Opinion & Essay

It’s almost High Noon in America. Across the land, something unexpected is happening: People on the left and right are coming together. ...

In the good ole days when our democratic norms were intact, back when it was inconceivable that a reckless demagogue could ascend to the ...

About a year ago I interviewed a woman who volunteers at a church-sponsored soup kitchen in Center City. The essay, “ ...

Roof, the white domestic terrorist who shot and killed nine black Charleston churchgoers in the hope of starting ...

With approximately one in 10 Americans having a problem with addiction, the odds are that someone at your holiday celebration this year struggles with substance abuse.

Galileo was put under house arrest. That’s not exactly how contrarians are treated in academia today, but there is a troubling move toward suppressing free speech and ideas.

Hey, wasn’t this supposed to be a monumental day? Remember when Donald Trump told us to circle Dec. 15 on our calendars? Ind ...

I’ll now do something critics should do only on rare occasions: Review the audience. On a Sunday matinee produced by the Quintessen ...

 With Trump’s enthronement just 37 days off, we badly need a resistance movement. Happily, a few heroes are already showing us ...

Six months ago I ran a 10K with my daughter in Central Park in New Yor ...

Mayor Kenney’s announcement to uphold our “sanctuary city” status is a strong stand for local law enforcement. For thos ...

Lo and behold, the latest intelligence revelations about Russia’s cyberpush for Donald Trump are so persuasive that even congressio ...

Pennsylvania’s presidential electors will gather in Harrisburg to cast the state’s 20 electoral votes for Donald Trump next M ...

Unless dozens of presidential electors miraculously decide to vote their consciences, we will soon be stuck with the Kremlin’s pet. ...

Is the Electoral College a ridiculous relic or an essential element of democracy? Should Congress dismantle it? Do better alternatives exist?