Why Trains Shouldn't Be Better Than Buses
(PHOTO: PETER GUDELLA/<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/">SHUTTERSTOCK</a>)From the age of 14 onward, I made consistent use of public buses to get from my hometown just over the...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Law-Breaking Cyclist
(PHOTO: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/f-r-a-n-k/">FRANKH</a>/FLICKR)Last year, Randy Cohen, former Ethicist columnist for The New York TimesMagazine, penned an op-ed revealing that...
View ArticleI Signed Up for Health Care and All I Got Was This, Well, I'm Not Really Sure...
Signing up for HealthCare.gov. (Photo: Txking/Shutterstock)When I initially tried to sign up for health care in October, I was met with the inevitable: As an unmarried freelance writer over the age of...
View ArticleThe Terrible Tipped Minimum Wage
(Photo: Mikhail Hoboton Popov/Shutterstock)Last year saw a renewed interest in the evils of tipping, spurred in part by a smattering of high-end eateries deciding to abandon the practice. Articles came...
View ArticleYou Don't Have a Right to Be Obese at Work
(Photo: Jane0606/Shutterstock)As Nick Ciaramitaro got his start in Michigan politics, the state passed the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, which comprehensively protected against discrimination based...
View ArticleWhy Opening a Casino Is a Terrible Idea
(Photo: sophistechate/Flickr)The gambling industry knows what the people want. Last year Americans gambled away $119 billion, most of it at casinos. We were far ahead of the second place contender...
View ArticleWill Philadelphia Ever Be Home to a Middle Class?
The Philadelphia skyline. (Photo: marianovsky/Flickr)I moved to Philadelphia four and a half years ago. I’ve lived in my current apartment longer than I’ve lived anywhere besides my childhood home....
View ArticleThe Five Words You Never Want to Hear From Your Doctor
From the cover of The Plague by Albert Camus. (Photo: js229/Flickr)I first noticed the pain in college. Very occasionally, after sex, I would feel an intense burning sensation. Panicked, I would...
View ArticleEven the Night Owls Need to Go Home Eventually
(Photo: Demetrius McCalman/Shutterstock)When Philadelphia’s subways still closed around midnight on the weekends, the last train was usually a raucous one. Those who managed to tear themselves away...
View ArticleIn Defense of Rent Control
Rent control is basically dead. The policy is long gone in big cities like Chicago and Boston, and advocates are on the defensive in San Francisco and New York City, where there are only 27,000 units...
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