The race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania was tight. The race between Dave McCormick and Bob Casey was even tighter. But at the end of the day, both Republicans were leading by an amount unlikely to be overturned. By this afternoon, that “unlikely” is becoming “impossible.” Casey’s […]
Jeff Hurvitz: Philadelphia’s bike path to obstruction
In 1682, when William Penn contracted with Surveyor General Thomas Holme to lay out Philadelphia’s grid streets, there was no clue that motorized vehicles would one day traverse those thoroughfares. For the 1,200 acre plot between the Delaware and Schuykill rivers, today’s center city area, the-then numbered and lettered streets were […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Columns unwritten and ongoing issues for 2025
In this fast-paced, ever-changing election, with switching candidates, changing themes, fact-checkers who don’t really fact-check, world-events, rallies, fake news and fake transcripts, McDonald’s and garbage trucks…there are understandably columns that I didn’t get to finish. Notes on paper and my iPad, scribbled on the back on fliers, pizza boxes, and […]
John E. Coffey: Sorry, friend. I can’t come along on Tuesday.
I have the great opportunity and burden of being a Pennsylvania voter. But I am no longer a reliably partisan one. So old friends now assign me monikers like, “baffling” and “Devil’s middleman” in their correspondence. Some ask for an explanation. Here it is. Objections to my drift from the […]
David P. Hardy: Philadelphia teachers — like their students — want educational choice
Philadelphia schools recently adopted a new multimillion-dollar curriculum — and district teachers sound mad as hell about it. The School District of Philadelphia recently rolled out its $25 million English Language Arts (ELA) program for the 2024–25 school year. According to a recent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, teachers have […]
Christine Flowers: Opinions — everybody has one
An opinion is like an appendix: everyone has one, it serves no particular purpose, most of the time it’s completely ignored and you only notice it when it’s removed. This is exactly what occurred to me when I observed the manufactured controversy involving Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post editorial […]
Kyle Sammin: Anti-Trump conservatives should consider the past and the future
Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1859, joined the Confederate Army in 1861, and soon found himself a major general of cavalry. When the war ended, he returned to civilian life (including twenty years in Congress) but when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Wheeler asked to rejoin […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Trump didn’t start the fire. He’s the fireman.
Former President Donald Trump. Maybe you like him, maybe you don’t. Of all the attacks on Trump, the line of attack that is most bizarre, backward, and most disconnected from reality is that he’s the cause of America’s tension, chaos and division. That’s like blaming the firemen rushing to the […]
Sen. Ryan Aument: Giving children the best chance at success
Education provides our students with the foothold they need to climb the ladder of success and opens the doors of opportunity. A high-quality education gives them the foundation they need to embark on careers that offer family-sustaining wages, upward mobility, and financial freedom. This freedom and pathway to economic opportunity […]
Beth Ann Rosica: WCU students turn out for campus MAGA event
On a warm Halloween afternoon, thousands of West Chester University (WCU) students and local residents rallied in the Quad to support presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. Hosted by Turning Points USA, a non-profit founded by conservative Charlie Kirk, the “You’re Being Brainwashed Tour” […]