
Opinion & Essay
Robert Mueller performs in congressional Kabuki theater
His tendentious terminology, coupled with his stoic reticence, will not move the ball forward.
6 years ago
Mueller’s testimony: Impeachment accelerant or anticlimax?
It's quite possible that Robert Mueller's long-awaited open testimony, slated for Wednesday in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, will be a yawner.
6 years ago
Old age in the new age, in ‘Kalamazoo’ at Act II Playhouse
Two septuagenarians who have lost their spouses are looking to fill out their lives with … well, they’re not exactly sure.
6 years ago
Will the overexposed ‘Squad’ take Democrats over the cliff?
Talk of a left-wing revolution, as envisioned by AOC and Sanders and others on the party's left flank, is a luxury we can't afford in this election cycle.
6 years ago
Philly has $800K to make Spring Garden the bike path of our dreams but the clock is ticking
Spring Garden Street through Center City may only be 2.1 miles long, but it represents an opportunity for the cycling community — in Philadelphia and across the East Coast.
6 years ago
Trump doesn’t realize criticizing America is a form of tough love
Trump's recent tweets reminded me of what racists would say to black folks when I was coming up: "Go back to Africa."
6 years ago
Trump’s racist tweets: A foretaste of toxic 2020
White racism was at the root of Donald Trump's 2016 candidacy, and so it will be again in 2020.
6 years ago
Trump’s census surrender: Even a loss can look like a win
One is tempted to believe that his latest failure is further evidence of his weakness and ineptitude.
6 years ago
Spacing out or guarding against trauma? Philly teen finds self-care in dissociation
Derricia Smith, 17, reflects on her experience with an elegant safeguard of the mind when it faces trauma, in this essay for Philly Audio Diaries.
6 years ago
Listen 5:12Trump appointee forged a sweetheart deal for a rich pervert. Are we surprised?
Does this surprise you? Donald Trump, an old partying pal of confessed pervert Jeffrey ("terrific guy") Epstein, said yesterday that he "feels badly" for Alex Acosta.
6 years ago
Whether you can hear the sound or not, ‘Mosquito’ sonic devices shouldn’t be in our parks
I was upset to learn that Markward Playground has planted “Mosquitos” — the sonic device that targets young people my age, those 25 and under.
6 years ago
Black in Flemington: Was the trauma worth it?
A former WHYY reporter reflects on her experience growing up as a black queer person in Flemington, New Jersey.
6 years ago
Frederick Douglass’ ‘The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro’ still resonates
Douglass proved he was not the typical Independence Day Antebellum orator when he spoke before an audience in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852.
6 years ago
Fouling the Fourth: Tanks but no tanks, Trump
It takes a craven kind of genius to desecrate the Fourth of July, to turn a traditionally nonpartisan festival into a militarist MAGA rally with pseudo-Moscow trappings.
6 years ago
Generations of change in West Chester, in ‘Mud Row’ from People’s Light
The play, set in West Chester, Pennsylvania, nimbly toggles back and forth in time to show the history in the foreground of the characters’ lives.
6 years ago
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