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News About Metropolis 20 Mar 2013 | 12:34 pm
I have some good news for Metropolis readers. Tom Ferrick's Publius column will now be published weekly on AxisPhilly.org AxisPhilly is the new non-profit news and information site that grew out o...
Metropolis Is Closed 17 Feb 2013 | 02:46 am
After three years on the web, Metropolis has ceased operations. The reason is simple: We have run out of money. This always was a shoestring operation and the string finally broke. We depended on su...
First War, Then Peace 6 Feb 2013 | 11:43 pm
Gov. Corbett presented his budget for the next fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly with great pomp and fanfare. The budget, which totals $28.4 billion, is enumerated i...
His Guys, His Game 3 Feb 2013 | 08:41 pm
There are two possible explanations why nine judges on Philadelphia's Traffic Court allegedly engaged in widespread ticket fixing, outlined in great detail in indictments of handed down last week by a...
Who Will Tie Their Shoes? 3 Feb 2013 | 05:21 pm
By Kat Richter By the time I reach the coffee shop in Mt. Airy on Friday afternoon, I am exhausted. I've spent the past week administering band aids, untying shoelaces, retying shoelaces, chapero...
Life Between the Covers 30 Jan 2013 | 05:34 pm
There is a placard in my local library which bears a quote by Jorge Luis Borges. It reads "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library". When I first strolled past these words on my...
Blaming The Man 30 Jan 2013 | 04:28 am
It's hard to play the race card in Philadelphia these days. It's hard to blame The Man when you are the man. But it's also hard to break old habits. Witness the news conference held this week by op...
Taming Pac-Man 26 Jan 2013 | 12:18 am
You've heard of the carrot and the stick? It appears Gov. Corbett will be trying a variation on that tactic when it comes to taming the cost of public pensions. Call it the stick and the stick. Cor...
Riding Their Bikes 24 Jan 2013 | 08:33 pm
By Lucien Crowder There are two kinds of bicyclists in South Philadelphia . If you think I am over-generalizing, go to the corner of Ninth St. and Washington Ave. and try to find a third variety. ...
Unintended Consequences 22 Jan 2013 | 05:39 pm
There's an interesting back story to the visit of Gov. Corbett to Philadelphia last week to tout the state's expanded voucher program for non-public schools. Of course, they are not called vouchers, ...
