Philadelphia in the 1970s had some eccentric characters, none more so than Virato.
By Thom Nickels
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Philadelphia — home of the heist?
Cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, water ice, and armed robbery? A look back on historic heists in the region.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Paul Davis: Radical student protestors from the 1960s to today
College kids and professional activists siding with America’s enemies? It’s nothing new.
By Paul Davis
Thom Nickels: Whitewashing Ben Franklin
The Founding Father had a more varied background than we were taught in school.
By Thom Nickels
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Eclipses, past and present
Part of Pennsylvania will see a total eclipse of the sun today. Many events like it in the past have been quite memorable.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Thom Nickels: Peace, drugs, Earth Day, and murder — a look back at Philadelphia’s Ira Einhorn
The infamous counterculture guru and his local connections.
By Thom Nickels
Of all of our Philadelphia Civil War activists, George E. Stephens was the most significant
Stephens put his own life on the line for freedom as a member of one of the first black regiments in the Union Army.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
“I can tell time by the sun” — Henry Chapman Mercer and his defiance of Daylight Savings Time
Doylestown’s Mercer was not fond of President Woodrow Wilson or his wartime clock adjustments.
By Jeffery S. Prushankin
Sen. Doug Mastriano: Remembering Operation Desert Storm 33 years later
Reflecting on the soldiers who fought in the “last great tank battle of the 20th century.”
By Sen. Doug Mastriano
‘Masters of the Air’ and Roman Catholic High School
The new World War II mini-series prompts a search for the alumni of a Philadelphia high school who fought in the skies of Europe and reveals the courageous story of an Eighth Air Force bomber crew.
By Chris Gibbons