Opinion & Essay

The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...

President Obama has frequently outfoxed the GOP — for instance, by beating them decisively in two national elections, the first Democra ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s departure from the presidential race has ended a challenge to John Kasich’s nominating pet ...

It’s thigh-slappingly funny to recall what Reince Priebus said on the eve of this national race. The GOP’s cheerleading facto ...

Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Joe Sestak and Katie McGinty have released TV ads,  both positive spots that aim to i ...

The poet-essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, “Things are in the saddle. And ride mankind.” If he were alive today, he ...

At a town hall last night, Hillary Clinton said: “I watch my husband campaign, and it is just poetry …. That’s not nece ...

Donald Trump decreed last night that the sporadic violence at his rallies, the assaults on dissenting fellow Americans, are motivated by ...

What a kick it was this morning to watch a Republican politician bob and weave on the topic of Donald Trump. It was a profile in cowardic ...

If you believe, as I do, that Donald Trump could defeat Hillary Clinton this fall and become America’s first certified autocrat, yo ...

As Philadelphia continues to gentrify, the business of building has become ever more lucrative. But data from city agencies indicate that ...