Opinion & Essay
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 ...
10 years ago
How to rise above populism and demagoguery
It’s almost High Noon in America. Across the land, something unexpected is happening: People on the left and right are coming together. ...
10 years ago
Today, the electors will abet the authoritarian drift
In the good ole days when our democratic norms were intact, back when it was inconceivable that a reckless demagogue could ascend to the ...
10 years ago
Hunger is a worldwide problem that hits close to home
About a year ago I interviewed a woman who volunteers at a church-sponsored soup kitchen in Center City. The essay, “ ...
10 years ago
Roof, the white domestic terrorist who shot and killed nine black Charleston churchgoers in the hope of starting ...
10 years ago
How to accept an addict at your holiday party
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.
10 years ago
The dangers of muzzling free speech
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.
10 years ago
Don the Con’s perpetual shell game
Hey, wasn’t this supposed to be a monumental day? Remember when Donald Trump told us to circle Dec. 15 on our calendars? Ind ...
10 years ago
Review: ‘Wilde Tales’ that Oscar wrote
I’ll now do something critics should do only on rare occasions: Review the audience. On a Sunday matinee produced by the Quintessen ...
10 years ago
ListenLong live climate science! Hail to heroes of the Resistance!
With Trump’s enthronement just 37 days off, we badly need a resistance movement. Happily, a few heroes are already showing us ...
10 years ago
How I learned to stop worrying and love the laundry
Six months ago I ran a 10K with my daughter in Central Park in New Yor ...
10 years ago
Listen to police; they need sanctuary policies, too
Mayor Kenney’s announcement to uphold our “sanctuary city” status is a strong stand for local law enforcement. For thos ...
10 years ago
The Trump-Russia connection: Big questions we need to get answered
Lo and behold, the latest intelligence revelations about Russia’s cyberpush for Donald Trump are so persuasive that even congressio ...
10 years ago
Pennsylvania’s presidential electors will gather in Harrisburg to cast the state’s 20 electoral votes for Donald Trump next M ...
10 years ago
What will they do about Russia’s cybercoup?
Unless dozens of presidential electors miraculously decide to vote their consciences, we will soon be stuck with the Kremlin’s pet. ...
10 years ago
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