Opinion & Essay
UPDATE: Norcross to take the stand in Inquirer case
10 a.m. Update: As it turns out, George Norcross will not take the stand today. Go figure. Toda ...
11 years ago
Philly ethics board gifts proposal angers watchdogs, invites discussion
Can Philadelphia’s Ethics Board really being saying it’s okay for a city official to accept cash from somebody he can help? You ...
11 years ago
Listen
The trolls assess the Gettysburg Address
Today marks the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, which framed our national aspirations in less than 300 ...
11 years ago
Review: Two times around with ‘I Am My Own Wife’
Among several neat things about Charlie DelMarcelle’s current run at Theatre Horizon, as the singularly eccentric German transvesti ...
11 years ago
Just days after businessman Tom Knox took himself out of Philadelphia’s 2015 mayor’s race, former Republican City Councilman ...
11 years ago
“The holiday turkey sure looks grand this year,” Dick Cheney said. “Why don’t we go around the tabl ...
11 years ago
Val Arkoosh – headed to Congress?
Over the years I’ve met a lot of smart, committed people who decide to run for office for the right reasons, but have no clue what ...
11 years ago
Knox is out of the mayor’s race – again
Tom Knox must be hell ordering wine. “I’ll have the Pinot. No, make it the Chardonnay. No, wait…” J ...
11 years ago
Sabotaging court nominees and dissing democracy
At the recent memorial service for Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley, former Republican leader Bob Michel talked nostalgically about how ...
11 years ago
Review: ‘Elf’ dropped to Earth, as a holiday stage musical
The movie “Elf” is a sweet little holiday heart-tug. So is the musical taken from the movie and now on the Walnut Street Thea ...
11 years ago
Listen