Opinion
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Our Giraffe Count Stabilized
We have a soft spot for giraffes. They were our mom’s favorite animal, for some peculiar reason. (How does a South Philly girl end up […]
Progressives, I Am Done With You
Now that Philadelphia’s district attorney race has been set and we know that it’s going to be a battle between Republican Beth Grossman and Democrat […]
OPINION: Why the Left Won’t Stop at Toppling Confederate Monuments
If there’s one thing about the progressive left you can be sure of, it’s this: What it promulgates today will be five times more radical […]
OPINION: Mayor’s Commissions Are an Exploitation of Diverse Community Labor
There’s no way to put this nicely — the racial diversity of Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration sucks. For a majority-minority city, somehow the bulk of […]
What Republicans Could Learn About Free Speech From Philly’s Hebrew Israelites
I’ve always been a big fan of spring. We as Americans tend to talk reverently about spring because it’s seen as a time of renewal. […]
Forget Trump and Macron — We All Suck at Handshakes
If you’re honest with yourself, you know this: You suck at handshakes. I totally do. And so does Donald Trump. I sympathize. Trump had a […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The End to a Seaside Heights Catfight
On one side, in sleepy Seaside Heights, New Jersey, you have the cat lovers, the locals who’d fed and cared for and cleaned up after the […]
OPINION: Macron May Have Won the French Election, but Le Pen Was Victorious
When Marine Le Pen lost her bid to become the next president of France, many Americans saw former investment banker Emmanuel Macron’s victory as that […]
OPINION: Why Rich Negrin Should Be Our Next DA
Next Tuesday our city will have the chance to vote for a new district attorney amid a federal investigation that’s put a dark cloud over […]
Did Jay Paterno Become a Penn State Trustee Just to Rehabilitate His Dad’s Legacy?
A Paterno is back in a position of power at Penn onotate after Joe’s son, Jay, was recently elected to fill one of three vacant […]
If Pennsylvania’s Drinking Age Were Lower, Timothy Piazza Would Be Alive
I have a niece who is British. A couple of years ago she visited and stayed with my daughter, who attends a large out-of-state university. […]
Free Speech on Campus, Then and Now
When I attended Philadelphia’s Charles Morris Price School of Journalism, in 1970, America was waging the Vietnam War. Students at that time were either pro-war […]
NFL Draft Success Proves Philly Is Capable of Bigger, Better
You can just feel the buzz surrounding Philadelphia in the wide world of sports following our overwhelming success as hosts of the NFL Draft along […]
OPINION: Diversity Isn’t “Being in the Room” — It’s Whites Giving Up Their Seats
As Philadelphia and the rest of the nation grapple with what it means to be more inclusive, it seems as though some privileged individuals aren’t […]
This Is Why You Should Respect the People Who Voted for Trump
“The first 100 days used to be a honeymoon period for presidents, but not for him. Everybody’s hammering him, especially the news media, but he’s […]