Politics
Pros and Cons of Governor Corbett’s LCB Privatization Plan
All I wanted to do was drink at brunch. A friend and I both usually work on Martin Luther King Day, but both of our […]
City Hall Said I Was a Tax Deadbeat
Mayor Nutter is in one of those moods again, the one where he’s cranky about the city’s flaws and uses colorful, somewhat overwrought language to […]
Here Is the Memo That Gives President Obama the Power to Assassinate U.S. Citizens
Finally, we’re getting to see some of the Obama Administration’s legal rationale for targeting U.S. citizens for assassination outside the country—even if those citizens aren’t […]
Bob Menendez’s Alleged Prostitutes Were Really Exchange Students, and Other New Details from the Dominican Republic
Well folks, we’re both a lot closer and a lot further from knowing what the hell New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has been doing in […]
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch Dies
Ed Koch, the outspoken, sly-witted “mayor for life” (or three terms) of New York City, died this morning at the age of 88 in New […]
Boy Scouts May End Gay Ban
NBC News reports the Boy Scouts of America may loosen its ban on gay members, choosing to let individual troops set their own policy on […]
What Do Frat Boys and the Republican Party Have in Common?
On the face of things, it feels just a little too easy to equate today’s Republican Party with a bunch of over-entitled frat boys. Sure, […]
Thank You, Pennsylvania. You’ve Been Buying Cars for State Officials
That is so generous of you. Since Jan. 1, 2007, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, using your money, has spent $407,496 unnecessarily buying new cars for its […]
Breaking: Panetta Lifts Ban on Women Serving in Military
This is big. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has lifted the ban on women serving combat roles in the military. Women were first allowed in […]
Watch Live: At Last, Hillary Clinton Gets Flayed By Senate About Benghazi
In what will be one of her last public duties as Secretary of State (John Kerry’s confirmation hearing is tomorrow), Hillary will sit front of […]
Dear Hippies: Weed Is Still Illegal, Probably Not Medically Useful
Reason reports: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C. ruled today in favor of the DEA’s decision to keep marijuana a Schedule I […]
“Obama Condoms” Sold At Inauguration; Tasteful Jokes Abound
Stamped with slogans like “Won’t break as easily as his promises,” and “Hope is not a form of protection,” condoms branded with the likeness of […]
Justin Bieber’s Pro-Life Mom and 39 Other Reasons to Read About the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
1. Wonder Woman was pro-choice. Or at least she could’ve been. In 1972, science-fiction author Samuel R. Delany wrote a story arc for the Wonder […]
State Rep. Cherelle Parker Found Guilty of DUI
Nearly two years after being pulled over in Germantown for driving the wrong way down a one-way street (symptoms: glassy eyes, trouble standing. Likely culprit: […]
How Tom Corbett Made Us All Losers in the Pennsylvania Lottery
In the winter of 1992, newly elected Mayor Ed Rendell inherited a city unable to pay its bills. Within five years, he found, the city […]