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Month: January 2020

Humor

Josh Gohlke: Five things I shouldn’t but do miss about Philadelphia

January 29, 2020January 30, 2020
Josh Gohlke
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A compulsive attachment to disposable artifacts of the relatively recent past is a prerequisite of any claim to being a real Philadelphian.
By Josh Gohlke

Crime

Matt Wolfe: Christmas Day killing drives home danger of Philly’s sanctuary city policy

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020
Matt Wolfe
1

The suspect could have gone anywhere. Why Philadelphia? Because sanctuary city policies act like a magnet.
By Matt Wolfe

Sports

Kerns and Kerns: Hope for the Phillies but at what cost to the game?

January 23, 2020January 24, 2020
Tim Kerns and Linda A. Kerns
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The sign stealing scandal in Major League Baseball compromises a beautiful sport for fans everywhere.
By Tim Kerns and Linda A. Kerns

Culture

Tigre Hill: Dr. King and Cecil Moore, very different men united in common cause

January 20, 2020January 23, 2020
Tigre Hill
2

One was a hard-charging Marine, the other a practitioner of nonviolent resistance. Segregation at Girard College didn’t stand a chance.
By Tigre Hill

Culture

Kevin Ferris: Dr. King’s rightful place in the history of Philly and the nation

January 20, 2020January 23, 2020
Intern B+L
2

Perhaps the civil rights leader’s most significant visit to Philadelphia was in 1959, when he posed for a Liberty Bell photo during a tour of Independence Hall.
By Kevin Ferris

Politics

Logan Chipkin: Philly’s Working Families Party will only make city’s problems worse

January 15, 2020December 15, 2020
Logan Chipkin
1

Philadelphia has elected its first City Council member from the Working Families Party, a movement dedicated to ending poverty and inequality, making housing affordable and overcoming climate change. Unfortunately, their plans will not only fail to solve Philadelphia’s problems, they will also cause complicated new ones.
By Logan Chipkin

Politics

Terry Tracy: For suburban GOP, it’s time to get back to work

January 10, 2020December 15, 2020
Terry Tracy

Republicans must rethink their suburban strategy and get back to basics while coming to terms with fundamental changes to social reality in the suburbs.
By Terry Tracy

Culture

Stu Bykofsky: Some #MeToo worries of Lynne Abraham

January 9, 2020December 15, 2020
Stu Bykofsky

Stu Bykofsky sits down with the legendary former District Attorney of Philadelphia.

Crime

Linda A. Kerns: Philadelphia’s progressive criminal justice policies silence victims and favor the criminals

January 6, 2020December 17, 2020
Linda A. Kerns
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The family of Sean Schellenger will be denied the ability to make a statement to the court about the impact of his death.
By Linda A. Kerns

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