National
Promoting civility in Washington in the age of Trump
President Trump said all the right things after five people were shot by a gunman at a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, las ...
9 years ago
SCOTUS just confirmed a First Amendment right to offensive trademarks
The word police just got put on notice: Your power to arrest, detain, and shame people who don’t share your view of “offens ...
9 years ago
Dark money is compromising American democracy
If Donald Trump, his family and associates are hopelessly compromised by foreign influence and “dark money” — beholden to Russian o ...
9 years ago
Greg Gianforte and the need for civic education
Public schools have to teach a better way of behaving in public. Alas, in recent years, there’s very little about preparing them to ...
9 years ago
U.S. incarceration rates too high, too lengthy, too arbitrary
I know not whether laws be right,Or whether laws be wrong,All that we know who lie in jail,Is th ...
9 years ago
Notre Dame commencement protesters chose the wrong time and place
When I heard that a group of disgruntled Notre Dame students marched out of the graduation ceremonies in less-than-silent protest this we ...
9 years ago
The good, the bad, and the ugly of free speech
Free speech is easy to support when you like what’s being said, but that’s not how the First Amendment works. This is somethi ...
9 years ago
Want to preserve religious freedom? Preserve the line between church and state.
For the last 63 years, the ...
9 years ago
After flubbing Comey’s dismissal, this is what the Trump administration should do
To say that last week’s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey has added to the drama of an already chaotic presidency is an underst ...
9 years ago
Scale of immigrants’ political, economic impact depends on who you ask
About 160,000 unauthorized immigrants live in the Philadelphia region. Deducing their impact depends on who you ask.
9 years ago
In the fight against ‘fake news,’ we are all responsible
Anyone who has been in any profession other than priestly confessors knows that telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but is more the exception than the rule.
9 years ago
3 steps to releasing your inner activist — reflections on the Women’s March on Philadelphia
The state of activism in Philadelphia, and indeed throughout the United States and the world, is evolving. Reacting to the fears many mar ...
9 years ago
Federal concealed carry reciprocity is wrong for Pennsylvania and the country
I was heartened to hear U.S. Rep. Charles Dent, R-Allentown, say he believes in the Second Amendment at his recent Lehigh Valley town hal ...
9 years ago
A nation built by immigrants, America can’t shake its fears of foreigners
“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY/NewsWorks t ...
9 years ago
Pennsylvanians’ growing sentiment to make elections fair
There were no pitchforks or torches when I attended a public forum earlier this month at Chestnut Hill United Church about how Pennsylvan ...
9 years ago