Opinion & Essay

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 ...

Wrap your head around this farcical factoid: On the eve of the third Republican presidential debate, 55 percent of the party’s regi ...

Wrap your head around this farcical factoid: On the eve of the third Republican presidential debate, 55 percent of the party’s regi ...

By the time they cast ballots next Tuesday, Pennsylvania voters will have been bombarded with more than $9 million in TV advertising for ...

Democrats have been spiking the ball in the end zone lately — celebrating Hillary Clinton’s awesome autumn, chuckling at the Hous ...

We knew the neighbors had become true friends when they came to help us say goodbye to the old refrigerator. Here’s the stor ...

Fresh from their triumphant deep dive into Benghazi, House Republicans announced Friday ...

Nearly a month has passed since the Philadelphia papal visit captured our imaginations and caused us, if only briefly, to dream. W ...

We take you now to the hapless proceedings of the Special Committee to Boost Hillary’s Poll Numbers. Somewh ...

It’s a safe bet that the ancient Greek classics, in which the gods and fate control the plot, never looked or felt quite the way th ...

When you have to spend three years running for president — hey, it’s the uniquely American way — you’re bound to have ups ...

Let’s rephrase a famous line from The Godfather: Paul Ryan is making an offe ...