NEWS AND OPINION > COVER STORY

By Tara Murtha

Pushing the Limit: Examining the Legislative Battle Over the Statute of Limitations in Child Sex Abuse Cases

Advocates in Harrisburg say the battle of statute of limitation reform is much bigger, and uglier, than Republicans versus Democrats. It boils down to church versus state. Now, between the upcoming trial against Philadelphia priests accused of child sex abuse, the Penn State scandal and an administration that just declared 2012 the “Year of the Bible” in Pennsylvania, that battle has never been more intense and line has never been more blurry.

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Posted Feb. 8, 2012 | Comments: 8

NEWS AND OPINION > SAVAGE LOVE

By Dan Savage

Savage Love

OK, two guys beating off in a hotel room? Sounds pretty gay to me. I mean, if a woman offered to help me out with my solo hotel room routine—mostly blogging and watching MSNBC, I’m sad to report—I’d take a pass, as that scene would be entirely too straight for me to get aroused.

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Posted Feb. 8, 2012 | Comments: 0

NEWS AND OPINION > NEWS

By Aaron Kase

The City Controller, a Councilman and the PPA All Use the Same Consultant. Is It a Conflict?

Incest has long been taboo among human societies for its propensity to produce deformed offspring. Among political circles in Philadelphia, however, incest is a cherished, closely guarded tradition, which might go a long way toward explaining our deformed government. Like our own little Gabriel García Márquez novel, everyone’s in bed together, while our mess of a city is left to be carried away by ants.

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Posted Feb. 7, 2012 | Comments: 1

NEWS AND OPINION > LETTERS

By PW Readers

Letters to the Editor

This column is a joke. It is poorly written bullshit that seems to try to sell restaurants to readers (why bother when everyone in the city has heard of, say, Zahav?), or is some misguided, column-filling attempt at highlighting a single segment of an eatery. You could fit the same amount of basic information three or four times over for three or four dishes in that column space rather than writing childlike, banal drivel.

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Posted Feb. 8, 2012 | Comments: 0

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Can Pennsylvania Recall Gov. Tom Corbett?
By Randy LoBasso

People are getting more and more fed up with Tom Corbett. They don't want to wait until he's up for re-election in 2014 to yank him from office. But is that even possible?

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Posted Feb. 8, 2012

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DAILY GRINDER: On Rick Santorum and Tom Corbett
By Randy LoBasso

Yesterday, Gov. Corbett laid out his vulture of a budget while Rick Santorum steamrolled his way through the midwest. Here comes the funny part.

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Posted Feb. 8, 2012