Opinion & Essay

I think governments should be frugal. That is no sure thing, because people are not perfect. Nonetheless, I regard paying taxes to be my ...

  Here’s a tweaked version of an old saying: “If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you donR ...

Since I consider myself more spiritual than religious, it is perhaps strange that I chose a church as the recipient of my love ...

While we were stocking the fridge for our presidential debate-watching party last Wednesday, a fascinating battle was unfolding in the Pe ...

Open Air Philadelphia raised expectations and a lot of attention in the days before its launch two weeks ago. Computer simulations and ar ...

It was astounding, in the first debate, that President Obama chose not to hit Mitt Romney with the damning evidence in that fat-cat ̶ ...

I’ve moderated enough candidates’ debates over the years that when I watch a televised debate, I find I often identify with t ...

It was the pink slip heard ’round the world. “I’m sorry, Jim. I’m gonna stop the subsidy to PBS,” sa ...