Monthly Archives: August 2024

Give Harris a chance. (Don’t sit this one out, cynics.)


American politics, especially now, does not offer us a choice between a party that favors the rich and one that favors the poor. Clinton cannot be called to account by an electorally nonexistent left. We must choose between a party … Continue reading

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The solution is fewer cars, but who wants to hear that?


The Philadelphia Parking Authority will more than double the price of a yearly residential parking permit to $75 and cap at three the number of permits each household can buy in an effort to better manage curbside congestion, officials said. … Continue reading

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