
Opinion & Essay
How does the new Philly bike race compare with years past?
The name — the Parx Casino Philly Cycling Classic — wasn’t the only thing new about this year’s bike race. Some ...
12 years ago
Affordable Care Act brings free birth control, but not free choice
When Planned Parenthood advertised free birth control through the Affordable Care Act, I was thrilled. I thought: This is just what women ...
12 years ago
Obama versus the whistle blowers
As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama praised government whistle blowers; in his words, “We need to empow ...
12 years ago
Obama versus the First Amendment
George Orwell and Joseph “Catch-22” Heller, famed chroniclers of government illogic, would surely have been fascinated by the ...
12 years ago
The merits of Delaware charter school education
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking at a rally for Delaware’s charter schools in Dover. I have two daughters in Delaw ...
12 years ago
Review: With ‘Totem,’ Cirque du Soleil soars
Here’s just some of what you’ll see under the Grand Chapiteau — the huge tent — set up at Camden’s waterf ...
12 years ago
Philly lawmakers reject Nutter tax-collection proposals
Just about everyone agrees the city of Philadelphia does an inadequate job of collecting taxes. But a couple of measures Mayor Michael Nu ...
12 years ago
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