Opinion & Essay

Nearly 50 journalists at the Philadelphia Daily News, Inquirer and Philly.com got pink slips today, as the company downsizes to save mone ...

The off-off-year elections have yielded some noteworthy results — Chris Christie’s Jersey legislature has gotten ...

Now that it’s clear Jim Kenney will become Philadelphia’s next mayor, it’s time to get a few things off my chest. ...

Two years ago, after the GOP had lost the popular vote for the fifth time in six presidential elections, the Republican National Committe ...

Pennsylvania state Rep. Dwight Evans will run against Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah in April’s Democratic primary, and he ...

The Barrymore Awards, celebrating the region’s professional theater, have been top-heavy with accolades to established, big-budget, ...

  Thanks to all the brouhaha about last week’s Republican debate – if you haven’t tuned in, the cwybaby can ...

It’s tricky to pinpoint exactly when Republicans began to scapegoat the media — I’d vote for 1962, when Richard Nixon lashe ...

As the state budget crisis stretches into its fourth month, state funded entities across the Commonwealth are feeling the effects of the ...

That gurgling noise you just heard might well be Jeb Bush circling the drain. The big story on the eve of the third Republican ...

Halloween is nearly upon us. But you wouldn’t know it from our house. Without the kids around anymore, Halloween has become a non-e ...

Municipal primaries in Philadelphia can be donnybrooks. General elections are more often a snooze in a town where Democrats outnumber Rep ...

Could Philadelphia City Council be in for some real change next year? The 17 seats on Council have long been held by politicians w ...