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The Triumphant Return of Milton Street

Just when the Scoop thought the mayoral election was going to be boring, the political gods sent us a gift from on high. Milton Street, […]

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A Nation of (Fundamentalist) Idiots

For all 13 years of my elementary and secondary education, I attended a religious school. And not just a religious school, but an ardent, protestant, […]

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Obama’s Penn State Visit

Here’s a rundown of the president’s visit to Happy Valley today from the hometown newspaper, the Centre Daily Times. Judging by the online comments, Obama’s […]

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How Many Jobs Can Rendell Do?

Sports columnist, law firm connector and now “special adviser for government and public-private assignments.” This latest post, announced today, is with NY-based Greenhill & Company, […]

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Chris Smith Will Tell You When You’ve Been Raped, Ladies

Chris Smith—the far-right, anti-choice zealot of a congressman from central Jersey—has proposed legislation to further restrict the use of government funds to pay for abortion […]

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We Do Big Things

As a speech—as a campaign speech, to be specific—President Obama’s State of the Union seemed to work splendidly. He hit the right notes—uplifting, optimistic, folksy […]

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Chris Christie: “First Pro-Life Governor in N.J. History”

Baby Mama Drama. After hearing the heartbeat of his baby — due this summer — Chris Christie changed his stance on abortion. Formerly a pro-choice […]

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Abortion’s Back in the News. Wonderful.

Seth Williams’ timing could have been better: On January 19th, he announced a grand jury indictment against Kermit Gosnell, a West Philly abortion doc who, […]

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Rick Santorum Invokes The Race Card

What Else Do You Think Rick Santorum Finds Remarkable? Yesterday, rumored presidential hopeful Rick Santorum successfully pissed off a lot of people by comparing fetuses […]

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“Huck Finn” Controversy Rages On

It’s not over for Huck Finn and the N-word. SouthBooks’ recent announcement that it would publish an “updated” version of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of […]

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This is too easy

Apparently, it falls to me to knock down Chris Freind whenever he goes on one of his fact-free jaunts. Today’s version features the oft-recited right-wing […]

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Martin Luther King: A True Republican

Up until the 1930’s, the majority of blacks were Republican, proud to be in the Party of Lincoln. The song that would become the national […]

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Rendell Declares Stimulus a Success

The governor says the federal stimulus program worked for PA, and led to jobs saved, taxes cut and unemployment benefits extended. He also admits that […]

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Um, Chris? Let’s talk

I could spend most of my day dissecting Chris Freind’s morning blog post, which, if I may, can be fairly summed as follows: Taxes bad, […]

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Huck Finn Needs the N-Word

It’s hardly of the magnitude of the Arizona massacre, but the upcoming massacre of Huckleberry Finn has got me in a lather. Last week, NewSouth […]