I first walked the halls of Merion Mercy Academy in 1970, when my family moved from Logan to Havertown, and […]
Masked marauders — dealing with raccoons in the city
Masked marauders are lurking at night in your neighborhood. That they have a black mask across their eyes like a […]
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 […]
Celebrating getting Columbus Day back in Philadelphia
Every time I walk by the statue of Christopher Columbus a few blocks south of my office, I get flashbacks […]
Thom Nickels: The trash police
The current sanitation strike in the city got me thinking about the trash police that used to patrol the streets. […]
Christine Flowers: My hipster heckler
I was leaving immigration court the other day, feeling fairly good about the fact that two of my clients had […]
Richard Vaughn: A dream revived, a river revived
They said it couldn’t be done — wouldn’t be done — repeatedly, over the course of a mere 33 years. […]
Eric Tuwalski: The effects of one-party rule
Los Angeles has been the epicenter of anarchy. Hopefully, it will not spread to other cities, including ours. The Immigration […]
Patty-Pat Kozlowski: The ‘Summertime’ of the ’90s song is now a distant memory
Drums, please! The year is 1991 and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince released the epitome of what it […]
Thom Nickels: Public misbehavior shouldn’t be dismissed as ‘a Philly thing’
The phrase “it’s a Philly thing” reduces urban violence and misbehavior to a wink and a nod.
By Thom Nickels