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WATCH: Philly Music Teachers Perform Farewell Concert

6ABC reports: Music teachers in the Philadelphia School District marked their last day on the job Monday with a farewell concert. The concert was being […]

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Documents: IRS Also Targeted Liberal Groups

Remember when it emerged that the IRS was subjecting conservative “Tea Party” groups to unusually strict scrutiny, prompting Republicans around the country to scream that […]

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Two Cheers for Gentrification

Gentrification has been getting a bum rap in Philadelphia. You read that right. The assumption among elected officials — well, certain ones, at least — […]

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Richard Alloway II Wants More Concealed Guns in Philadelphia

You’ve probably not heard of Richard Alloway II, and there’s a good reason for that: If you live in or around Philadelphia, you’ve never voted […]

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The Obama Family’s Outrageous $100 Million Vacation

There’s been some news coverage recently of President Obama’s upcoming trip to Africa. The mainstream media, no less, has questioned the projected cost of the […]

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Gotcha Video: Is It OK to Sell Your “ObamaPhone” for Heroin?

So here’s the deal: One way conservatives have decided that President Obama is a secret Marxist who wants to give all your money to poor […]

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Philly Schools in Mad Dash for Cash From State, Feds

By hook or by crook, Philadelphia schools are searching for the money that will help them avoid the “doomsday” scenario of starting the fall school […]

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Can Christianity and Gay Marriage Coexist in America?

In the world I’d love to see five years from now, two — seemingly oxymoronic — things will be true: • My gay and lesbian […]

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Chris Christie Announces Presidential Announcement in 2015

USA Today: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he’ll “probably” make a decision about running for president sometime in 2015. “My job is to do […]

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Edward Snowden Proves That White Guys Finish First

Somehow, Edward Snowden — aka “The Most Interesting Man in the World” — has managed to place himself in a long line of Hollywood whiz […]

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Philly’s Population Is Finally Growing Again — but Jobs Aren’t

Imagine: 100,000 more Philadelphians over the next 20 years. The last time the city posted that kind of gain was from 1930 to 1950, the […]

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Rick Santorum Plans Another Failed Presidential Campaign

National Review reports that Rick Santorum, former Pennsylvania senator—who takes the “social” out of “social conservative,” is planning another run for president—this after his failed […]

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When Bill Clinton Called Barack Obama a “Total Wuss”

Back in the 1990s — when the U.S. was about 20 years past the horrors of Vietnam, and still a few years off from the […]

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No, Let’s Not Go to War in Syria

Well, we’re a little closer to war with Syria than we were 24 hours ago. Why? Because the United States has determined that the Syrian […]

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Farnese Weighs Bid for Lieutenant Governor

PoliticsPA reports: Larry Farnese is eying a run for Lieutenant Governor, the Philadelphia state Senator told PoliticsPA. “What I’m doing right now is reaching out […]