When your ball club isn’t just one of the oldest in the country dating from 1883 — but in fact the oldest continuously operating sports franchise with the same name in all of America — you’d probably expect that it would take a little time to win a championship. No one […]
Thom Nickels: Philadelphia’s grande dame of the essay
In the heart of Center City Philadelphia there is a small graveyard alongside the church of Saint John the Evangelist. A careful reading of the headstones there will reveal the tomb of the Repplier family. How many Repplier family members are buried in this vault is a mystery because on […]
Kyle Sammin: Anti-Trump conservatives should consider the past and the future
Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1859, joined the Confederate Army in 1861, and soon found himself a major general of cavalry. When the war ended, he returned to civilian life (including twenty years in Congress) but when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Wheeler asked to rejoin […]
Chris Gibbons: Remember Us
As I walked along the nearly 60-foot-long bronze sculpture, Taps, which was played at the conclusion of the formal unveiling ceremony over an hour before, still hauntingly echoed in my mind. My eyes were riveted upon the sculpture’s statues which were now eerily illuminated against the encroaching darkness of the […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: A log cabin in Penn’s Woods
Standing today at one of America’s most historic intersections — the confluence of Old York Road and Susquehanna Street Road dating back to 1693 — are the subtle reminders of third oldest Presbyterian Church established in Pennsylvania and its deep history. Located at that intersection is the Abington Presbyterian Cemetery, […]
Terwilliger + Wahrhaftig: A problem of vices
What if we chose vice presidents for reasons that really matter?
By Liz Terwilliger and Stephen Wahrhaftig
Thom Nickels: The 2016 DNC — back when primary votes meant something
Looking back at Philly’s turn in the political spotlight
By Thom Nickels
Christine Flowers: Dodging the truth
Cassius Clay, Tim Walz, Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the limits of “honor.”
By Chirstine Flowers
Jeff Hurvitz: Is the Secret Service failure symptomatic?
How did things get so bad as to allow this dangerous oversight?
By Jeff Hurvitz
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Save the John McClellan Hood house
Another piece of Pennsylvania history may be passing away.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt