Trump to Pittsburgh: Drop dead. Again

"I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." — President Trump on withdrawing the United States from the Paris... Read more

As Syria and Nicaragua go, so goes Trump's America

There's certainly a lot you can say about President Trump's not-yet-announced-but-all-but-certain withdrawal from the Paris climate-change... Read more

Is this the best piece ever written about Donald Trump?

So here's a Blogger's Note: June (starting a couple of days early) is going to be a lot less active around this joint than usual. Two reasons... Read more

On Memorial Day, remember these 2 who died fighting today's hate

Like most American holidays, the story of Memorial Day is about something simple -- decorating the graves of our many war dead, and pausing... Read more

In Trump's America, that reporter body slam didn't come out of nowhere

PRESIDENT TRUMP: But that’s what we have. They’re incompetent, dishonest people, who, after an election, had to apologize because... Read more

We need the truth on all of Philly's bad murder raps

Author Tom Lowenstein, who spent 16 years investigating the case of death row inmate Walter Ogrod, made a compelling argument that Ogrod's... Read more

For Shaurn Thomas, faith triumphed over 24 years of injustice

FRACKVILLE, Pa. – You’d be hard-pressed to find a more nondescript slice of America than the entrance to the Pennsylvania state... Read more

Locked up for 24 years, another Philly man to get murder rap tossed

For Hazeline Thomas, it was a Mother’s Day ritual that’s become all too familiar over the last couple of decades: The long trek... Read more