The dishes arrived from Bavaria at the Girard Avenue home in Philadelphia of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kilisky in mid-June […]
Jeff Hurvitz: Curb your hyperbole
Several weeks ago, President Trump invited HBO’s Bill Maher to be a guest of his at the White House. A […]
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
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: And to the earth we shall return
Of all of Philadelphia’s old churches — some dating back to the very start of European colonization around the resource-rich […]
Thom Nickels: 19th-century Philadelphia’s macabre, union-organizing novelist
Lippard makes Poe look like Mother Goose.
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: Andy Warhol — the contrarian artist who redefined fame
It’s been almost 40 years since Andy Warhol died in Manhattan’s New York Hospital on February 22, 1987. Since his […]
Why Philly has clean water to drink
A legacy of brilliant engineering and hard labor.
By Richard Koenig
Beth Ann Rosica: Scouting provides strong, positive, male role models for boys
My son just earned his Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scouting. At the ceremony (known as the Court of […]