Bad Government
Chestnut Hill Salon’s Business Tax Nearly Quadruples
After opening the shop, trying to find a replacement for an employee who didn’t show up for work, dealing with customers and sales people, taking […]
Bashar Assad Says to “Expect Every Action” In Response to Syria Intervention
In his appearance on The Charlie Rose Show tonight, Syrian President Bashar Assad warns the US and its supporters to “expect every action” in response […]
Report: The NSA Can Access Most Data on Your Smartphone
Now might be a good time to consider a downgrade or burner phone, considering that the NSA is able to crack into major smartphone devices […]
Let’s Not Overreact to the Syrian Electronic Army Threat
Fascinating reports about the sudden rise of the Syrian Electronic Army will ultimately raise more questions about federal investment in technology than how long U.S. […]
Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey Support the Coming War in Syria
As the coming war with Syria approaches and cooler heads try their hardest to prevail, Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey are throwing their support […]
If the Government Hates You, They’ll Call You a Sexual Deviant
Since Bradley Manning began passing along cables of highly classified NSA information to Wikileaks in 2009, his fate has gone largely unnoticed in the public […]
PHOTOS: Citizens Take to the Streets to Demand School Funding
On Thursday, in anticipation of tonight’s final School Reform Commission meeting before the start of the school year, members of organizations such as Philadelphia Coalition […]
It’s Time to Let Grandpa Out of Jail
Earlier this month Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department would institute new sentencing guidelines for defendants in federal cases convicted of non-violent […]
Why Obama’s So Weak on Egypt
In his farewell address to America, President Dwight Eisenhower, one of our greatest military minds, warned against the rising influence of a powerful force in […]
The List: The 5 Most Entertaining Philadelphia Public Officials
Last night DJ BRB (that’s Blondell Reynolds Brown, as in Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown) was tearing it up at a rooftop happy hour, ahem, “professional […]
For Pot Movement, Sanjay Gupta Trumps Eric Holder
The Drug War continued its death rattle this week, loosening further still the iron-fisted grip it’s had on the American psyche since Reefer Madness turned […]
Stealing From Your Employer Is Easy
Last week Calvin Duncan, a former mailroom clerk at the Philadelphia Water Department, pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme. It seems that Duncan, who stocked […]
I Wanted to Like President Obama. Now I’m Just Sad.
President Obama hadn’t been at the podium very long Friday, giving a press conference in which he was promising to rein in National Security Administration eavesdropping, […]
QVC Receives More Than $5 Million in Tax Credits
West Chester goods hawker QVC saw more than $5 million in tax credits for fiscal year 2011-2012, according to newly released data. Awarded under the […]
The PPA Has Started Rolling Out Its New $5,000 Logo
If you ponied up for street parking over the weekend, you may have noticed something besides the usual hatred every good Philadelphian feels when dealing […]