Opinion & Essay

The popping sound that echoed outside my bedroom window was painfully familiar. I hadn’t heard that sound in years. But as after ...

Of the $5.3 million candidates and political committees spent on Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Philadelphia district attorney, m ...

The prophet Isaiah sees a day when the wolf lives with the lamb and the leopard lies down with the little goat. In Mary Tuomanen’s ...

The soda industry has worked hard to create the perception that the ...

As entertainer Jackie Gleason used to say, “How sweet it is!” Oh yes indeed. It̵ ...

For the last 63 years, the ...

Forgive my frequent references to Richard Nixon. It’s just eerie how his impeachable behavior is being replicated by the current co ...

Has the post-Trump progressive lion finally roared? A robust Democratic turnout gave progressive candidate Larry Krasner a big win ...

To say that last week’s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey has added to the drama of an already chaotic presidency is an underst ...

When a new chief executive is sworn in, he pledges to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States.” It i ...

It’s primary day in Pennsylvania, and the marquee race in Philadelphia is the Democratic primary for district attorney. Current Dis ...

Is Kremlingate worse than Watergate? Duh. A cyber break-in orchestrated by a foreign adversary is worse than an office break-in botched b ...

When the Free Library put out a call for Philadelphia artists who are "seeking a wider audience for their work and would like to get paid for it," I was hopeful.

Learning heroes can come from a wide range of settings in young people’s lives. One unexpectedly appeared in my son’s life when he wa ...

Richard Nixon could’ve saved America a lot of time and trouble if he had gone on live TV in ’73 and told us that he fired the ...