Opinion & Essay
Philly Fringe review: ‘Dutch Masters’
Two guys strike up an unlikely conversation on a New York subway car. One is a young black man; the other, young and white. The black man ...
13 years ago
Sane Republicans are trying to curb the kamikazes
As we careen toward a government shutdown, courtesy of a Republican kamikaze squad that somehow thinks it can kill Obamacar ...
13 years ago
With friends and lovers in our lives, Jane Austen will always speak to us
It is perhaps the most tortured marriage proposal of all times. In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be ...
13 years ago
Will state Legislature act again on Philly schools crisis?
The Pennsylvania Legislature returns to session next week. While the main attractions will be liquor privatization, transportation fundin ...
13 years ago
How Obama can stop the “apocalypse”
Once again, the right-wing kamikazes are threatening to crash their planes into the good ship America and drive us into def ...
13 years ago
When it comes to mass shootings, there are things we can and can’t control
The latest mass shooting, in which 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, a former Navy reservist and current military contractor, killed 12 people an ...
13 years ago
Philly Fringe reviews: ‘LEO’ and ‘The Sea Plays’
LEO. Fred Astaire danced on the floor, the walls and the ceiling of a room in the 1951 movie, “Royal Wedding.̶ ...
13 years ago
Obama helplessly laments that the rich get richer
Americans take pride in calling their nation “exceptional” – and rightly so. Because when it comes to inc ...
13 years ago
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Growing up Catholic in Northeast Philly, one thing you’ll never lose is St. Anthony
Born in a Catholic family in Northeast Philadelphia, I learned the prayer to St. Anthony like I learned the Pledge of Allegiance. I ...
13 years ago