Politics

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The Arlen Specter Years

For more than four decades he was part of the political life of Philadelphia. Check out this Philly Mag oral history, The Full Specter, of […]

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Freindly Fire’s Voter’s Guide to Election Day

As millions of Pennsylvanians head to the polls for today’s primary election, experts have noted that the electorate is restless, volatile, and even angry. They […]

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Searching for Philadelphia’s Rand Paul

Candidates on the ballot across the country are facing an angry electorate this year.  A large percentage of the voters seem to want one simple […]

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Sestak and Veterans Groups Wrong To Criticize Specter Ad

“We’re all here because we’re enraged at the fact that someone, anyone in the United States today, would question someone with 31 years of [military] […]

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Will Bill Green Be Our Next Mayor?

He tells me, absolutely, he wants to be mayor. He also says no, he’s not running next year, he’s not taking on Michael Nutter as […]

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Arizona Is the New Philadelphia

Philadelphia has been at the top of the list, thank to W.C. Fields. New Jersey has been there for a longtime thanks to condescending New […]

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Sexual Politics in Center City

If revealing a candidate’s homosexuality is called outing, what’s the term for leaking a candidate’s heterosexuality? Inning. We’re not talking baseball here, Phillies fans, although […]

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Bill O’Reilly Is Wrong in Supporting A Lawsuit Against Military Funeral Protestors

A frequent target of “Freindly Fire’s” wrath is frivolous lawsuits — the kind that make healthcare costs skyrocket, put manufacturers out of business, dissolve personal […]

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Memo to All CEOs: You’ve Been Drafted!

Calling all CEOs — your country needs you. There was a time when the problems of the government would attract the Best and the Brightest. […]

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Is Dawn Running?

Something fascinating is happening in America. As the two parties that control our government drift farther away from the middle and closer and closer to […]

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Don’t Learn the Wrong Lesson from Jihad Jane

The arrest of “Jihad Jane,” a white Montgomery County woman accused of plotting with known terrorists, is both good and bad. Good, of course, because […]

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Montco Senator Wants to Loosen PA Beer Laws

Pennsylvania Senator John Rafferty staged a rally in Harrisburg yesterday to drum up support for opening up the beer selling market to supermarkets and convenience […]

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Food for Thought: We’re So Euro

When it comes to tasty imports, New York’s got nothing on Philly. Why we’ve become the test market for European chains BY JOY MANNING When […]

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Beer As Peace Maker

Beer and politics go front and center tonight as Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., Cambridge Police officer Sgt. James Crowley and President Obama sit […]

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City Council Passes Labeling Measure

City Council passed a bill that come 2010 will require restaurant chains to list nutritional information. Independent operators are exempt, an industry group was critical […]