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  Philly’s Number One! But Not in a Good Way…

  Diana Lind | Mon, Jun 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: new york city, philadelphia, economy, jobs, money, diana lind, budget, incarcarations, number one, prison, prisons | 0

  As Karen Heller writes today on Philly.com — Philadelphia leads the country in percentage of citizens incarcerated. Read on to find out why prisons are a booming industry, how many grams of cocaine you could fit in a sugar packet, and why keeping a prisoner in jail is about the cost of a year’s tuition at a fancy college.

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  Sex, Coffee and Seattle

  Evan Miller | Tue, May 27th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: news, seattle, evan miller, the new argument, money, video, police, florida, laws, protests, employment, coffee, starbucks, friday, caffeine, oregon | 1

  It is an unfortunate truth that sex sells only because we buy it. With the women from the HBO hit series “Sex and the City” knowing this truth all too well, the relationship between sex and cities across the country has caused many to ask where to draw the line. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports. 

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  Results of Seattle’s Test of Automatic Toilets Underwhelming

  Evan Miller | Tue, May 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: environment, seattle, evan miller, homeless, the new argument, money, alley, taxpayers, paris, luxury, crack, toilet, restaurants, parks | 0

  A test gone awry brings the end to a trial contract between the city of Seattle and a German manufacturer of high-tech automatic toilets. But is such an abrupt end to a pilot program designed to quell public urination and defecation necessary? Surely these silver self-cleaning cylindrical facilities were not the boon the city was expecting, but were they really the bane? The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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  Gas Tax Holiday: Boon or Bane?

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 30th, 2008 | Category: Guests | Tags: obama, clinton, republican, cnn, energy, infrastructure, evan miller, jobs, the new argument, money, oil, construction, highway, hillary, mccain, labor, nominee, taxes, average, christmas | 3

  As families prepare for summer road-trips, lawmakers are wondering if a proposed gas tax holiday will make it easier for travelers to make it out of the city without exhausting their funds for summer fun. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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  The Green List - Milk, Eggs, Bread, Fluorescent bulbs, Hybrid Cars…

  Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Apr 12th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, suburbs, energy, green, sustainability, money, politicians, produce, taxpayers, consumers, connecticut, green shopping, going green, leed | 1

  Shopping green is good for businesses, political groups, builders, car companies, and oh, the environment. Knocking on doors and pressuring citizens to buy compact fluorescent bulbs and other marked products does not show concern or respect for our environment. It implies that people who cannot afford consumer goods are bad for the planet.

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