Plumbing

Fetus Found In Philly Sewer Pipe

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.21.2012

Philadelphia cops are investigating the discovery of a fetus in a sewer pipe at a home in the Kensington area on Monday. Plumbers made the discover...

Plumbing the Depths

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 02.08.2012

Jilly Gagnon

If there's one thing we at Psychoplumbalysis Plumbers do better than any of our competitors, it's listening.

Steven Hoffer

GREATEST FEAR: Exploding Toilet Sends D.C. Woman To Hospital

HuffingtonPost.com | Steven Hoffer | Posted 11.27.2011

If you thought you had a bad Monday... A female employee at a federal building in Washington, D.C., went to the hospital early this week after suff...

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Broke But Now Unbroken

Michele Weldon | Posted 11.06.2011

Michele Weldon

This was the Summer of the Broken and now Labor Day marks its official end. If the universe was sending me a message -- and I believe she was -- it is that I cannot forever ignore the sagging, splintered pieces of my life's machinery.

Taking Notice of India's Extreme Poverty

Dominique Browning | Posted 05.25.2011

Dominique Browning

There is no way to be hardhearted about enormous poverty, yet it is equally impossible to be always heartbroken. We need, perhaps, soft hearts, hard eyes.

Why Over-Glamorizing College Is Problematic

Justin Cox | Posted 05.25.2011

Justin Cox

The college loan situation in America is a total mess, and so is the unemployment situation. As a country, it's a perfect time to start celebrating the kinds of jobs we need, college or no college.

How to Turn Off WikiLeaks

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Keith Thomson

How do we turn WikiLeaks off? As one of my intelligence community sources says, we need to eliminate MICE. By that he means Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego, the common denominators of all leaks. In other words, leaks will persist as long as human nature does. A counter to the above carrots may be a swift and public stick so that potential leakers think twice, or a hundred times about interfering with military operations.

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream (Austin, Texas: PearlGate Publishing 2008) 192 pp.

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

Wurzelbacher's deep understanding of the intellectual umbilical cords of modern conservatism is why Mike Gallagher and Sean Hannity have offered their high praise of his work.

"Sink or Swim"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Jerry Zezima

As Harry spun the contraption's long cable through the pipe next to the washer, he spun tales of his many plumbing and heating adventures.