Opinion & Essay

When I broke my kneecap in June, a good friend sent me the Ultimate Crossword Omnibus, a bible-thick book of puzzles pulled from the page ...

Grading on a curve, we should all be pining for a Mike Pence presidency. At minimum he seems to be a blessedly boring guy who’d nev ...

In a place like Camden where the worst is expected, rumors are like preemptive strikes — cushioning potential blows in advance, and giv ...

Put your hands together for Jeff Flake. It’s great that a prominent Republican is calling out his morally bankrupt party for the Fa ...

It shouldn’t matter where or how often a president goes on vacation. They can work from anywhere, as well evidenced by Bill Clinton ...

I have trouble waiting for anything: a paycheck, the weekend, a manicure. Imagine my chagrin when my children, from birth, exhibited the same impatience that has tortured me.

Last week Rob Bowers’ hopes to run as an independent for Philadelphia City Controller collapsed when election officials noticed a p ...

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It’s a beautiful thing: Trump is free, in his weakness, to retreat on a whim to red-state cocoons like West Virginia, where he and ...

The minute I heard President Trump’s new immigration proposal included a provision that would prioritize people who spoke English, ...

I’m not sure there ever was a New York like the one we find in “Guys and Dolls,” the musical peopled by cavalier dice t ...

The property code enforcement system is broken. The evidence is out on display for all to see. And it would be imprudent to think the cit ...

Anthony Scaramucci, during his 10-day reign, was at least entertaining. But there’s nothing funny about white nationalist propagand ...

I go to way too many candlelight vigils. They are the sunset rituals where loved ones gather following a violent death, often held ...

A criminal record can haunt a person long after a case has ended, even if that person is found not guilty or all the charges against them ...