voters: Philadelphia Metropolis

He's Baaack!

Now comes Rick Santorum's 15 minutes in the limelight. His showing in Iowa this week guarantees that.  With little money and no organization to speak of, the former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania placed second in the Iowa caucuses, just eight... (Comments)

The Last Hurrah

Tuesday's election is probably the last time we will see Michael Nutter's name on a ballot for public office. The mayor will be 58 when his second term ends.  The City Charter limits him to two consecutive terms.  I don't... (Comments)

I Try to Be Cynical...

As the malaprop-prone Gov. James Duff once told a reporter in Harrisburg: "There's nothing mysterical about the electrical college." But, it looks the Republicans intend to make it mysterical. Senate Republicans have suggested a do-over in the way we count... (Comments)

My Philadelphia: Mount Airy

Mount Airy has a reputation as a liberal bastion of Philadelphia, a world unto itself with aging hippies, racial diversity, and beautiful homes. It is all that. Which is just fine with me. I have lived in the neighborhood since 1986, raising my son on a street of row houses built (Comments)

Quack? Quack? Quack?

Did you just hear a duck quack? I could have sworn I heard it -- faintly, in the distance, in the vicinity of City Hall. Could it be that Michael Nutter is becoming a lame duck even before he is... (Comments)