Poll: Internships and CronyismPoll: Internships and CronyismIf it were only that easy. Let's face it, cronyism is a fact of business life. We see it on the playing fields of our youth and the youth of our children. Business is but an extension. I voted for...
It is lushly ironic that Republican fund-raiser and convicted embezzler Tom Noe did for Ohio's Democrats what they couldn't do for themselves - that is, put an end to a decade plus of one-party rule in Columbus. However, voters' disgust with the misu It is lushly...
When three Democrats took over the Evesham Township Council after a long run of Republican control, they promised to end years of cronyism and political patronage. Vowing to end a practice known as "pay-to-play," in which campaign contributors are awarded municipal contracts, the council adopted a sweeping ordinance banning firms...
I am a lifelong, dyed-in-the-wool, conservative Republican who voted for Jason Chaffetz and will most likely vote for non- Republican candidates in the general election in November. The Utah State Republican Party has become nothing more than a "good-old- boys" club. They talk Republicanism, but their...
BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's prime minister faces his critics in a no-confidence debate beginning Tuesday, as he defends his four-month-old government from claims of mismanagement and cronyism. Samak Sundaravej took office after his People Power Party PPP comfortably won elections in December, ending more than a...
Cheyney University president Michelle Howard-Vital met with leaders of two campus unions yesterday and agreed to one of their demands regarding summer staffing, overturned the nonrenewal of two coaching positions and agreed to keep on talking. But she acknowledged that the university has a major struggle before it: cutting...
MCC trustees called to resign The Rochester Labor Council, AFL-CIO, last week called for Monroe Community College's remaining eight appointed trustees to resign immediately, according to a release from the RLC. Brought to the floor of the RLC by employees...
The European Union, NATO and the United Nations are all turning a blind eye to the troubles in the Balkans. Europe’s recurring nightmare in the Balkans has returned. On June 15, Kosovo will announce full statehood. But NATO is allowing Serbs to turn northern Kosovo...
At the outset of his administration, Governor O'Malley issued an Executive Order that set up a process for vetting judicial aspirants, culling out those who are not qualified and presenting him with a list of fully qualified candidates for each judicial vacancy. The Executive Order established...
You can't put a price on nature, but it doesn't hurt to try. Fairmount Park, according to a recent study, is worth $1.9 billion a year in income, services and taxes. For 9,200 acres, that's dirt cheap. "I would submit," Mayor Nutter said Monday, "that a well-run, properly funded...
When we last left our saga of the one-armed bandits in Harrisburg, a federal lawsuit had been filed alleging that the state Supreme Court had upheld Pennsylvania's entre into slots gambling in exchange for the legislature's approval of a pay raise for judges. That's right: The state's former chief...
THE SIZZLING steak grill where Rick Olivieri stands at the moment, vigorously scraping onions, will be silenced in a few months. Olivieri settled his court battle this week and will close Rick's Philly Steaks at the Reading Terminal Market, after a quarter of a century, in October. But...
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission is considering yet another delay in the approval of 15 pending charter school applications. The latest delay is driven by the district's budget deficit, the arrival of a new chief executive, and the explosion of charter schools in the city. Oh, and one other big...
What We Sow The maddening folly of our man-made pension crisis While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis by Roger Lowenstein The Penguin Press 288 pages, $25.95 OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF...
Ross Sterling, Texan: A Memoir by the Founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company. By Ross S. Sterling and Ed Kilman. Edited and revised by Don Carleton. Foreword by Dolph Briscoe Jr. (Austin: Published by the University of Texas Press for the Center for...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 Kyodo Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Thursday announced major steps to repair the country's tainted judiciary, one of the reforms he has pledged to undertake after last month's election setbacks. Speaking at a dinner hosted by the...
Nothing now seems to be beyond our Ken, but it was still a shock to find myself recently drafted into the London Mayor's re-election campaign. Launching his environment manifesto, Mr Livingstone presumed to cite me in his support, a sign, no doubt, of his desperation. Conformism being...
Housing and Urban Development HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson recently quit his post and said his resignation will take effect April 18. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jackson, the Bush administration's top housing official, explained his move to reporters saying, "There comes a time when one must attend more diligently...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 Kyodo Dissidents within Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's party launched a revolt Tuesday while the opposition took a step toward forming a coalition. Not satisfied with merely taking pot-shots at his successor, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as...
The path to HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's downfall led straight through Philadelphia, and out the door. Now that Jackson is gone, he will soon be forgotten. He won't be missed. There were so many allegations leveled against Jackson over the years that it's hard to choose which one is the...
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