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Does Pennsylvania Care More About Football or Taxes?

8 June 2009

When it comes to football, Pennsylvanians are pretty hard core. From the Steelers to the Eagles, NFL football makes headline after headline in the fall. Also in the state, we have a little college football team called Penn State that seems to do pretty well from time to time. I think it’s fair to say [...]

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Does Wal-Mart want your child to read?

17 October 2007

Wal-Mart is the largest corporation in America, according to Fortune 500. According to Good Jobs First, Wal-Mart recently posted earnings of $350 billion in annual revenue and reported a profit of $11 billion (with a b). One thing is clear about Wal-Mart: they don’t like to spend money. My mom always said, “That’s how the [...]

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The Shill of the Game

14 October 2007

No, that’s not a typo. These days, it seems, it is all about the dollars. Even in college sports – or maybe especially in college sports. The headline on this week’s Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday Edition, blared “Raising Funds – and eyebrows” – the story about the push to raise money for colleges through athletics made [...]

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