Politics

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Today Is Election Day

It’s Election Day! Philadelphians go to the polls today to cast votes for governor, Congress, and state legislative seats, as well as to answer three […]

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The Three City Charter Questions on Tuesday’s Ballot, in Plain English

There are three questions up for vote in Tuesday’s primary election, but they’ll be awfully difficult to understand if you’re seeing them for the first […]

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Tom Corbett Is About to Make History

One way or another, Gov. Tom Corbett is about to make history. Win, and he’ll have secured an improbable come-from-behind victory of a magnitude almost never […]

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Why I’m Voting for a Republican on Tuesday

When I walk into the voting booth tomorrow, I’m going to do something somewhat unusual for me …  and vote for a Republican. I hope […]

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The Best Social Media from Obama’s Philly Visit

President Obama was on Temple’s campus Sunday to stump for Tom Wolf. “If we’re going to strengthen the middle class for the 21st Century, we […]

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Deal Could Restock State Supreme Court

Seamus McCaffery retired this week. Ronald Castille must take mandatory retirement at the end of the year. That’s going to leave the Pennsylvania Supreme Court short […]

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Abraham Confirms Run for Mayor

Former District Attorney Lynne Abraham has confirmed that she is a candidate for Philadelphia mayor, making it official during a forum at Penn State Abington. […]

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Time to Stop Electing Pennsylvania Judges?

Recent scandals involving the Pennsylvania judiciary have some observers wondering if it’s time to end the practice of electing the state’s top justices. The “Porngate” […]

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Philly TV News: Lots of Campaign Ads, But No Coverage

The Sunlight Foundation recently watched a half-hour of the CBS 3 local news and found a wide disparity between the number of political commercials and […]

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Can Conservatives and Liberals Be Friends?

For nearly seven years now, Ben Boychuk and I have jousted weekly on the pages of many newspapers across the country. We co-write a syndicated […]

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Pennsylvania Curbs Investment in Iran

The Pennsylvania Legislature is making foreign policy now, apparently. Gov. Tom Corbett this week signed a bill that makes companies choose: Do they want Iran’s […]

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Prediction: State Senate to Stay in GOP Hands

Republican Gov. Tom Corbett appears headed to a defeat, but Democratic challenger Tom Wolf will probably face a GOP-led House and Senate if he takes […]

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Daughter of State Senate Candidate John Kane Calls Him a Liar

The State Senate battle between Democrat John Kane and Republican Tom McGarrigle for the 26th District seat in Delaware and Chester counties is one of […]

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Daryl Metcalfe’s Bad Religion

Let’s give this to Daryl Metcalfe: If you wanted to create a religious-right bogeyman that almost perfectly fit the fevered nightmares of liberals, he’d pretty […]

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Airbender Movie Given Pa. Tax Credits for California Work

M. Night Shyamalan is a hometown boy: He has long favored shooting his movies in and around Philadelphia. The problem for his 2010 flick, The […]