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Philly pols' empty rhetoric leaves city's kids behind
May 5, 2013
If they ever make hypocrisy an Olympic sport, I think Philadelphia City Council has a real shot at the gold. More »
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TV news' sound and fury signifies less and less information
April 29, 2013
It has been a stressful, tragic couple of weeks for national breaking news. So a lot of us, me included, have spent an unusual amount of time watching network television news, hungering for updates. ... More »
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If 'teaching to the test' bugs you, don't blame the test
April 14, 2013
Some parents have begun pulling their kids out of statewide standardized testing. They say its stresses out their kids, for no good reason. This is part of a growing rebellion against so-called high-... More »
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The health-care diagnosis is clear, the treatment less so
March 31, 2013
So, we went ahead and did it. A liberal and a conservative talked health care for two hours in front of a crowd of about 300 people. And no one killed each other. No eyes were gouged or bones broken... More »
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Pa. liquor stores should be privatized; you can drink to that!
March 24, 2013
Back when he was mayor of Indianapolis, Stephen Goldsmith developed what he called the "Yellow Pages" rule. More »
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Event aims to cool discussion about hot-button issues
March 17, 2013
Can we talk about health care without killing each other? Next week, I'm going take part in an experiment testing that proposition. More »
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Is the hunt for the 'purple squirrel' stalling job growth?
March 10, 2013
Have you ever seen a purple squirrel? Probably not. But rest assured it's better to be than see one. More »
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Taxes can be badly done, but they are not theft
March 2, 2013
Somewhere, Murray Rothbard is smiling. Some of the rest of us are scratching our heads, though. More »
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Here's the deal – leading is not just about deals
February 17, 2013
Last week I got a chance to talk to this year’s Leadership Philadelphia class. Talk about intimidating, the task of trying to say something useful about leadership to a room packed with some of the b... More »
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Philly school reforms hinge on the question of 'for whom?'
February 11, 2013
Amid the turmoil over how to fix the Philadelphia schools, one core point of disagreement rarely gets voiced explicitly. It revolves around this question: For whom are we fixing the schools? More »
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