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Burn, baby, burn!
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMay 20, 2013
The Republicans have been tormenting Obama for his entire presidency. Now, equipped with what they imagine are dry twigs, wood chips, branches and limbs which they can ignite to destroy his presidency, they wonder why the pyre doesn't burst into flame. More »
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Got a problem with leaks? Obama needs to call in the pros.
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMay 16, 2013
The Obama administration now supports a national shield law that would perhaps have prevented them from secretly seizing phone records of reporters at the Associated Press, searching for evidence of leaks. "Stop me before I do it again!" More »
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A day at the Phillies ball park with Tony Auth
By Tony AuthMay 14, 2013
Any baseball fan knows a day at the ball park is not just about box scores and home runs. In Philadelphia, there's the smell of roasted peppers, the grooves of buskers and the familiar calls of vendors. More »
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Republican obsessions
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMay 13, 2013
The Republicans clearly suffer from two obsessions. More »
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The military's war on women
By Tony Auth, @bytonyauthMay 9, 2013
There is an epidemic of sexual violence in the military — 26,000 assaults in 2012, up from 19,000 in 2011. A small fraction of these assualts are reported, because retribution is so likely and prosecution so unlikely. More »
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On public-school budgets and Gandhi
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMay 7, 2013
Unless an unforeseen infusion of money materializes for Philadelphia's public schools, they won't resemble schools at all come September. More »
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Help Wanted: Corbett seeks a clue
By Tony Auth, @bytonyauthMay 1, 2013
The Great Recession, brought about by misbehavior on the part of the nation's financial institutions, grinds on. Now Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania's governor, has the cheek to blame the victims. We haven't seen political leadership so out touch and clueless since ... well ... the last election. More »
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Jason Collins is who he is
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 30, 2013
In the first paragraph his game-changing Sports Illustrated article, NBA player Jason Collins pointed out that he was black and gay. He's also tall, athletic, male and was born in America. Like his race and his sexual orientation, these are all qualities over which he had no control. More »
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Sharing the pain of sequestration
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 25, 2013
The insane and mindless sequestration cuts all hurt. Some just hurt a lot more than others. More »
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NRA shows contempt for the will of American majority
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 18, 2013
What will it take? How long will we let the NRA and its Congressional lackeys show such contempt for the overwhelming desires of the American people? More »
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What a piece of work is man
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 16, 2013
Our bipedal species was born to run. The range of characteristics on display at the Boston Marathon was overwhelmingly positive. The vast majority of the runners certainly weren't in it to win. More »
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Are you ready for some football?
By Tony Auth, @bytonyauthApril 14, 2013
More than 4000 former NFL players are suing the league for promoting the inherent violence in the sport, and for covering up their knowledge of the danger of concussions, and causing them injuries and sometimes death. More »
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A dog day afternoon in Rittenhouse Square
By Tony AuthApril 11, 2013
Tuesday, the first really warm day this spring, I went to Rittenhouse Square to see people enjoying the park. What I found was dogs enjoying the park. More »
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Newtown - Assault Rifle Salute
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 9, 2013
The NRA and its Congress show their respect for the dead. More »
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NRA has Congress Control
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 5, 2013
Polls consistently show that a clear majority of Americans want stricter gun laws. The NRA gets what it wants anyway, because it exercises very strict Congress Control. More »
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Rutgers firing of Rice: too little, too late — again
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 4, 2013
Hindsight makes the need for transparency crystal clear. More »
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Guns in schools? Problem solved.
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthApril 3, 2013
The NRA knows we've got some problems with guns. And it doesn't much matter which problem we're talking about — the solution will always be more guns. More »
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Same-sex marriage — what's the hurry?
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMarch 28, 2013
"With all deliberate speed" are the now infamous words with which the Supreme Court ordered the end of "separate but equal" education in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. That vagueness allowed opponents of integration to postpone the integration of many schools for decades, proving that justice delayed is justice denied. More »
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DOMA: Decisions, decisions ...
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMarch 25, 2013
No matter what the court decides, the outcome is clear. Although a few battles remain, this war is over. Equality has won. More »
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Hearts or Minds?
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMarch 20, 2013
Will the Republican Party try to broaden its appeal in an attempt to attract the non-rich, non-white and not old? Or will ideologically pure Tea Party extremists prevail? This will be fun to watch. More »
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Newtown: How quickly we forget
By Tony Auth @bytonyauthMarch 18, 2013
It now seems certain that the madness that is our gun laws will not be changed in any meaningful way by the assault weapon mass murder of children in Newtown, Connecticut. More »
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