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City Life

At This Rate, Chris Christie Will Be Governor of New Jersey Forever

Is it too early to call a November election? If not, well…. A new poll finds Gov. Chris Christie maintaining a large lead overDemocratic challenger Barbara Buono. […]

City Life

What Can Philly Learn From Kansas City?

Philadelphia was once the biggest, baddest town in North America. We were once second only to London in size in the English-speaking world. The national […]

City Life

Conservative Magazine Sues Cory Booker Over Murder Anecdote

National Review, the conservative magazine founded by lockjaw patrician William F. Buckley, is suing Newark Mayor (and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate) Cory Booker. At […]

City Life

Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen Has the Best Job in the World

You’ve spent most of your career as a law professor and the legal affairs editor at the New Republic. Why move to Philly to take […]

The Scene

2013 Liberty Medal Ceremony for Hillary Clinton

Former Secretary of State, US Senator and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton received the 2013 Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center last night at […]

City Life

Christie Finally Signs Medical Marijuana Bill

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has signed a medical marijuana bill: The legislature sent the governor a bill in June that would have reduced the number […]

City Life

Kathleen Kane’s Sister Gets Promotion; Will Ethics Probe Follow?

KYW Newsradio reports: As representatives of the state Ethics Commission testified about bills to toughen Pennsylvania’s ethics laws this week, the chairman of the House […]

City Life

Hillary Clinton Receives Liberty Medal. Now Conservatives Hate Jeb Bush.

You already knew that Hillary Clinton received the Liberty Medal Tuesday night at the National Constitution Center. There was a fair amount of national media […]

City Life

Three Signs That Liberty Medal Recipient Hillary Clinton Won’t Run for President in 2016

Nah, Hillary Clinton isn’t running for president. Sure, just about everybody who gathered Tuesday night at the National Constitution Center to see Clinton receive the […]

City Life

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski Announces Campaign for Governor

With his announcement over the weekend, Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski joined the long list of state democrats looking to take over Tom Corbett’s seat in […]

City Life

Syria Has Made Spiteful Hypocrites of Anti-War Celebrities*

Late last week, my conservative friends on Facebook started passing around a Buzzfeed link, accompanied by some chortling commentary: “14 Principled Anti-War Celebrities We Fear […]

City Life

Are We Heading for a Civil War Over… Pot and Guns?

In the 19th century, it was tariffs and slavery that eventually triggered a Civil War here as devastating as the one we’re debating over in […]

City Life

Everybody Hates Tom Corbett. Why He’ll Still Win Re-Election.

Sure, Gov. Tom Corbett’s poll numbers are about as dismal as they come. No matter. At the Patriot-News, Ed Uravic offers seven reasons the gov […]

City Life

Chris Christie, Paragon of Respectful Sensitivity, Does Not Like Fat Jokes

Chris Christie is really mad at State Sen. Barbara Buono, his opponent for governor, for making fat jokes. Buono made the comments in a speech […]

City Life

On Syria, President Obama Could Invite Impeachment

For most of his presidency, Barack Obama has disappointed supporters mostly by not being different enough from his predecessor, George W. Bush. His failure to […]