Sports regularly is cited as helping to create a unified America. For instance, we rightly hear that sports excellence is […]
Thom Nickels: Come for the music, stay for the virtue-signaling
The city’s last big Benjamin Franklin Parkway concert was a first-ever New Year’s Eve concert in 2025. Headlined by LL […]
A Pennsylvania Christmas ballad
This Christmas, Senate President pro tempore Kim Ward delivered a special holiday ballad for the assembled guests at the PA […]
Thom Nickels: Writing the book on music in Philly
What do you do with a 362-page anthology of music biographies? You look up your favorite musicians and study the […]
Jeff Hurvitz: Bob Dylan’s movie and self-determination
Midway through 1965, Bob Dylan changed the world of music by bringing his compositions from the era of acoustic guitar […]
Thom Nickels: Philadelphia’s Walk of Fame used to be about the music
The Walk has been cleaned up in the past few years, but now strays from its original purpose.
By Thom Nickels
M.J. Galimore: Relentless prosecution of Trump increases his standing in inner cities
Releasing the mugshot was meant to bring Trump down. The opposite has been the result in the black community.
By M.J. Galimore
Paul Davis: Yeah, try that stuff in a small town
There’s nothing wrong with opposing crime — in a small town or a big city.
By Paul Davis
