With rumors flying and fears spreading, we should remember the failures of the 2020 response to the pandemic and be sure never to repeat them.
By Thom Nichols
Arrests in Philadelphia nosedive while reported incidents increased over last five years
Reported crime is up, arrests are down. Experts disagree on the cause.
By Todd Shepherd and A. Benjamin Mannes
Richard Koenig: The Inquirer, Mark Tykocinski, and the ruction at Jefferson
Actually, now and again there can be a reason to “like” Berenson.
By Richard Koenig
Thom Nickels: Philadelphia is going to the dogs
Center City is overrun with canines and all of the problems they bring.
by Thom Nickels
Kevin Mooney: Navigating open records requests in an age of pandemics, school closures, and mask mandates
Pennsylvania’s Open Records law is a powerful tool for transparency — one that local governments resist as hard as they can.
By Kevin Mooney
State Senate bill proposes ban on vaccine mandates in Pennsylvania
The proposed Medical Freedom Act will face stiff opposition in the state House.
By Lauren Jessop
An Urgency of Normal is still needed for children
Mask mandates remain a harm to children’s learning, even as the pandemic fades.
By Kevin Mooney
“ReOpen Bucks” group asserts new documents show county health director was cut out of key Covid policy reversal
Several counties in Pennsylvania have their own health departments to chart their own course on health policy. But what does it really matter when the state can thwart that independence anytime it wants?
By Todd Shepherd
Central Bucks’ new policy draws scrutiny
The policy aims to ban clothes, flags, or other paraphernalia that displays a political message.
By Isaac Avilucea
Richard Koenig: 2022 in review
Masks went off and on and off … the president flubbed … Thanksgiving got expensive.
By Richard Koenig