Unpublished Writing

• “Graduate School And Career Opportunities For Political Science Majors", Political Science Department, UNC Charlotte, 1991.

• Research Methods Laboratory Manual, Political Science Department, UNC Charlotte, 1992.

• Introduction to and biographies of 40 Good Neighbors honored by West Mt. Airy Neighbors in November of 1999.

• “Those Who Can Teach", unpublished, 1996.

• "The Price of Freedom", unpublished, 1996

• "It's Not All Negative",  unpublished, 1996

• "Rebuilding our Neighborhoods Block by Block", unpublished, August 2004

• More on the West and the Rest, unpublished, 2004

Blog Posts

I have written a series of essays on urban politics and public policy generally and especially on politics in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and City of Philadelphia. They are have posted on my blog, Marc Stier at Large (www.stier.net/blog) or on the blog for my campaign for City Council at Large (www.stier2007.com/blog) or at Young Philly Politics (www.youngphillypolitics.com). I plan to collect these essays and publish them in book form in 2008. Among the more important of these essays are:

•  “Introduction to Marc Stier at Large” February 2, 2006

• “Response to Horowitz” February 3, 2006

• "The Reforms We Need Now,"  February 3, 2006

• “Why We Need Public Financing of Political Campaigns” August 26, 2006

• “Gay Marriage and Polygamy” March 16, 2006

•  “The Slavery of Today” February 2nd, 2006

• “Trolleys and Buses” February 3, 2006

• “Athens and Betty Friedan” February 6th, 2006

• “A Proposal to Ban Smoking” February 6th, 2006

• “Gambling and Its Alternatives at Wissahickon and Hunting Park” February 7th, 2006”

• “I Have Seen the Future of the Liberal / Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party..”. February 9th, 2006

• “Academic Freedom at Temple”  February 10th, 2006

• “The Immoral Equivalent of Jim Crow” February 13th, 2006

• “The Potential and Danger of Gentrification” February 16th, 2006  

• “How to Keep The Promise of Gentrification” February 16th, 2006

•  "The Future of Progressive Politics in Pennsylvania, Part 1: Success and Failure In Harrisburg"  February 24th, 2006

• "The Future of Progressive Politics in Pennsylvania, Part 2: What We Can Learn From Governor Rendell’s Failures" February 27th, 2006

• "The Real Problem at Temple” February 27th, 2006  

• “The Future of Progressive Politics in Pennsylvania, Part 3: We Progressives Can Learn From Our Own Failures” March 7th, 2006

• “Alternate Paths to Economic Growth,” March 7th, 2006

• “The Future of Progressive Politics in Pennsylvania, Part 4: Republican Utopia,” March 10th, 2006

• “Casey Tilts Further to the Right,” March 21st, 2006

• “Stand Up (or Sit Down) for the Minimum Wage,” March 28th, 2006

• “Is Civil Disobedience Justified?,” April 3rd, 2006

• “Improving Transit,” April 30th, 2006

• “Bob Casey for Senate,” May 19th, 2006

• “Housing Trust Fund Shenanigans,” May 19th, 2006

• “Don’t Balance the Budget on the Poor,” May 24th, 2006

• “Update on the Working Families Wage Tax Rebate,” May 31st, 2006

• “A Talk With Brett Mandel, Part I,” June 1st, 2006

• “Against Slots,” June 1st, 2006

• “What We Lost Today and Why,” June 2nd, 2006

• “A Talk With Brett Mandel, Part II,” June 3rd, 2006

• “Housing Trust Fund Shenanigans, Continued,” June 4th, 2006

• “The ‘Debate’ Over Housing Reorganization,” June 4th, 2006

• “Why We Should Make Voting Easier,” June 7th, 2006

• “Housing Trust Fund Testimony I: Don’t Divide the Trust Fund,” June 10th, 2006

• “Housing Trust Fund Testimony II: The Power of Council,”  June 10th, 2006

• “Saving the Housing Trust Fund,” June 14th, 2006

• “Advice for Young People,” June 17th, 2006

• “Learning from Jane Jacobs,” June 26th, 2006

• “Gar Alperovitz and the Next Left,” June 27th, 2006

• "Learning from The Minimum Wage Campaign," July 10th, 2006

• “What We Progressives Want,” July 16th, 2006

• “We’re All In This Together,” July 16th, 2006

• “We’re All In This Together in Philadelphia, Too,” July 17th, 2006

• “The Politics of Hope,” July 18th, 2006

• “Political Disaster Strikes City Neighborhoods,” July 21st, 2006

• “Against Independence,” July 27th, 2006

• “Mad Dogs and Democrats,” July 28th, 2006

• “Did Safe Streets Backfire?” July 28th, 2006

• “Progressives and Crime,” August 8th, 2006

• “What Does an Endorsement Mean?” August 12th, 2006

• “More on Public Financing,” August 22nd, 2006

• “Reforming Political Campaigns By Reducing the Cost of TV,” September 26th, 2006

• “Take Action to Repeal Act 193,” September 26th, 2006

• “Neighborhood Networks at Fifteen Months,” September 28th, 2006

• “Our Breakfast With Congressman Brady,” October 7th, 2006

• “Individuals and Systems In Philly Politics,” October 9th, 2006

• “Community Based Economic Development Strategies I,” October 9th, 2006

• “Community Based Economic Development Strategies II,” October 10th, 2006

• “Progressives, Nutter, and Crime,” October 14th, 2006

• “RIP CBGB,” October 17, 2006

• “A Major Victory?” October 18th, 2006

• “What Does Social Justice Mean for Philadelphia?” October 24th, 2006

• “Sewers, Sustainability, and Social Justice,” October 24th, 2006

• “RIP Red Auerbach,” October 29th, 2006

• “The Opportunity Before Us,” November 8th, 2006

• “The Transit Crisis Continues and the PTC is Back,” November 25th, 2006

• “You Want to See Broken Politics: Just Look at the Casinos,” December 5th, 2006

• “Great Expectations for Philly,” December 6th, 2006

• “Central Delaware Planning Process,” December 6th, 2006

• “Let’s Support a Vital Public Resource: Our Newspapers,” December 6th, 2006

• “Just as We Thought: It Was Broken Politics All The Way Down,” December 20th, 2006

• “RIP, James Brown,” December 26th, 2006

• “A Regional Tax Swap?” December 31st, 2006

• “Politics as a Spiritual Quest,” January 21st, 2007

• “Finally, Noticing the Bank Closings in Philadelphia,” January 30, 2007

• "Don't Break It Again! Fix it!," February 1, 2007

• "Hope, Fear and Casinos," February 12, 2007

• "The Politics of Fear and Costs of Corruption,"  February 12, 2007

• "This Year, Politics In Philadelphia Is Going to be Different," February 14, 2007

• “We Deserve Better: A Council Ethics Agenda Beyond the Committee of Seventy Proposal”  February 18, 2007

• “The Great U-Turn (On Casinos)” March 7, 2007

• "How To Have Your Neighborhoods and Your Casinos, Too" March 19, 2007

• “Yes, Virginia, There is a Progressive Movement in Philadelphia.” March 17, 2007

• "A Funny Thing Happened at a Tax Reform Forum," April 27, 2007

• "The BPT, Once More With Feeling, Or Why Progressives Should Hate the BPT,"  April 27, 2007

• "I Want The Best Service: How to Save Hundreds of Lives with a Swish of a Pen," May 1, 2007

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