Opinion & Essay
Ever hear of the Double Irish?
Believe it or not, it’s a name given by tax specialists to a slick maneuver that companies li
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13 years ago
Cue the fatuous outrage. The usual suspects are in high dudgeon that President Obama had the temerity, in a time of crisis, to fill out h
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13 years ago
Cue the fatuous outrage. The usual suspects are in high dudgeon that President Obama had the temerity, in a time of crisis, to fill out h
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13 years ago
47 Criminals running for city office
Okay, I’m exaggerating a little with that headline.
But according to the city Ethics Board, 89 candidates have filed petitio
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13 years ago
Haley Barbour, prospective presidential candidate, is a white southern Republican with a thick southern accent. The worst thing he could
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13 years ago
Go figure.
The website founded by conservative provocateur Glenn Beck has posted a detailed
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13 years ago
Two items of interest involving the Philadelphia Daily News, my beloved former employer:
First, I recently got an e-mail pitch to
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13 years ago
Does Barack Obama have bad luck on the energy front, or what? Last spring he endorsed an expansion of offshore oil drilling – and t
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13 years ago
Fright night at the state capitol
There are unsettling developments in Harrisburg, as the administration of Pennsylvania’s Republican governor Tom Corbett takes shap
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13 years ago
Gingrich’s amazing passion play
I’m still marveling at Newt Gingrich’s latest spin on his multiple extramarital affairs – namely, his bid to blame it o
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13 years ago
I’ve covered a few organized crime cases over the years, and one thing you can count on is that when a mob figure testifies against
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13 years ago
Did you know that Newt Gingrich hopes to launch his presidential campaign at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in May? So reports the Phi
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13 years ago
Another Oscar-worthy performance
On Thursday Evening March 10th, I, among dozens of other concerned community members were able to experience an acting performance unlike
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13 years ago
While much of the world is focused on the victims of the earthquake and tsunami, hard core football fans are panicked about the prospect
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13 years ago
Quote of the week:On Wednesday, when the Wisconsin Republicans turned back the clock 50 years and stripped public unions of their collect
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13 years ago
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