NEWS AND OPINION > BRENDAN CALLING
By Brendan Skwire
Unfortunately, the mayor seems to have drawn the wrong lesson: there aren’t going to be any forums like last year. The public is decidedly not invited to weigh in, and that has caught the attention, and undoubtedly the ire, of the Coalition for Essential Services. (In the interest of full disclosure, I was a member of this group until mid-summer 2009).
NEWS AND OPINION > BRENDAN CALLING
By Brendan Skwire
Am I the only one who smells something stinky about the School District’s “Renaissance Plan,” which marks poorly-performing public schools for takeover by for-profit and non-profit educational management organizations?
NEWS AND OPINION > BRENDAN CALLING
By Brendan Skwire
There are lessons for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in the Massachusetts election of Scott Brown, if only state leaders would open their eyes. The way I see it, Keystone State Democrats are heading for a whopper of a defeat.
NEWS AND OPINION > BRENDAN CALLING
By Brendan Skwire
Ed Rendell's cozy relationship with a Foxwoods lawyer is no surprise, but if you think sweetheart deals suck now, wait til you see what happens now that the Supreme Court has struck down laws banning corporate spending on elections.
Have you heard about Obama's "War on Religion"? (The newest phase, that is.)
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