Opinion & Essay
Thoughtful, triumphant, hysterical reactions to Josey case — so what can we learn?
Reactions among NewsWorks readers to the acquittal of former Philadelphia Police Lt. Jonathan Josey seem generally to have fallen along t ...
13 years ago
Property taxes: the battle for hearts and minds
If Mayor Nutter wants a happy ending to his effort to transform Philadelphia’s property tax system, he should do a better job of se ...
13 years ago
If Oscars are a feminist call to arms, blame Hollywood, not Seth McFarlane
As a feminist, I was surprised by some of the reactions to host Seth MacFarlane’s jokes at the Oscars. If it starts a healthy cover ...
13 years ago
They don’t call, they don’t write — but at least they have a dog blog
“I spent the best years of my life raising you, and now that you’ve grown, I never hear from you.” Sound familia ...
13 years ago
Meddling with the right to vote
It has long been a tenet of the conservative faith that “activist unelected judges” are meddlesome creatures, t ...
13 years ago
Shameful verdict undermines respect for the law
Picture a video slightly different from the one above: A big guy in street clothes walks over to a petite female police officer and decks ...
13 years ago
At the risk of quoting T. S. Eliot twice in the span of a week – oh heck, why not – let it be recorded that the Republican cr ...
13 years ago
Public Information Matters – Come and get it
I’ve been reporting long enough to remember when I had to call the city personnel office to get a public official’s salary, a ...
13 years ago
Message to gay groups: Buzz off
Same mentality, different year. Conservative Republicans are once again debating whether they should remain bigoted against gay pe ...
13 years ago
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