
Opinion & Essay
So you want to be a celebrity? You’ll need some Trumpian brashness; talent is optional
Malcolm Muggeridge, noted British television scourge and scold, told me that television will destroy journalism, ...
9 years ago
Have yourself a very harried Christmas
In case you’re under the mistaken impression that the wounds of election ’16 are healing, yesterday’s tempestuous Tweet ...
9 years ago
The hidden cost of therapy apps
Disruptive technology is here to stay, but not all trades necessarily benefit from it. Psychotherapy is one such field.
9 years ago
Seth Williams: About those gifts
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams says he expects to win re-election next year “by a large majority” despite his f ...
9 years ago
ListenThe toddler’s new toys: ‘Let it be an arms race’
This is what happens when you give a toddler the power of life and death: The United States must gr ...
9 years ago
Eight dreidels a-twirling — a song for Hanukkah
Hanukkah isn’t always convenient. There have been many years when we postponed our celebration until winter break when our kids cou ...
9 years ago
Kenney campaign committee admits it missed filings, pays penalty
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s campaign committee has paid a $2,000 penalty to the city Ethics Board for missing campaign finance ...
9 years ago
Joe Beam’s memory and LGBT racism
It is ironic that the 30th anniversary of “In the Life, ...
9 years ago
Math for dummies: Adventures in Trumplandian logic
Journey with me now to the wilds of Trumplandia, where math and logic are fascinatingly fungible. Leading citizens of Trumplandia ...
9 years ago
Review: The dimensions of friendship in ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’
You have your frogs, you have your toads. They have their differences. Frog looks at a pond of cold water and says it’s ref ...
9 years ago
When dog adoption is hindered by racism
Many of us who want to make a rescue animal part of the family have experienced the flip-side to the problem of abandoned pets: foster gr ...
9 years ago
Governor Christie’s sleazy deal has been exposed
As political blunders go, this one was a beaut! First, convene a secret meeting with legislative leaders to structure a deal to aw ...
9 years ago
Cowed Republicans gird themselves for the reign of fear
This is the way democracy ends. To quote the poet T. S. Eliot: “not with a bang, but a whimper.” Indeed, even though I ...
9 years ago
The tarmac, revisited: Loretta Lynch’s ‘painful’ regrets
Good grief, Bill Clinton is gabbing again. He riffed yesterday about Hillary’s loss: “We had the Russians and the FBI, and sh ...
9 years ago
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