There aren’t that many daring “street activist” conservatives in Philadelphia who’ve adopted an in-your-face style that’s decidedly leftist in its […]
About: Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: Come for the music, stay for the virtue-signaling
The city’s last big Benjamin Franklin Parkway concert was a first-ever New Year’s Eve concert in 2025. Headlined by LL […]
Thom Nickels: Trigger warning!
Several years ago, while attending a lecture at the American Catholic Historical Society, I spoke with a woman who was […]
Thom Nickels: Great Valley High School has changed a lot
As reported in Broad + Liberty last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has opened an […]
Thom Nickels: Don Lemon is living the narcissist’s dream
I met him years ago before his fame went viral at the opening party for the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian […]
Thom Nickels: Joan Baez at 85
This year, folk singing legend Joan Baez turned 85. Six decades of social activism and singing frame her as unique […]
Thom Nickels: Was Pope Francis ‘disastrous’? One author thinks so.
A new book, “The Disastrous Pontificate,” by Dominic Grigio (a pseudonym, since the author is really a well known Catholic […]
Thom Nickels: Bilal and Krasner try to re-write the facts
The death of Renee Nicole Good — presented as a “murder” by an ICE agent — has shown the American […]
Thom Nickels: A Philadelphia history for the 21st century
It’s the Atlas Shrugged of regional history books. “Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century,” a three-volume set, […]
Thom Nickels: Father Berrigan in the lion’s den
A couple of years ago, I headed on out to Villanova University to hear writer and author Jim Forest talk […]
