There are a few people in the world who are instantly recognizable by their first names: Madonna, the mother of […]
About: Christine Flowers
Christine Flowers is an attorney and lifelong Philadelphian. She writes a bi-weekly column for the Delaware County Times and covers stories regularly for Broad + Liberty on crime, culture, and local politics.
Christine Flowers: He did WHAT to the East Wing?
“He did WHAT to the East Wing?” If someone called me up at work and said “I knocked down half […]
Christine Flowers: Blame for violence continuing in Philadelphia lies at DA’s doorstep
Normally, using someone’s personal tragedy to make a political statement is wrong. I try to avoid it whenever I can. […]
Christine Flowers: Judging the judges and there’s a lot to not like
My first job after graduating from law school was clerking for an appellate court judge. From 1987 to 1988, I […]
Christine Flowers: There’s no conflict in supporting capital punishment and being pro-life
The two great debates of my lifetime have been the following: “Is it gravy or sauce” and “Can a pro-lifer […]
Christine Flowers: Megyn Kelly’s platform is powerful — but her silence speaks louder
Megyn Kelly first came on my radar screen about twenty years ago, around the time that the Duke Lacrosse scandal […]
Jimmy Kimmel is no martyr
Jimmy Kimmel is not a very funny man. He reminds me of the prep school boys I used to teach […]
The quality of Mercy is pretty strained
I first walked the halls of Merion Mercy Academy in 1970, when my family moved from Logan to Havertown, and […]
The Kelce–Swift Proposal and the age of plastic love
Fifteen years ago, I was engaged to be married. I didn’t tell anyone outside of my close circle of five […]
Another victory with the return of the Frank Rizzo statue
“The line it is drawn/The curse it is castThe slow one now/Will later be fastAs the present now/Will later be […]