Parker makes a politically safe pick for Police Commissioner, the re-elected Sheriff continues to be an embarrassment, and the SEPTA and Temple Police Departments struggle for survival.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
George Hofmann: Right about unions
If Republicans want to be the party of the working class, they must make common cause with an important working class institution: unions.
By George Hofmann
Thom Nickels: My dinner with Father Shinn
Looking back on a memorable dinner and conversation with a man of God.
By Thom Nickels
Becky Corbin: Police, not politics, needed to end the opioid crisis
Prescriptions are down, but overdoses are up. Stopping the flow of illegal opioids will save lives.
By Becky Corbin
Kyle Sammin: 2023 supreme court race shows troubling trend for Republicans
Can the GOP win back the voters it lost?
By Kyle Sammin
Beth Ann Rosica: This Thanksgiving, here is what I am thankful for
Through a tumultuous year, there is much to be thankful for.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Andy Bloom: Remembering Arlen Specter on the 60th anniversary of JFK’s assassination
And what the late Senator had to say about the Warren Commission.
By Andy Bloom
Beth Ann Rosica: Standardized test scores are published – as soon as the election is over.
The department said that the timing was coincidental, but it proved convenient for some school board incumbents.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Beth Ann Rosica: Who are the real extremists in education?
What progressives call “extreme” are really mainstream views that no one would have questioned five years ago.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Thom Nickels: There’s nothing new about Philadelphia’s corruption
More than a century ago, author Lincoln Steffens called the city the worst of those whose corruption he surveyed.
By Thom Nickels