Over the course of more than eighty years, I spent a lot of time in barbershops. That said, it is […]
Gerard St. John: Thank you for your service
John J. Pershing, commanding general of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, viewed a national draft as essential […]
John Rossi: The boys of Fifth Street
Between 1950 and 1954, from the age of 14 to 17, along with a handful of my friends, my second […]
Christine Flowers: The horror of ordinary men
‘Nuremberg’ reminds us of the banality of evil, and how easy it is to repeat the past.
By Christine Flowers
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: A headless horseman on the Delaware?
The history of the City of Philadelphia — some of the deepest going back all the way to the very […]
Frank Speidel: Why they fought
On an April morning more than 250 years ago, an armed insurrection against the greatest military power in the world […]
Gerard St. John: Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima
It is a magnificent photograph. Look at it closely. It is the fifth day of the 36-day Battle of Iwo Jima; […]
Thom Nickels: Psychic to (Philadelphia) stars
In my 2014 book, Legendary Locals of Center City Philadelphia, I included the story of a talented clairvoyant, Arlene Ostapowicz […]
A comeback for the ages — and the need for another one
Being down two games to none in the NLDS, our Phillies are in need of a comeback. And while you’ve […]