Interesting discussion going on at Young Philly Politics about the local Chamber of Commerce’s efforts to drum up support for a reduction in the local business-privilege tax. Now, I am not a tax expert. The city’s Tax Reform Commission did say that our system needs simplifying, which surprises me not at all, and that tax […]
I started collecting comics in 1989, as the hype for Tim Burton’s Batman was ramping up and a month or two after DC Comics killed Jason Todd, the second Robin, in an event that scored major media attention. So it’s little surprise I started my comics collection with Batman, a book I’ve bought off and […]
I refer to John Dewey and democracy fairly often, but the new and improved blog version of Not News doesn’t really have a handy explanation of what I mean. Over the next few days I hope to make a series of posts that discuss the very basics of how we think about what a democracy […]
So, at about 2:30 this morning, I was standing in the parking lot at work, appraising a very low right front tire on my car. I’ve been having odd experiences lately along these lines – tires just suddenly showing up next-to-flat after being just fine when I last saw them mere hours ago. Anyway, I […]