Philadelphia has elected its first City Council member from the Working Families Party, a movement dedicated to ending poverty and inequality, making housing affordable and overcoming climate change. Unfortunately, their plans will not only fail to solve Philadelphia’s problems, they will also cause complicated new ones.
By Logan Chipkin
Terry Tracy: For suburban GOP, it’s time to get back to work
Republicans must rethink their suburban strategy and get back to basics while coming to terms with fundamental changes to social reality in the suburbs.
By Terry Tracy
Stu Bykofsky: Some #MeToo worries of Lynne Abraham
Stu Bykofsky sits down with the legendary former District Attorney of Philadelphia.
Linda A. Kerns: Philadelphia’s progressive criminal justice policies silence victims and favor the criminals
The family of Sean Schellenger will be denied the ability to make a statement to the court about the impact of his death.
By Linda A. Kerns
Kevin Mooney: In Pa., teachers’ union continues to block school choice
The leadership of the Pennsylvania State Education Association doesn’t want to save students trapped in dysfunctional schools.
By Kevin Mooney
Colleen Sheehan: Christmas at Randalls – a message for this holiday season
Reading this scene by Jane Austen, whose birthday is Dec. 16, our heads are filled with good things to remember, thoughts that dance in our holiday imaginations.
By Colleen Sheehan
Elizabeth Steele: Philadelphia and Jane Austen, making a connection
Perhaps with her aunt’s story in mind, Austen, whose birthday is Dec. 16, wrote endings for young women of little fortune but great courage.
By Elizabeth Steele
Curt Schroder: Philly’s Common Pleas Court named No. 1 Judicial Hellhole in America
Out-of-staters have always flocked to the Philadelphia courts for their lawsuits due to their reputation and jackpot mentality.
By Curt Schroder
George Parry: DA Krasner’s appalling legal maneuver against a Philly police officer on trial for murder
Why is Krasner’s office trying to get the court to effectively re-write the law? Is it a tacit albeit unintended admission that the officer’s actions were legal?
By George Parry
Dan White: Recession coming? Three indicators to watch
The only thing that I can say with 100 percent certainty about the next recession is …
By Dan White