One of the pleasures of my fifty plus years teaching at La Salle College, then University, was the school’s literary […]
Thom Nickels: The new journalism? Two can play at that game.
There aren’t that many daring “street activist” conservatives in Philadelphia who’ve adopted an in-your-face style that’s decidedly leftist in its […]
Jeff Cole: Covering Shapiro
Josh Shapiro bounds across the stage at a Philadelphia community center sporting the costume of a careful, calculating politician on […]
Seth Higgins: An assault on a SEPTA Bus — and what it reveals about modern politics
Gen Z is the first generation to develop a native slang entirely at ease with our internet saturated culture. For […]
Jon Delano: The demise of the Post-Gazette
The fall of a great American newspaper will be felt across the region.
By Jon Delano
Jeff Cole: Names will never hurt
A widely respected, even beloved colleague stands in the glare of klieg lights delivering her live report with Philadelphia’s City […]
Thom Nickels: John Guinther, the Philadelphia journalist who took on a DA and won
Guinther’s investigation of the Ferber case won him a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
By Thom Nickels
Christine Flowers: Megyn Kelly’s platform is powerful — but her silence speaks louder
Megyn Kelly first came on my radar screen about twenty years ago, around the time that the Duke Lacrosse scandal […]
William M. Cotter: Pushing public notices to government websites is a bad move
Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate risks allowing local governments to operate in the shadows, leaving taxpayers unaware of decisions affecting […]