Opinion & Essay

It was an interesting prospect — three-time Philadelphia mayoral candidate and current School Reform Commissioner Bill Green runnin ...

If only they were lions. Perhaps then we would shed tears in sympathetic remembrance. But alas, they were people, not lions ...

“The feds don’t miss.” That’s how former City Councilman Rick Mariano assessed the chances of beating fede ...

Let’s check in with the Republican frontrunner – call it The Daily Donald – and assess the latest debasement o ...

The epic story of “Pericles,” in Shakespeare’s telling, has it all – birth, death, wandering, royalty, dejection, ela ...

What’s most detestable about Mike Huckabee’s Holocaust hyperbole – his claim that President Obama’s Iran nuke dea ...

For years, smaller political parties have complained that Pennsylvania’s election laws make it too hard for them to get on the ball ...

It’s almost a waste of time to mourn the dead movie-goers in Louisiana, because soon enough another Second Amendment nutcase will c ...

In the seedy play “Mercury Fur,” which premiered in London a decade back, anarchy reigns. London is a wreck. Gangs have kille ...

A really good production can raise the level of a play, but I hold little hope for “The Foreigner.” Its production at the Pen ...

It seems Pennsylvania Democrats will be treated to a U.S. Senate primary fight next spring after all. Katie McGinty, who resigned ...

Whenever the Republicans target Planned Parenthood, I always remember what Jon Kyl said in the spring of 2011. Because the GOP senator ...

Speak Easy convened a public forum in June to ask how Philadelphia's streets can offer safe and fair passage for everyone.