Opinion & Essay
The decline and fall of the U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate, long ballyhooed as “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” conceived by the Founders as a bipartisan ...
8 years ago
Thinking of joining a protest? Here’s what to know before you take the streets
Attending a protest is empowering. It can also be overwhelming for people new to protests. It's important to be well-informed.
8 years ago
Tell it, Hillary: ‘Certainly misogyny played a role’
For those of us who’d rather not contemplate the prospect of Donald Trump as a war commander, Hillary Clinton (remember her?) is ba ...
8 years ago
Will we ever get health care reform right?
The ill-conceived replacements for Obamacare would have left some 14 million Americans without health insurance and have an unh ...
8 years ago
It takes a ‘learning hero’ to break out of the education pipeline
Who is your learning hero? Who would you say has been an inspirational person in your life who has unlocked new ideas and pushed you to learn?
8 years ago
Keep your eye on the ball: Russia helped elect Trump
It’s too facile to say that Donald Trump launched missiles just to draw our attention away from the Trump-Russia scandal. Hitting S ...
8 years ago
Red hot in a green heaven — the day I became a Phillies fan
The late-setting July sun illuminated the canyon of freshly deserted mills on the avenue. Over-sized factory windows coated in senescent ...
8 years ago
Summer is Shakespeare’s big season, in Philadelphia and around the nation. A few miles north of Quakertown, the Pennsylvania Shakes ...
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A Scranton native’s take on Trump’s commitment to coal
Has President Donald Trump ever heard of Scranton blackfoot? As I watched him posing with coal miners and repeating easy bring-back-jobs ...
8 years ago
So much for that fantasy of ‘a big beautiful wall’
A top Trump campaign pledge is poised for the dumpster. Who woulda thought? Remember how Trump wowed his naifs with his vision of ...
8 years ago
Ed Rendell endorses Joe Khan in Philly DA’s race
Former Pennsylvania Governor and former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell has endorsed attorney Joe Khan for Philadelphia District Attorney. ...
8 years ago
Bill O’Reilly loses advertisers, but is he too big to fail?
Fox News, where women work at their own risk in a misogynist culture frozen somewhere in the 1950s, is back in crisis mode. Nine m ...
8 years ago
Untermeyer, Khan lead Philly DA field in money race
All seven of the Democratic candidates for Philadelphia district attorney think they have a great story to tell, but two of them are bett ...
8 years ago
Who’s Jon Ossoff and why are Republicans freaked out?
Wouldn’t it be a kick if the Georgia congressional seat vacated by Health Secretary Tom Price, a suburban Atlanta seat previously h ...
8 years ago
Abraham sues to force Williams out of Philly DA’s office
Former Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham has gone to court in an attempt to force current DA Seth Williams out of office. ...
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