Politics
The Coming Impeachment of President Obama
Here’s a not-so-modest prediction about the near future of our politics: • President Obama will be impeached within a year for one (or more) of […]
Joe Sestak May Challenge Pat Toomey Again
It didn’t work out so well the first time, but former Congressman Joe Sestak is apparently ready to challenge Sen. Pat Toomey again. Politico reports: […]
Pew: AVI Shifts Tax Burden to Homeowners
A new study from Pew Charitable Trusts shows that—surprise!—the city’s tax burden will shift away from businesses and to residential property owners under the new […]
Tom Corbett Is Very, Very Unpopular
More news from that F&M poll we talked about earlier: Tom Corbett’s approval rating is low—very low: Only 25 percent of Pennsylvania voters believe the […]
GOP Legislators Call SEPTA Funding A Form of “Welfare”
Some of our betters in Harrisburg apparently think so. City Paper’s Dan Denvir reports: Funding for SEPTA and other public transit is “subsidizing a minority […]
It Doesn’t Matter That Al Gore Is “Romney-Rich”
It appears Al Gore is now “Romney-rich.” That was the phrase used in a piece earlier this week by Bloomberg News, and repeated in […]
Obama’s New Plan to Wiretap the Internet
If President Obama asked you to renovate your house to include a new, tiny room where a government agent could sleep and listen to all […]
U.S. Senate Determined To Make Kermit Gosnell The New Black Panthers Of Abortion
Politico reports that even when the Kermit Gosnell trial is over, the U.S. Senate has ensured it will never truly be over, only coincidentally keeping […]
Will Delaware Legalize Gay Marriage?
Packed house #marriageequality #delaware #samesexmarriage twitter.com/jarredhill/sta… — Jarred Hill (@jarredhill) May 7, 2013 Delaware could legalize gay marriage … this afternoon. The state senate (as […]
Gun Control Rallies May Shut Down Morrisville Little League Games
Hey grownups Stop being idiots! You know what would be idiotic? Shutting down a Little League game in Morrisville this weekend so that you adults […]
Tom Corbett Is Ruining The GOP For Everybody
Roll Call says Gov. Tom Corbett has become so unpopular that other Pennsylvania Republicans are nervous he’ll drag down the entire party during next year’s […]
Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Get The Death Penalty?
NPR reports that federal prosecutors are discussing “taking the death penalty off the table” in exchange for the cooperation of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving (and alleged) […]
WATCH: Chris Christie’s First Re-Election Ad
Campaign season has begun! New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is spending more than $1 million to air this ad in the Philly and New York […]
Did You Miss “National Fast Day” On Tuesday?
Talk about red-faced! I ate stuff on Tuesday, and I had no idea until just now—thanks Philly Weekly for the alert!—that I did so even […]
After Obama Criticism, University Withdraws Speaking Invitation For Philly Pastor
National Review reports that the Rev. Kevin Johnson, pastor of Philly’s Bright Hope Baptist Church, has found himself un-invited from a speaking gig at Morehouse […]