Opinion & Essay

I wasn’t surprised to learn this weekend that a member of Congress had been shot in the head by a would-be assassin, nor was I surp ...

For the last several years I worked at the Daily News, I would occasionally receive poems and jokes lampooning Philly politics. At first ...

As we ease into the silly season of speculation about the 2012 presidential race – Donald “The Donald” Trump ...

The New York Post reports ...

If you’re old enough to remember Ralph “Boss Hog” Passio, then you know how long reformers in Philadelphia have felt le ...

It’s not unusual in political campaigns to see some mysterious person videotaping public appearances by a candidate. The shooter us ...

Nothing quickens the heart of a Philadelphia political reporter like the prospect of a contested mayor’s race, so State Senator Ant ...

Before the House Republicans are inevitably compelled by the dictates of reality to govern as grownups, they apparently intend to cavort ...

As battle lines form for Philadelphia City Council contests in the coming year, we’ll try and keep you in the know. One poss ...

We’re saying goodbye (sort of) this month to Pennsylvania political icons Arlen Specter and Ed Rendell, and I was glad today that w ...

As the clock ticked down to Opening Day in the U.S. Senate, it appeared that the chamber’s ruling denizens were poised to speedi ...

New Philadelphia Sheriff Barbara Deeley has had an eventful start as the city’s first woman to hold the job. On her second d ...

This is one of the scariest guys on the face of the earth. Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan spent a couple of decades trafficking nuclear a ...

  Just in case you neglected to watch the debate staged yesterday by the five competitors for the job of Republican national chai ...

Voters in Northwest Philly are in for another lively battle for City Council this spring, and when I did a ...