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Civic Culture

Celebrating getting Columbus Day back in Philadelphia

August 11, 2025August 10, 2025
Christine Flowers

Every time I walk by the statue of Christopher Columbus a few blocks south of my office, I get flashbacks […]

Civic Culture

Christine Flowers: Celebrating Columbus Day, not Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 14, 2024October 13, 2024
Christine Flowers
6

Scrolling through social media this week, I saw an article in a local paper listing the stores and offices that […]

Culture

Stu Bykofsky: It’s time to uncancel Columbus — and Frank Rizzo, too

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023
Stu Bykofsky
5

The woke tide is receding. We should reconsider what it washed away.
By Stu Bykofsky

Culture

Christine Flowers: The admiral of identity factions

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021
Christine Flowers
2

Levine’s continued elevation to higher office points out a growing problem with American society as we become more obsessed with identity.
By Christine Flowers

Culture

Chris Tremoglie: Yep, it’s Columbus Day

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021
Chris Tremoglie
2

A Philly writer argues for the role of Christopher Columbus in today’s culture.
By Chris Tremoglie

History

Lou Barletta: The intolerant left wants to erase Christopher Columbus from history

October 11, 2021October 13, 2021
Lou Barletta
2

What can left-wing efforts to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus tell us about our current state of affairs in Philadelphia?
By Lou Barletta

History

Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. VIII): The Final Voyage to Freedom

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021
Robert Petrone
1

Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part eight in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone

Humor

Christine Flowers: The Night before Christmas in Jim Kenney’s Philadelphia

December 14, 2020July 28, 2021
Christine Flowers
5

‘Twas the night before Christmas in Philadelphia, and a woozy mayor is visited by the ghosts of the past, present and future.
By Christine Flowers

History

Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. VII): The First Civil Rights Legislation of the Americas

December 8, 2020April 19, 2021
Robert Petrone

Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part seven in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone

History

Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. VI): The Arch-Nemesis Bobadilla

November 19, 2020April 19, 2021
Robert Petrone
2

Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part six in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone

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Op-Ed

Hunter Tower: Penn State unionization — Bad for faculty, bad for the state

Hunter Tower: Penn State unionization — Bad for faculty, bad for the state

schedule January 09 2026
ink_pen Hunter Tower

Penn State faculty members recently took a dramatic step by filing thousands of union-authorization cards with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations […]

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