The Boy Scout camp known as Camp Horseshoe in Rising Sun, Maryland, was my summer home for one week when […]
Christine Flowers: With shocking Chavez revelations come questions for Huerta
Another myth has crumbled, decades after death extinguished the person but not the legend. Cesar Chavez, he of United Farmworker […]
Thom Nickels: Literary criticism in the Trump era suffers from an excess of politics
It’s derangement all the way down.
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: Too much ‘fun’ in funerals now
There’s been a radical shift in society when it comes to funerals. It goes much deeper than cheaper, more economical […]
Christine Flowers: Meet two sides of the antisemitic coin, left and right
New York City’s first lady and commentator Megyn Kelly have more in common than one might imagine.
By Christine Flowers
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: A chance to be a part of Philly history
From William Penn to George Washington to Benjamin Franklin, words from Philadelphians have shaped our city even before the exuberant […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Good omen from the ‘blood moon’?
Here we are once again, Philadelphia. Get ready, it’s time for the big one — a total lunar eclipse known […]
Thom Nickels: A woman in Washington’s army? It’s true.
One of the most interesting press events I’ve ever attended was at the Museum of the American Revolution in 2021. […]
Gerard St. John: The shore, the church, and the Bagel
On March 15, 1958, the St. Joseph’s College basketball team played St. Bonaventure in the quarterfinal round of the National […]
Thom Nickels: The truth is out there
I’ve never seen a UAP although I’ve met many people who have.
By Thom Nickels