When I was a young man, few things meant fall for me as a visit to Cliveden with my Dad. […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: America is filled with historic football stadiums. None more so than Philly’s Franklin Field.
You might not think that when your football team dates from 1876 that it would be hard to create any […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: The 1915 Phillies — a whirlwind of talent
When your ball club isn’t just one of the oldest in the country dating from 1883 — but in fact the […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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