Opinion & Essay
Jeb Bush, born on third base, wants us to “work longer hours”
Memo to the average American worker: Jeb Bush doesn’t think you’re working hard enough. Jeb, who was bor ...
11 years ago
UPDATED: Dark money group pulls the shades
The political committee of the self-styled reform group Philadelphia 3.0 spent a half million dollars on the City Council primary this sp ...
11 years ago
ListenMourning the loss of the Surflight and looking south to Cape May for theater at the Jersey Shore
They called it “Broadway at the Beach,” and for most of the last 65 years that’s what it was at Surflight Theatre, a sw ...
11 years ago
ListenDear Pope Francis: Tear down these walls
Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Philadelphia in September for the World Meeting of Families, and it’s my hope that while he is h ...
11 years ago
Hillary’s press strategy is classic Seinfeld
Twenty years after the Seinfeld gang boasted that it was “a show about nothing,” Hillary Clinton is hewing to t ...
11 years ago
Jim Webb (huh? who?) is the darkest horse in the Democratic race
I’ll put it plainly: Bill Cosby will helm the National Organization for Women before Jim Webb ever wins a Democratic presidential n ...
11 years ago
Philly should prioritize fair neighborhood development, more green space
Philadelphia needs to be a town that is both affordable and well developed; everyone deserves to live in a neighborhood that meets their needs within their financial capacity.
11 years ago
Review: ‘Moon Man Walk’ and a new stage company
The endearing new play “Moon Man Walk,” about a young black man who grows up trying to understand the father he never knew, is a thea ...
11 years ago
Philly L&I chief defends demolition without permit
Philadelphia Licenses and Inspections Commissioner Carlton Williams is defending his decision last year to allow a contractor to tear dow ...
11 years ago
Crosswalk button effect: bad design encouraging bad behavior
I gave the large, prominent, silver button a push, and waited for the light to change. I waited some more, then I gave it another push. Nothing seemed to be happening.
11 years ago
Fourth of July freakout! Obama didn’t say the God word!
Americans typically celebrate the Fourth with family, friends, fireworks, food, and flags. But alas, some people are incapable of swingin ...
11 years ago
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