Opinion & Essay
A King’s Stammer – and Dolls
A film director who keeps a couple hundred inflatable dolls at the ready is my guest on
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13 years ago
Elvis was there when the newly-accountable Delaware River Port Authority board held an evening meeting last night so the working and toll
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13 years ago
Is Philadelphia screwed, now that Dwight Evans is out of the leadership in Harrisburg, and the governor is being replaced by a Republican
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13 years ago
The “objective” journalistic nirvana
The award for Grumpiest Old Man, long monopolized by John McCain, now rests on the mantlepiece of a new recipient. That would be ABC News
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13 years ago
Maybe we finally have a chance to privatize Pennsylvania’s state stores and bring us out of the dark ages of alcohol sales. I’m all f
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13 years ago
Interesting Take on Sarah Palin
Is Sarah Palin the first crowd-sourced candidate? That’s the question explored by Matt Bai in an interesting piece in today’s
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13 years ago
That dollar toll hike planned for Ben Franklin bridge in July could be postponed, if Electricians’ union leader John Dougherty has
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13 years ago
A travesty of a mockery of a sham
Anyone who still holds Congress in high esteem may want to revisit that sentiment, in light of the farcical tragicomedy that transpired y
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13 years ago
Joe Biden’s appearance in Philadelphia today is reason enough to revive the Incomprehensible Politician Watch, in which we flag inscrut
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13 years ago
Council Members Don’t Fade Away
Next year all 17 members of Philadelphia City Council are up for re-election. Three of them – Joan Krajewski, Marian Tasco, and Preside
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14 years ago
Long before Fox News, MSNBC, and the Daily Show, Ted Koppel used to bring a rare blend of insight and information to television with ABC&
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14 years ago
Mayor Nutter could regret not pushing for a clearly-needed change in the city’s campaign finance law if things break just the wrong
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14 years ago
Philadelphia’s most powerful state legislator could be out of his leadership post in Harrisburg this week.
But as Stat
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14 years ago
Sniffing out the ’12 Republican competition
Have you ever been to a dog park and watched the leashless canines circle and sniff each other – sizing each other up, as it were,
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14 years ago
When I was preparing to interview Michael Caine for Fresh Air a few weeks back, I watched so many of his movies that the little voice in
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14 years ago
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