http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson RSS Feed for Inq Col Harold Jackson en-us Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:04:21 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson/20091101_It_s_not_weight_that_s_dragging_him_down.html 'Big Boy," to use former President George W. Bush's nickname for Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher J. Christie, wants us to believe that gibes about his weight helped cause his fall in New Jersey's polls. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson/20090927_A_cautionary_tale_about_assumed_mortgages.html Pundits are trying to put a finger on why Americans are so angry these days. In most cases, it's not one thing but an accumulation of irritants. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson/20090830_Cowards_who_run_can_t_help_city_schools.html Heidi Ramirez, who recently resigned from the state's School Reform Commission that oversees Philadelphia public schools, has been getting the heroine treatment for putting up a good fight. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson/20070216_That_worrisome_trade_deficit.html 'Now, don't you worry your pretty little head about that" always seems to be the retort of the economics literati when the economically stupid start asking questions about the U.S. trade deficit. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson/20070209_Fix_violence_by_fixing_prisons.html There are several schools of thought on the best way to reduce the violence in Philadelphia that resulted in more than 400 murders last year. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson/20070501_Under_the_Sun___Fight_the_stereotype.html The Book of Ecclesiastes says all is vanity and vexation under the sun. That's certainly the way a lot of us feel about the Philadelphia mayoral candidates. They're either vain or vexing. But they're also well qualified. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/harold_jackson/5899761.html