Opinion & Essay
Indicted Traffic court judge and I go back
Bobby Mulgrew has come a long way since I first wrote about him 10 years ago.Back in 2002, he was a $29,000 a year aide to State Senator ...
14 years ago
Déjà vu: Pa. legislative map back before Supreme Court
So let’s try this again. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Thursday heard lengthy arguments over whether new boundaries for sta ...
14 years ago
Corbett hires friendly law firm for the Voter ID case
One reason the judge in the Pennsylvania voter ID case said he upheld the law was that he was convinced that while probably tens of thous ...
14 years ago
Blustering and blundering, Libya edition
Remember last week when Barack Obama warned in his convention speech that his opponent’s foreign policy would return us to “a ...
14 years ago
What are your favorite historical sites?
Last week, the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides hosted a 12-hour tour of Philadelphia’s historical sites. “Great,̶ ...
14 years ago
Truth – an early casualty of Voter ID debate
My moment of zen was seeing Jon Stewart’s report on the Pennsylvania voter ID law and hearing him repeat the now thoroughly discred ...
14 years ago
Rocky may find himself with some stiff competition next year when a new statue of Smokin’ Joe Frazier goes up in South Philadelphia ...
14 years ago
To understand where the presidential race stands today – President Obama has opened up a seven-point lead in the ...
14 years ago
Which pic to pick for your obit? It’s all about image control
I have begun to notice that, in obituaries, photos of people date from their formative years to their most recent birthdays. When some 92 ...
14 years ago
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