
Opinion & Essay
The joy of bringing a black child into this world
WHYY celebrates Black History Month with Philly.com by publishing essays for their series ...
9 years ago
Review: Tangling with concepts in ‘The Enchanted’
In “The Enchanted,” an adaptation of a strange play written by Jean Giraudoux in 1933, life battles with death. And the real ...
9 years ago
Trump versus ‘the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy’
Three federal appeals court judges took Trump to the woodshed and whupped him bigly. I’ve read yesterday’s ruling so t ...
9 years ago
‘The Zebra Storyteller’ in the Trump era
The recent use of fake news and “alternative facts” has proven that fiction remains a powerful force. The problem, of course, ...
9 years ago
The National Motorists Association’s drive toward alternative facts
There’s been a dangerous move in the United States recently toward fake news and reclaiming a version of America that never existed. An ...
9 years ago
I downsized my emotional life by getting rid of my boyfriend.
Kicking him out definitely freed up plenty of space in my house, when I boxed up all his things and gave them to ...
9 years ago
Trump era capitalism: Brands take a stand
My local coffee shop recently announced that 5 percent of all coffee purchases over a three-day period would be donated to the ACLU. So s ...
9 years ago
Trump opponents must not fall into the bipartisan BS game
President Donald J. Trump has investments in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. That’s why they weren’t part ...
9 years ago
Krasner jumps into Philly DA race
Defense attorney Lawrence Krasner has entered the race for Philadelphia district attorney, and he’s one candidate likely to disting ...
9 years ago
ListenRepublicans diss Coretta Scott King, because of course
Leave it to the Republicans to diss the memory of Coretta Scott King in the midst of Black History Month. But hey, why wouldn̵ ...
9 years ago
Manning case highlights the plight of transgender women in men’s prisons
When President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning ...
9 years ago
The Mongols are coming! The Mongols are coming!
Donald Trump’s wall is sure to become a geo-political trivia question, which will likely be phrased, “What humongous ego tha ...
9 years ago
The Bowling Green Massacre and many more!
I was startled to learn yesterday, from our Leader, that the media doesn’t report on terrorist attacks. This I did not know! All th ...
9 years ago
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