Opinion & Essay
Trump’s weekend whopper: He’ll protect sick people ‘beautifully’
It’s a waste of time to parse the venom that Donald Trump spewed at that Saturday rally in Harrisburg. He was too scared to attend ...
8 years ago
Democrats could learn a thing or two from Donald Trump
To celebrate his first 100 days in office, Donald Trump held a rally in Harrisburg. There, in the capital of a state he was n ...
8 years ago
Does a feminist lose her cred when she’s sleeping with another feminist’s man?
The feminist photos and posts and slogans on the Facebook page of Maggie Grey (not her real name) make me angry. ...
8 years ago
Post-Trump activism isn’t showing up in Philly election boards
The election of Donald Trump is often said to have spurred a new wave of political activism — particularly among progressive Democrats ...
8 years ago
Philly DA candidate Khan takes swipe at Untermeyer in new ad
Philadelphia district attorney candidate Joe Khan has opened his TV ad campaign with a swipe at hisbiggest spending rival in the Democrat ...
8 years ago
Trump’s tax team: Plutocratic incompetents or incompetent plutocrats?
The Trump tax reform plan — actually, a one-page sketch of an outline of a plan — is just what you’d expect to get from a guy w ...
8 years ago
Philly DA candidates spar at NAACP-WHYY debate [video]
The seven Democratic candidates for Philadelphia district attorney met Thursday night for a debate at WHYY, co-sponsored by the Philadelp ...
8 years ago
The next DA should oppose racist and immoral death penalty
Although the district attorney race in Philadelphia is celebrated ...
8 years ago
The miraculous rise of Dan Rather 2.0
It’s worth joining Facebook just to read Dan Rather. The same Dan Rather who was supposedly condemned to living out his life in exi ...
8 years ago
Ethics Board fines Seth Williams campaign committee
The Philadelphia Ethics Board has fined District Attorney Seth Williams’ dormant campaign committee $2,000 for failing to report so ...
8 years ago
Eight unions back Philly DA hopeful O’Neill
Philadelphia District Attorney candidate Jack O’Neill picked up the endorsement of eight construction unions Wednesday night, pledg ...
8 years ago
Soda tax benefits all, even its biggest critic
The Philadelphia Beverage Tax benefits Philadelphians. To say otherwise ignores the big picture. Criticism of the tax merely focuses on i ...
8 years ago
Meet the Trump adviser who has sworn allegiance to an anti-Semitic group
During his visit to the Holocaust Museum, Donald Trump declared, “This is my pledge to you: We will confront anti-Semitism.” ...
8 years ago
Review: ‘Hand to God,’ with a puppet on it
I’m convinced that a special place awaits me in heaven because, feeling duty-bound, I went to see the play “Hand to God” ...
8 years ago