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Guess the Chris Christie-Barack Obama Honeymoon Is Over

New Jersey 101.5 reports that Gov. Chris Christie is calling Obamacare a “train wreck.”

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Thanksgiving with the Cheney Family!

Thanksgiving dinner chez Cheney could be an awkward affair this year. Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughters are in a nasty public feud over same-sex […]

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The Clintons Were Right: Where Obamacare (Maybe) Went Wrong

Watching all the fuss and muss surrounding the launch of Obamacare these last few weeks, I’ve been struck by an unwelcome thought: Maybe the Clintons […]

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Maybe SEPTA Will Get Its Funding After All

The good news? “Gov. Tom Corbett’€™s hopes for a major legislative win came roaring back to life Tuesday, as the state House voted 104-95 to […]

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SEPTA Still Hopeful for Transportation Funding Bill

CBS Philly reports: “‘SEPTA general manager Joe Casey today said he’s disappointed the transportation bill failed last night (see related story), and he says without that money […]

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The Right Side of History?

We Americans are a fairly history-minded people. No, we don’t always know our history as well as we should—but the history we do know often […]

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Is Transportation Funding Becoming a PA Campaign Issue?

NewsWorks writes that Allyson Schwartz, a Democratic hopeful for governor, is out trying to raise support for a statewide comprehesive transportation bill in Harrisburg. “Republicans […]

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Library to Feature Mercenary Leader in New Speaker Series

Here’s a bit of news that’s a month old, but which you might find interesting: The Justice Department brought new charges Thursday against four former […]

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Your Cell Phone Is Stealing Your Soul

“Do you remember,” my husband said in the middle of yesterday’s Eagles game, apropos of nothing, “how when you used to call a friend’s house, […]

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Pat Toomey Is Becoming the Arlen Specter He Once Destroyed

When they woke up on Tuesday morning, Pennsylvanians checking the news could’ve been forgiven if they’d been transported back 10 or 20 years. Topping the […]

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A Whig Won an Election in Philadelphia

Robert “Heshy” Bucholz, a 39-year-old man running as a Whig–you remember William Henry Harrison and friends–was elected judge of elections in Northeast Philly’s 56th Ward. (He […]

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Tom Corbett Embarks on The Saddest Re-election Campaign of Doom Ever*

Packed house ready to reelect Governor Corbett and LG Cawley! pic.twitter.com/D2viyMTtXo — PA GOP (@PAGOP) November 6, 2013 Gov. Tom Corbett is announcing his re-election […]

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Pretty Much Every Election Race Turned Out How You Thought It Would

There weren’t many surprises in Tuesday’s election, either here in Philadelphia or among our neighbors in New Jersey.

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It’s Not a Philadelphia Election Unless It’s a Problematic Election

While it’s true that almost nobody is voting today, it is also true—this being Philly—KYW Radio reports that the folks who are civic-minded enough to […]

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Toomey Backs Bill Banning Workplace Discrimination Against Gays

The Allentown Morning Call reports: “Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey broke with the majority of his party Monday evening by voting to move forward with legislation that […]