hand the piece of lead that took the life of a man. ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Obama and the ‘second term curse’

Shortly after his 1972 re-election victory, Richard Nixon plucked a chord of caution: “Second terms are almost inevitably downhill. ...

13 years ago

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Meet Chinatown’s new parklet

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PlanPhilly
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May 15: Ride of Silence | University City High future | Ben Franklin Bridge walkway update | theater-spotting | I-95 nightmares | Schuylkill ecological art

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

YouthBuild Philadelphia begins green renovation of two Nicetown homes

13 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philly political operative gets a year in jail

John McDaniel, the former campaign manager for City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown who was appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter to a j ...

13 years ago

Speak Easy

Running for Boston was nice, but who’s running for Philly?

What a scene the Broad Street Run was this year. Tens of thousands of people were wearing red socks or Boston Marathon shirts on Sunday, ...

13 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Sestak aiming for Senate, not governor

The admiral has set his course. Former Delaware County U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has decided not to run for governor of Pennsylvania ne ...

13 years ago

National Interest

IRS scandal is a tale of irony and ineptitude

The Internal Revenue Service scandal is catnip for conservatives who claim that President Obama’s leftish leviathan is out to get t ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

May 14: SEPTA: Norristown HSL repairs, other needs remain dire, deferred | new Amtrak locomotives | Possible City project | continue 10-year tax abatement | 13 luxe homes for Logan Square

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

1940s Paul Cret pachyderm house now home to children’s zoo

13 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Fattah legal fund raises questions

In the movie “Dumb and Dumber,” the numbskulls played Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels find a suitcase of money they know isn’ ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Hillary derangement syndrome: Back to the future

What a belly laugh it was yesterday when Benghazi-hunter Darrell Issa insisted on Meet the Press that “Hillary ClintonR ...

13 years ago

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