
Opinion & Essay
The joy of writing — and being published
Writing has given me an outlet for my emotions. It organized my thoughts and helped me find my way out of a very dark place. Getting published made me feel equal.
8 years ago
The role of water in preparing our cities for a better future
By linking the digital and infrastructure systems of the water utility with those of our urban centers, we will take a leap toward creating thriving, sustainable cities.
8 years ago
Trump finally says something sympathetic about Jewish people
After many weeks of swinging and missing at very soft pitches, Trump finally ...
8 years ago
Review: ‘The Matchmaker’ from another era
Thornton Wilder’s play “The Matchmaker” has a sweet innocence from another time, on clear display in a production at Pe ...
8 years ago
ListenMcCain is right. A free press is crucial to democracy
I agree with Sen. John McCain. The existence of a free and unfettered press is crucial to maintaining a democracy. McCain made the ...
8 years ago
The music filled me with joy; the music made me feel free, even when the lyrics were speaking to conditions of struggle.
8 years ago
John McCain is getting mavericky again
John McCain has been hammering Donald Trump at home and abroad, assailing his foreign policy incoherence and his dire threats against the ...
8 years ago
Review: ‘Leper + Chip’ = reckless young adults, hooked on trouble
If a point lurks somewhere in Irish writer Lee Coffey’s play called “Leper + Chip,” I can’t find it. Not that eve ...
8 years ago
Don the Con’s Thomas Jefferson hustle
Because I have a life (as do you), I didn’t waste the warm Saturday twilight watching the adoration junkie serve up delusional pap ...
8 years ago
Targeting of nationalities and not individuals is why Trump’s travel ban fails
There is a general consensus in the U.S. that we need to protect ourselves and not allow people who wish us harm to pass through our bord ...
8 years ago
We will fight to protect public education
Despite a huge public outpouring of concern and protests consisting of tens of thousands of phone calls that lit up the Capitol switchboa ...
8 years ago
Philadelphia must enact a policy to fight bed bugs
What is small, brown, round, and avoided by the City of Philadelphia like the plague? If you guessed bed bugs, you’d be right. Unli ...
8 years ago
Why do American audiences love theatrical duds?
Richard Strauss’s opera “Der Rosencavalier” first performed in 1911 attracted rave reviews internationally and in citie ...
8 years ago
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