Opinion & Essay
Despite some perceptions, Delaware students aren’t lazy millennials
Students at about 20 schools throughout Delaware will walk out of their school simultaneously on Wednesday to protest gun violence at schools around the country.
8 years ago
Ronald Reagan’s son says it best: ‘We the people are the problem’
The late president’s second son nails an incontrovertible truth about our current political sinkhole.
8 years ago
Some day my prince will not come — and that’s actually fine
I've definitely put myself out there. I'm playing the match game. And? I haven't found him yet.
8 years ago
Team Trump braces for more Stormy weather
Nothing reveals Trump's unparalleled sleaze more than the ever-burgeoning Stormy story.
8 years ago
Finding joy in accepting, navigating obstacles on annual Philly perimeter trek
Photographer J.J. Tiziou's yearly walk offers life lessons as well as myriad views of the city.
8 years ago
Bed, Bath, and Beyond blessing
Mitzvahs are acts of kindness or reverence generally thought of as “good deeds," which may benefit individuals or the world at large. I’m way behind on my mitzvah bucket list.
8 years ago
A blue wave may be rising in … Texas?
Even in Texas we're now starting to see the makings of a national blue-wave backlash against the very stable genius.
8 years ago
Everyday Philadelphians will tell the stories Hollywood can’t
The Oscars made me realize that no film is more compelling than the drama playing out in the city I’ve long called home.
8 years ago
Trump would love a lifetime presidency. He was just kidding, folks!
Trump’s latest ode to autocracy, mouthed at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, was predictably despicable. The temptation is to simply ignore it. Let's not.
8 years ago
More girls in the engineering career pipeline makes the world a better place
We are nearing that tipping point where women no longer feel isolated or lonely. We want to make it “normal” for women to choose engineering.
8 years ago
What the Oscar winner for best picture will tell us about 2017
For better or worse, the winners of the Oscar for best picture are a pretty good reflection of the year that was.
8 years ago
Let’s do something about guns before we have to offer more ‘thoughts and prayers’
I'm not a "thoughts and prayers" kind of guy. For all those we’ve lost and all those we can possibly save, let’s do something before we must once again offer our condolences.
8 years ago
I would quit teaching before I would carry a gun at school
A student asked if I would carry a gun to school if instructed to do so. “No,” I said, without pause.
8 years ago
Trump’s new tax: ‘The biggest policy blunder of his presidency’
The biggest blunder of his disastrous pseudo-reign? Wow, that's a high bar. But Trump hurdled it with ease, triggering fire and fury among Republicans.
8 years ago
Philly Disability Day of Mourning a step toward honoring those killed by caregivers
Philly City Council passed a resolution to recognize a Disability Day of Mourning, a step toward valuing the lives of people with disabilities who are murdered by caregivers.
8 years ago
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