Opinion

The Local Lens: Poe’s NoLibs Legacy

  The legacy of Edgar Allan Poe has become big business in Philly. Proof of this was evident during the Inaugural Poe Arts Festival at the Edgar Allan Poe National…

Real vs. Fantasy: Thoughts From a Bench in Penn Treaty Park

What is real and what is fantasy? Sitting on a bench mindfully meditating in Penn Treaty Park is real. But what of the feeling that grace or qi is very…

The Local Lens

The recent shooting death of a man outside the PYT burger joint and bar in the Piazza at Schmidts in Northern Liberties got me thinking about how glad I am…

The news media likes to make light (and fun) of supposed miracles like images of the Virgin Mary on a piece of toast or on a McDonald’s Big Mac. The media…