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Jobs for Americans or Immigrants?
May 23, 2013
Temple University hosted its annual Neighborhood Job Fair on Thursday, May 23. Over 65 employers participated, including many federal, state, and city agencies, along with many private companies including CBS Radio, Independence Blue Cross, Sheraton Hotel, Sugarhouse Casino, Target Department Store, and Verizon Wireless. Thousands of job seekers packed Mitten Hall. And thousands more waited patie... More »
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Why the IRS scandal is both not as bad, and also much worse, than it seems.
May 19, 2013
If an advertising agency gets money from clients to produce television ads touting the clients' products, the advertising agency has income on which income taxes must be paid. But if the advertis... More »
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Why the Ken Burns documentary “The Central Park Five” finally turned me against the death penalty
April 18, 2013
I've been a holdout, declining to join the progressive movement to abolish the death penalty everywhere in the United States and the world. I've thought that in an open, democratic society w... More »
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Rutgers abuse cover-up continues. NJ taxpayers and students will pay. Board protects itself by protecting President Barchi.
April 9, 2013
Rutgers men's basketball head coach Mike Rice was fired on April 3, after video of his physical and homophobic verbal abuse of his players was broadcast on ESPN, setting off a growing scandal ove... More »
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Immigration amnesty is a formula for permanent dysfunction
April 6, 2013
Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty. Both my parents were immigrants. All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors ... More »
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Public school closings reflect our priorities. Weapons are more important.
March 13, 2013
Thinking and reading about last week's closing of 23 public schools by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, I've concluded that the closings are necessary, though insufficient to addre... More »
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Obama’s fiscal cliff tax deal led us into sequestration
March 1, 2013
I believe President Obama genuinely opposes the sequestration spending cuts now going into effect. I don't believe the cynics who think he secretly welcomes the spending cuts as long as he can bl... More »
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Why the proposed immigration amnesty should and will fail
February 28, 2013
The so-called comprehensive immigration reform proposed by a group of Senators and President Obama amounts to immediate amnesty for millions of immigration law violators, the lifting of limits on futu... More »
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No one needs snail mail more than 3 times a week
February 7, 2013
The current controversy over eliminating Saturday mail delivery prompted me to look up something I wrote two years ago. Here it is: The U.S. Postal Service is probably the government agency which has... More »
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