
Opinion & Essay
Donald Trump as Don Corleone: ‘I need loyalty, I expect loyalty’
James Comey’s sworn Senate testimony basically confirms what anyone with a smidgen of mental cognition has known since day one — ...
8 years ago
Surge in young voters in Philly dramatically reshaped May primary
A review of Philadelphia’s primary election on May 16 confirms what it seemed we saw on election night: the city’s millennial ...
8 years ago
Each spring, we bring our summer clothes down from the attic. We get reacquainted with the T-shirts and cotton pants that we lived withou ...
8 years ago
Prelude to Comey: A breaking news cornucopia
To properly set the stage for James Comey’s Senate testimony — even the broadcast networks plan to cover his Thursday gig; as Tru ...
8 years ago
Philly GOP chair takes HUD regional job
After leading Philadelphia’s Republican Party for years, Joe DeFelice has taken a post in the Trump administration as a regional ad ...
8 years ago
Rowing has been a path toward leadership, overcoming fear
My morning path to school is the same every day. The streets are lined with trash, broken glass, and aged needles as a reminder of the chaos from the night before.
8 years ago
Satire: A presidential D-Day Tweetstorm
Donald Trump, thumbing in his bathrobe, 73 years ago today: “Ike should quit invasion. S ...
8 years ago
Thousands of Pa. voters disenfranchised?
Thousands of Pennsylvanians who filed voter-registration applications last year may have been unable to vote in the presidential election ...
8 years ago
ListenNew Jersey will soon have a shortage of college students
New Jersey will experience about a 20 percent decline in the number of high school graduates through 2030, according to a recent report, ...
8 years ago
Crazed in a crisis: Trump’s preposterous and panicky tweets
There’s an old saying in politics, “Don’t speak unless you can improve the silence.” Alas, our commander-in-tweet ...
8 years ago
Review: Keeping up the pace with ‘Uncle Vanya’ (Quintessence Theatre Group)
One glib maxim defines the entirety of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”: Life sucks, then you die. Chekhov loads his maste ...
8 years ago
Essay: Bound by bulletin board, a neighborhood on the right ‘tack’
"Former journalist seeks writing partner for regular meetings to share work in progress (short stories, memoir) and constructive critique."
8 years ago
LeBron James response to racism transcends basketball
I worry about our black boys. Not because statistics show they are more likely than their white counterparts to suffer through pov ...
8 years ago
Republican DA candidate in Philly sees an opening against Krasner
After months of hearing Democratic candidates for Philadelphia district attorney talk about fairness for defendants, Republican candidate ...
8 years ago
ListenLet dads father and moms mother
On May 4, 2017, I read an article that I feel devalued and misrepresented the true nature of dads in its title: “ ...
8 years ago
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