How many women who want to compete would we effectively ban from high school and college sports to make room for transgender women? Sports teams have limited space and science proves that biological men outperform women, making it more likely they’ll take spots from girls.
By Emily Kreps
Charles F. McElwee: John Heinz’s legacy — and Pennsylvania’s political future
Thirty years ago, Republican Sen. John Heinz – then Pennsylvania’s most popular public figure – died in a midair collision over suburban Philadelphia’s Lower Merion Township.
By Charles F. McElwee
George Hofmann: Mental illness and mass shootings
Let’s invite people with dangerous mental health issues into treatment, instead of denying that they exist.
By George Hofmann
Lynn Uzzell: Madison’s five lessons for overcoming polarization
Five lessons from our preeminent constitutional founder James Madison might prove helpful in overcoming polarization.
By Lynn Uzzell
Christine Flowers: Can Philadelphians find common ground after one year of pandemic?
This Pandemic Year has taken so much away from so many. It will take much more than $1,400.00 and a vaccine to fill the empty spaces.
By Christine Flowers
George Hofmann: How our masks may change us
It takes centuries to make a culture, and to understand that culture, a person must study with diligence the deepest thought of the centuries that formed it. To destroy it might be a much easier task.
By George Hofmann
Albert Eisenberg: Five more conservatives to stream right now
Conservative movie and TV characters sometimes — accidentally or not — slip through the cracks. Here are five more characters you can stream at home right now.
By Albert Eisenberg
Daniel Goncalves: Reddit investors vs. hedge fund billionaires, Part 1
Melvin Capital’s bet against GameStop failed, and people became a bit more knowledgeable about how Wall Street works, or fails to work, because of the saga.
Part one of a two-part series by Daniel Goncalves
Matthew Rousu: Learning economics and personal finance from black authors
Here are some insightful books on economics and personal finance by black authors for you to read during Black History Month.
By Matthew Rousu
Michael Clifford: The technocrat has no clothes
“Trust the experts,” we’ve been told. But what if the experts are political actors who have no more competence to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic than any of us?
By Michael Clifford