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Guy Ciarrocchi: Democrats" predictable overreactions to redistricting rulings
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (824+ words) A case study in their thirst for power and willingness to tear down the courts. A commentator on CNN reacted to the recent court decisions and actually said: "If someone fell asleep in 1896 and woke up today, they would say…...
Christine Flowers: Antisemitism from the left over the top and dangerous
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (826+ words) It was too late to vote in any election, but it was my grand "here I am!" to the political world. The political world was unimpressed, as were the Democrats. They became increasingly unimpressed over the years as I blossomed…...
Sharif Street, others, speak at Jewish American Heritage Month at City Hall
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (892+ words) State Sen. Sharif Street, a Democratic candidate for Congress in District 3, spoke Thursday at the Second Annual Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) Reception at City Hall." The event was mostly a joyful occasion honoring Jewish history in the U. S. from the…...
Wally Nunn: America's corporate leadership is more diverse than progressives admit
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (397+ words) The tired claim keeps getting recycled: America is still ruled by straight white Christian males who hoard power in boardrooms and culture. If that's true, the commanding heights of the economy " the firms controlling trillions in AI, chips, search, cloud,…...
Sen. Joe Picozzi: It's time to get serious about expanding access to housing
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (359+ words) Pennsylvania's housing shortage is no longer a distant concern " it is a present and growing crisis. In Philadelphia and communities across the Commonwealth, families are being priced out, young professionals are struggling to put down roots, and seniors on fixed…...
Elephant in the Room: Ambassador Mastriano?
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (578+ words) Ahead of the May 19 primary, President Trump may have cleared the path " at least on the Republican side " for state Treasurer Stacy Garrity by appointing state Sen. Doug Mastriano as ambassador to the Slovak Republic. Although Garrity, who's running for…...
New Mc Cormick bill would help veterans transition to civilian life through training in emerging high-tech fields
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (437+ words) Sen. Dave Mc Cormick (R-Pa.), a West Point graduate who served with the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper and served in the First Gulf War, sympathizes with other veterans, including those who face challenges finding jobs. On May 14, Mc Cormick partnered…...
Thom Nickels: A eulogy for the stubbornness of youth
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (622+ words) The past is a foreign country. My father died of throat cancer in 1986. At the time I was working in Human Services with the developmentally disabled in Germantown." At times I'd take revenge on him by posting little notes around…...
Upper Darby Council VP sues resident over Facebook post
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (484+ words) Fields alleges Zollo improperly disclosed a sealed juvenile record. By Linda Stein Upper Darby Council Vice President Noah Fields filed a lawsuit against a 66-year-old resident over an Oct. 27, 2025, Facebook post " a few weeks before voters elected him to the…...
Richard Koenig: Of politics and the evolving jockstrap
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (486+ words) A report in The Spectator tells us that a recent protest in London's Trafalgar Square decrying the "far right" culminated in a stage performance by, among others, "a couple of go-go boys wearing leather jockstraps." I'm guessing C. F. Bennett would say…...