Tag: Philadelphia

  • That “Ace” pilot, McCain

    In a lot of ways, this presidential campaign is about biography, who John McCain is and who Barack Obama is. A lot of people say, for instance, despite his books, that they don’t know much about Sen. Obama. He’s still too new to the national scene. Here’s my question: John McCain has occupied the national…

  • Are we speaking, or are we talking?

    This is a quote by Democratic Political Consultant Jim Carville from Wikipedia: Between Paoli (one of Philadelphia’s westernmost suburbs) and Penn Hills (one of Pittsburgh’s easternmost suburbs), Pennsylvania is Alabama without the blacks. They didn’t film “The Deerhunter” there for nothing — the state has the second-highest concentration of NRA members, behind Texas. Love0 Share…

  • Five Points Had Good Points By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer

    THE FIVE POINTS ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT In the early 1990s, a group of archaeologists began an excavation in Five Points. Their research revealed that there was much more to Five Points than the filthy, poor, and crime-infested area that early visitors had described. On February 22, 1998, the Daily News published an article by Michael O.…

  • Normal City? Are You Nuts?

    December 12, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JANE FURSE, Daily News Staff Writers New York ain’t normal, according to a new book — whereas Orange County, Calif., is. That’s Orange County as in Disneyland and the biggest municipal bankruptcy in history. Whaddaya mean New York is the “most abnormal” of American cities? Merely a…