State attorney general Kathleen Kane, in a controversial move, announced she won’t defend the state in a federal lawsuit that challenges Pennsylvania’s ban on gay […]

Rooting for Kathleen Anders.

Religion News Service surveys a number of experts and theologians, but gets no closer to answering a question that’s been on our minds for about […]

Looks like there will be more unethical hijinks this season.

In the wake of the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict, was one of your first thoughts about Eagles quarterback Michael Vick? Me neither. But perhaps we […]

The Inquirer reports: Revel announced another round of layoffs Monday amid still-slumping gambling revenue at the struggling Atlantic City casino. This time, 75 salaried positions, […]

Plus, what we can do to help.

Understand, neither the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania nor the Philadelphia Inquirer used the phrase “raging a-holes” to describe a forthcoming crackdown on “aggressive drivers” in today’s […]

The Inquirer today takes on a story that until now had existed more in the realm of quiet conspiracy theorizing: The paper notes that ex-Phillies […]

The trial challenging Pennsylvania’s voter ID law started Monday. The Inky reports: The plaintiffs say they are seeking to overturn the law because it will […]

I’ve been out of school for 35 years now, but while my work world runs straight through the calendar, I’ve never stopped thinking of summer […]

Just imagine: 25,000 more jobs in the city two years hence. One hundred new jobs for low-skill Philadelphians each year. And much lower unemployment, with […]

Last week, Mayor Nutter announced his plan to fight poverty in the city called “Shared Prosperity Philadelphia.” It’s a broad plan with lofty goals: “strengthening […]

MyFoxPhilly reports on a new study that indicates nearly 20 percent of parents think their baby is ugly: According to the poll, nearly one in […]

NBC10 reports that Philadelphia is seeing an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, which is more gross than dangerous, but still kind of a […]