When I get to thinking about municipal fiscal fitness — and, with the way things are going these here days, that’s often — I hearken back to a story I saw, oh, 3, 4 years ago about big cities shrinking…
Hit-and-Run America (Vol. 22)
An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call…
My excuse to drop a “Time Bandits” shout-out
I’m still paying attention to the apparent uptick in bank robberies in Philly. Even wrote about it in September. Seems that the feds are paying attention too, as they’ll have a press conference tomorrow to launch … a new joint-venture…
What’s up with that (in captions)
This Academy Awards show is veering off course. These are from a couple minutes before Ben Stiller shed his dignity once and for all …
Weekend Reading Roundup (And the Oscar for … Edition)
… Ridiculous non-recovery from attempted racial exploitation goes to: Capt. Troy K. Gore, an officer detailed to the Philadelphia Fire Department’s recruitment team, was placed on paid leave yesterday over allegations that he proposed a scheme to bring in more…
Hit-and-Run America (Vol. 21)
An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call…
Charlie Dawg’s Confession
When I woke up this morning, dog and one of the cats nearby … … Charlie Dawg said, “I’ve been keeping something from you for a couple of decades, Brian.” So I was like, “Oh yeah, what’s that?” So she…
Two totally unrelated moments caught on cell
Sneak Preview (about next week’s Metro column)
Got a bit of one-on-one-interview time with Mayor Nutter in the hallway outside his 2nd floor office yesterday post-budget-address. We discussed the trash tax. Just like how we used to discuss the smoking ban. I’m writing it now. You can…