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WILLIE BROWN: Newsom back in the swing of things
I was away for most of the week, but I did catch up with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at a tree-lighting party on the Embarcadero Friday evening.He looked very relaxed and was having his picture taken with everyone. He said...
SEPTA workers approve five-year contract
By Robert Moran Inquirer Staff Writer With none of the dramatics that marked their bitter, six-day strike against SEPTA, transit workers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a new five-year contract. Members of Transport...
Transport workers OK’s contract with SEPTA
By Robert Moran INQUIRER STAFF WRITER With none of the dramatics that marked their bitter, six-day strike against SEPTA, transit workers today voted overwhelmingly to approve a new five-year contract. Members of the Transport...
Political Theater of the Absurd
Buzz Flash, Tragedy/Comedy: Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for expressions of grief. Elbert Hubbard, The Note-Book, 1927 Tragedy was...
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PALO ALTO, Calif. — When the latest Sarah Palin sugar high wears off, leaving behind a new round of intraparty feuds and a woman with deep Nixonian grievances, Republicans can turn to California for a glimpse at another kind of...
Man Overboard!: I, Ishmael
There's this part in Moby Dick — bear with me — where Captain Ahab whips his crew into booze-fueled cheers to kill the white whale. Ishmael, the book's narrator, finds himself inexplicably drawn in: "I, Ishmael, was one of that...
'Tough job at the worst possible time': Mayor Nutter, two years later
The transit union president publicly mocks you, calling you "Little Caesar." Though few will say it publicly, there is a growing concern among some elected officials and political insiders that after almost two years in office,...
Letters: I admire Willie
TO STU Bykofsky: Willie Brown may be the most hated man in Philly, but not by me. It takes a lot of guts to stand on your own like he did. Nobody is going to give you anything in life, not the way our economy is, but somebody...
Letters: What's with the city's war on neighborhood bars?
READING THE paper the other day, I saw where the mayor said, noting Philadelphia's 11.1 percent unemployment rate and declining tax revenues, that our financial condition is deteriorating. But all summer long, the city had a...
Pelosi exhibits leadership, protects colleagues
If there's one thing the recent health care vote proves, it's that Nancy Pelosi is the most focused House speaker since Tip O'Neill. I'm not talking about the merits of the bill that emerged from the House - the debate on that...
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