BY DEBORAH J. CORNWELL Having cancer or caring for a cancer patient in the family is hard, but cancer during traditionally happy holidays is even harder, Optima Medical services offered help to patients with cancer during any time of the year. Its a time when each family enjoys traditional shared activities usually characterized by good […]
With the Christmas season approaching, let’s talk about some smart privacy and security tips to employ. HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTIES: While the holidays are a festive time, when you are attending an office party, you are still on the clock. Think of the office party as a business event rather than as a happy hour. That […]
BY FLOYD WEDDERBURN/  I was asked recently if I thought Vicks and McCoy were somehow prolonging their concussions because there’s no hope of a playoff berth this season. First, I thought about it and wanted to respond like a fan, but I quickly remembered getting blind-sided by another player, so I responded like a player who […]
Last weekend, members of the herd were seen thundering up to New York City for the 144th annual Pennsylvania Society festivities. While the main event is the Pennsylvania Society dinner on Saturday night, there are numerous other auxiliary events. This weekend had originally been for businessmen from Pennsylvania. Now it has a decidedly political feel. […]
The Philadelphia Traffic Court has forever been known as the “People’s Courtâ€. That is because the people are not at the mercy of lawyers when they come before it and can communicate their need to insure a fair hearing without having to pay a hefty price for representation. True, sometimes they’ve gone to their elected […]
COUNCILWOMAN Marian TASCO fought hard, in the runup to the presidential election, to get voter-ID ads removed – meeting stiff resistance. In the end, subliminal and overt suggestions that you would need voter ID, lost…. BLACK CAUCUS, Black Clergy, NAACP and others want the huge amount of provisional ballots counted. Voters too want to make […]
BY JOE EASTMAN, US Navy (Ret.) Dir. of Veterans Services Broad Street Ministry/ Last spring, Philadelphia City Council, spearheaded by Councilmen Bill Greenlee and Mark Squilla, honored the military veterans of Philadelphia by declaring November as Philadelphia Homeless Veterans Remembrance Month, thus making Philadelphia the first and only city in the United States to set […]
ELEPHANT CORNER: Republicans Push To Get Eyes Inside Philly Polling Stations
November 8, 2012 No Comment
Tuesday night, over 200 people were packed into the second floor of Paddy Whacks at 2nd & South Streets to watch the election returns. Unfortunately, as the night wore on, the Republican crowd increasingly turned to drowning their sorrows. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA won the Electoral College solidly, but his share of the popular vote was […]
BY DENISE CLAY/ Well, thank goodness that’s over. The long, WWE Rage in the Cage match that was the 2012 Presidential Elections ended Tuesday night. Thankfully… There’s a lot of things I won’t miss about this year’s elections, and I’m a political junkie. Hopefully, it’ll be a while before we get anymore of the following: […]
Power attorney and future judge JIM CRUMLISH III demonstrated his international connections on Election Day. He escorted a delegation of European Parliament members to observe the election process. Among them were LORD ALFRED DUBS of the House of Lords in Great Britain, HUGUES HILTPOLD and TROND HELLELAND from Switzerland and Norway respectively. The Europeans were […]
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