February 1, 2013
By Shai Ben-YaacovElizabeth Fiedler brings us details of the planned makeover for the Ben Franklin Parkway. Gallup Poll Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport updates weekly poll numbers. Peter Crimmins reveals local connections to this weekend's PuppyBowl. We get a week in review from someone who watches movies and sports for a living. And Tom MacDonald joins us from New Orleans, on assignment for some big football game this weekend.
After a bruising primary campaign, Philadelphia's Democratic City Controller Alan Butkovitz easily won renomination over two-time challenger Brett Mandel and former city attorney Mark Zecca in a low-turnout election. With over 95 percent of the vote More »
More people seem to be ditching office chairs in favor of standing desks. A recent article in the New Yorker even tackled the trend of treadmill desks. A mounting body of research suggests that sitting is More »
Governor Corbett has ordered a delay in the adoption of new high stakes standardized tests for Pennsylvania public schools. More »
Reviews: "The Misanthrope" and "Othello" -- thoroughly modern, thoroughly not :
Burn, baby, burn!:
Butkovitz rolls after nasty Philly controller race:
Students march for schools, but where are the adults?:
Republican overreach and the lessons of '98:
IRS' Tea Party scrutiny was a huge blunder, but a deeper issue lurks beneath:
Why the IRS scandal is both not as bad, and also much worse, than it seems.:
Historian: Voyager spacecraft marked new age of discovery:
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