Opinion

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…

The Local Lens

Vacations don’t have to be expensive ordeals. In fact, with a little imagination, you can plan a series of one or two day mini-vacations all summer long. While a one or…

The Local Lens

A couple of weeks ago as I headed to my generally quiet street on the way back from the shopping center, I heard a chorus of upset female voices on my street.…

Local Lens

Health Care for Animals is Big Business Veterinary medicine is now big business and practically on an equal financial footing with human health care. It didn’t used to be that way,…

The Local Lens

The I-95 Girard Avenue Interchange Project has put the SEPTA 15 trolley on ice, although their return can’t come soon enough. The trolleys are considerably larger than the buses, so…

Local Lens

The recent warehouse fire in Kensington that killed two Philadelphia firefighters was a tragedy that could have been prevented. Boarding up old houses or warehouses and then allowing them to…

On School Closings and the Archdiocese

I know that each school closing and merger has its own unique set of complications. I also understand that the Archdiocese’s decision to merge and close schools was purely based…

Some Food for Thought: What Part Do We Play in the Unacceptable Behavior of Others?

“No one can change you, hurt you, or disappoint you, unless you yourself ‘let’ them to do so.”  ~ Amanda Adriani In any given relationship between spouses, neighbors, parent/child, or even…

The Big Pilsudski: Is Bowling Night Gone the Way of the Payphone?

My apologies go out to Ginny Szymanski, but I guess I really owe an apology to her old man Joe Szymanski, who it turns out after all these years was…