Opinion & Essay

In one of the most divisive elections in U.S. history, the ongoing revelations and carnival atmosphere make it easy to forget an importan ...

In his book, “The Republicans,” Lewis ...

If this is truly the path we prefer — an authoritarian sensibility, a strongman cult, a systematic breakdown o ...

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, an ugly brawl and the most expensive Senate race ever, is finishing on a curious note: incumbent R ...

Opinions are like derrieres. Everybody has one. But not all opinions are equal. Some are clearly smarter, more perceptive, and mor ...

As this insane presidential election winds toward its conclusion, Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania have their eye on Philadelphia, and ...

A federal judge has turned down the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s request to expand the reach of poll watchers in the state. ...

I’ll miss William Penn Annex. The Center City post office, stretching from Market to Chestnut along 9th Street, ...

  Politics are such a torment that I would advise everyone I love not to mix with them. Wait, that’s not me talk ...

Only a handful of newspapers in the entire country have endorsed Donald Trump — in Vegas (the paper is owned by an ally), Santa Barbara ...

In the city of Philadelphia, police officers respond to over 100,000 domestic-related calls each year. And those are the cases we’r ...

A focused, almost low-key Donald Trump spoke to about 600 Republican loyalists at the Doubletree Hotel in King of Prussia Tuesday, addres ...

FBI chief James Comey has wielded a bullhorn to blare the news (or non-news) about Anthony Weiner’s laptop – an announcement ...

I should be a vegan. So should you. It’s better for your health, and better for the planet. And its kinder to animals too. So what’s ...