He’s an outsider, but not an unknown. On Sundays, Kevin Johnson stands in the pulpit of Bright Hope Baptist Church, preaching sermons to the same […]
Let’s grant this: What Arthur Goldman (allegedly) did was dumb. It was, if proven, certainly illegal. And if convicted, he’ll likely pay a steep price […]
A Philadelphia judge has halted the NFL’s $765 million concussion settlement with former players, suggesting too many other former players—not currently party to the lawsuit—were […]
Well, at least the Chris Christie scandal is funny. Here’s Stephen Colbert: https://www.hulu.com/watch/581301?playlist_id=1031&asset_scope=all
I have been lukewarm on the “Chris Christie for president” media crusade. Although I like the Harry Truman-style straight talk, I don’t like the Nixon-like […]
Rachel Maddow has a humdinger of a conspiracy theory about what really caused Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal:
An old joke: Republicans are the people who spend years and years and years telling you how awful government is — then, when elected to […]
Politics is pretty much a zero-sum game. If somebody’s losing—spectacularly, flailingly—as Chris Christie is this week, you can bet there are some winners lurking nearby. […]
Chris Christie issued only one statement yesterday about bridgegate (he is outraged) and declined interview requests.
The Temple News reports: “A statement signed by President Theobald and Provost Hai-Lung Dai opposing a boycott of Israeli academic institutions by the American Studies […]
NBC 10 reports on Thursday that President Obama will designate West Philly a “Promise Zone,” singled out for government economic intervention.
Let me confess: I’m a lucky guy. When I started courting my soon-to-be-wife back in 2005, she quickly let me know she wasn’t a diamond […]
Had a radical thought this morning while reading about the “Edward Snowdens of Philadelphia,” a group of anti-war activists in the 1960s who revealed the […]
Following York County businessman Tom Wolf’s flash of the $2.9 million he’s raised so far for May’s gubernatorial primary, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz’s campaign has […]
Yesterday, in the midst of all our New Year’s shenanigans, Atlantic City swore in Don Guardian, its first Republican mayor in 23 years. Oh, and […]
