
Opinion & Essay
This is why King’s life, legacy, and hope still matter
Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in moving us forward, but much work remains to be done. I am hopeful for the future, because I believe there is more good than bad.
7 years ago
Phoenix Best, straight to Broadway and now playing her home town
The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.
7 years ago
Listen 4:38Continuing King’s fight, with love in the age of hate
This year, we as a nation should not celebrate King Day. It’s not that Dr. King does not deserve this national holiday. It is America that does not deserve to celebrate him.
7 years ago
The camera doesn’t lie: On immigration, Trump is rudderless
Based on yesterday's meeting, he believes in everything that everyone in both parties said — although he'd be fine with endorsing all of it or none of it.
7 years ago
Bravo, Jake Tapper: ‘I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time’
In the spirit of balance, cable news anchors have tried to book Trump defenders who respect facts and civil engagement. All too often, the guests rant and rave and lie.
7 years ago
The politics of celebrity: Oprah stokes the buzz
If Oprah Winfrey intended to hose down her noisome boosters during last night's speech at the Golden Globes, she failed miserably.
7 years ago
If movie franchises rule the box office, what can we learn from the exceptions?
Out of the 31 films to gross at least $100 million last year at North American box offices, 25 were based on some form of IP. But what about those other six?
7 years ago
Congress to sick kids in Delaware: Drop dead, maybe
2017 came and went, and with it hope that Congress would come to the aid of millions of kids in Delaware and all across the country depending on them for their health care.
7 years ago
Censorship stupidity: Trump tries to keep the Wolff from his door
How fitting that Trump's attempt to block the release of a devastating book roughly parallels Richard Nixon's attempt to block the release of the Pentagon Papers.
7 years ago
Dysfunctional Trump, battered by tell-all tidbits
There's no way that Trump can blame "Democrats" or the "Deep State." Everybody in the White House leaks about the mad king.
7 years ago
Which Mitt Romney would serve in the Senate?
More sane voices are sorely needed, and if the Mitt of March '16 shows up, all the better. We'll take all help we can get.
7 years ago
Enough already with the Trump voters. They’re not the real story anymore.
Yes, Trump fans, we're listening to you. Endlessly. We keep journeying to your communities, the supposed "real America," just to indulge you.
7 years ago
New Year’s resolutions for the usual suspects
Can we regain our footing as a nation in 2018? Perhaps it can happen if the usual suspects heed my suggested resolutions.
7 years ago
Year-end trifecta: Churchill, Trump, Obama
Let's ring out the old year by cleaning out the cupboard.
7 years ago
The 2017 Trump prevarication pop quiz
In honor of Donald Trump's most towering achievement — no previous president can touch his talent for serial falsity — my year-end pop quiz features only one question:
7 years ago
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