Opinion & Essay
Moving time along in ‘Time Stands Still’ (Bristol Riverside Theatre)
A war photographer comes home. But where is home?
8 years ago
Philly should say no to ‘safe-injection’ sites
We don’t need to enable drug addiction. We need to keep kids off drugs in the first place. We need to help addicts who want to stop using.
8 years ago
Obstruction of justice again: Trump’s intended Mueller massacre
The tinpot autocrat is his own worst enemy, and we at least should be thankful for that.
8 years ago
Amidst an ever-advancing barrage of app updates, software upgrades, and new products, how can one cope — or refuse to cope?
8 years ago
In ‘The Humans,’ a snapshot of what makes a family (Walnut Street Theatre)
The Blake family meets for Thanksgiving dinner. And you know what that can be like.
8 years ago
Listen 2:33As Mueller closes in, Trump and his toadies don tinfoil hats
A wild animal is most dangerous when it’s cornered. We’re seeing that now.
8 years ago
Creating a Philadelphia school board we can trust
The dynamic of mistrust can’t be blamed exclusively on SRC process. For decades, we have had a public school system that has failed people of color and low-income communities.
8 years ago
Going nuclear, in ‘Copenhagen’ (Lantern Theater Company)
Two atomic scientists — one from Germany and the other from occupied Denmark — meet quietly during World War II. What about?
8 years ago
Hypocritical conservative evangelicals shelter themselves from Stormygate
Back in the '90s, conservative evangelicals insisted that a president's most important trait was moral character. Funny how they don't talk that way anymore.
8 years ago
Top Pa. judges ‘clearly, plainly, palpably’ junk the rigged Republican map
Meehan was probably facing a tough re-election even with a rigged district. Could he possibly survive in a redrawn district that's fair to all voters?
8 years ago
5 takeaways from Women’s March on Philly
Listening to this year's speakers, I took away five themes, all of which are among the most pressing issues front and center in the news today.
8 years ago
Eagles fans united by faith in Philadelphia’s champions
On Sunday, I tailgated with Eagles fans for the first time. I saw fans that ran the gamut. When I looked closer, I saw faith.
8 years ago
Trump’s shutdown: The latest on his list of failures
The government crashed this weekend precisely because the toxic problem-in-chief, the self-avowed magician, the purported deal-making genius, screwed up bigly — yet again.
8 years ago
Rethinking life inside ‘A Doll’s House’
Ibsen's characters, warring again in another version of the play.
8 years ago
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