For all of its flaws and weaknesses, Facebook is a valuable tool for people to connect via the Internet. Facebook, […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: NATO has ended. Acknowledge it and start fresh.
NATO is broken. Actually, it has essentially ended. It’s time to acknowledge it. Have the break up. Try to remain […]
Felice Fein: Counties and Commonwealth face challenges with current right-to-know law
On Monday, March 23, 2026 the Pennsylvania House Intergovernmental Affairs and Operations Committee chaired by Rep. David Delloso held a […]
Russell Richie: Philadelphia’s job-killing wage tax — and a better alternative
Replacing the wage tax with a land value tax would bring roughly 26,000 jobs into Philadelphia from the suburbs.
By Russell Richie
Thom Nickels: Anglican implosion
The new female Archbishop of Canterbury is, as many have mentioned, “the pure distilled essence of everything wrong with the […]
Christine Flowers: While little will change at DOJ, better that Bondi is gone
It’s not like he replaced her with a more qualified woman. It’s not like the man he scavenged from the […]
Seth Higgins: Philadelphia’s big moment is coming. Will the improvements last?
Unless you live under a rock or an I-95 overpass, you know the nation’s attention will be on Philadelphia throughout […]
Richard F. Kosich: The SAVE Act and what ‘democracy’ looks like
American citizens’ belief in their fundamental right to vote in a free and fair election is central to our democratic […]
John Coyne: The teachers challenging their unions’ political agenda in court
A decade apart in neighboring states, two teachers came to the same unsettling realization about their unions by opening their mail. […]
Thom Nickels: Comedy in the age of Trump
I’m no fan of late night comedy or even comedians for that matter, although years ago I found myself admiring […]