Politics
Paid Sick-Leave Bill Now Ready For Mayor Nutter’s Veto
It kind of got lost in yesterday’s union shutdown of Mayor Nutter’s budget speech at City Hall, but the Council actually got some work done, […]
WPHT Fills Its Afternoons With Dick
Consider this: Dick Morris—the man who will replace Michael Smerconish as WPHT’s weekday afternoon host—is such a huge hack and has so little regard for […]
Barack Obama’s Future as a Daycare Center Owner
The internet has developed a collective case of the giggles lately thanks to George W. Bush. The former president has taken up painting in his […]
These Celebrities Should Follow Ashley Judd Into Politics
You know the old saying that “politics is show business for ugly people?” Forget it. Ashley Judd is running for Senate in her home state […]
Democrats, Rand Paul Is Coming for Your Civil Libertarian Voters
Hooray for Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who held the Senate floor for 13 hours on Wednesday in a good old-fashioned talking filibuster. If […]
Today’s Reason Chris Christie Will Never Be the GOP’s Presidential Candidate
The Inquirer reports: “Despite his opposition to President Obama’s health-care overhaul, Gov. Christie said Tuesday that New Jersey would take money from the Affordable Care […]
If PA Lottery Privatization Loses, The Privatizers Still Win
Must be nice to be in a business where losing out on a contract nets you a million-dollar payday. NewsWorks reports: “The state could be […]
Three Ways Conservatives Are Smarter Than Liberals
Over the weekend, liberal MSNBC host Chris Hayes revealed he’d been asked to sit on a panel at CPAC, an annual gathering of the nation’s […]
“Sequestration” Budget Cuts Will Probably Delay Your Flight
NPR reports that across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to take place March 1 will be particularly noticeable at the airport: “Danny Werfel of the Office of […]
What House of Cards Gets Wrong About Philly Politics
Spoiler alert: This post contains information about the first season of House of Cards, which recently debuted on Netflix. If you’ve seen the first five […]
Jersey’s Lautenberg Won’t Run Again, Clearing Way For Cory Booker
The Star-Ledger reports: “U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a pugnacious and plain-spoken Democrat who has represented New Jersey for three decades, will not seek re-election to […]
AG Says Gov. Corbett Can’t Privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery
Well, Harrisburg is going to be a lot more interesting now that Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane is around to keep an eye on Republican […]
President Obama’s Minimum Wage Misfire
Dear Mr. President: Somebody probably should’ve told you this, but $9-an-hour is still a really crappy wage. I’m glad you thought about the nation’s poorest […]
North Korea Tests A Nuke, Probably Hastening Mankind’s Inevitable Doom
NBC News: “North Korea declared Tuesday that it had carried out a test of a nuclear bomb after the detonation was detected by the U.S. […]
The Decline of Fox News
Like many liberals, I felt there was one appropriate response when I heard that Fox News ratings had plummeted to their lowest levels in 12 […]