I hadn’t talked with Marshbaum for a couple of years, ever since he left newspaper journalism for more lucrative work in the fast food industry. But here he was in my office to ask if […]
In my last post, I talked about Rocky Anderson (Justice Party Candidate for U.S. President) and his visit to The Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia on Saturday, August 25th. During the event, Rocky focused on the issue of the […]
This past Saturday, August 25th, Rocky Anderson, U.S. Presidential Candidate for the Justice Party, made a visit to The Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia to speak about the two-party duopoly that exists in this country. He opened […]
__________ Lee Camp is a stand-up comic. …Sometimes people make him write things too. He’s a contributor to The Onion and has performed stand-up comedy at events featuring Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore. […]
Over the last few months, news outlets within Philadelphia report that violence has been erupting at a jobsite just north of Center City. These articles continue to tell the story of two young brothers and […]
A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of public education by saying, “In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, ‘History is becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.’ […]
In the ongoing exchange between myself and the self-styled natural gas landman-maverick VP of Land and Public Relations, Mike Knapp—Snyder Bros/MDS Energy Services, I have sought to lay out in as thorough and objective a […]
In my memory, there are few images of union organizing more iconic than the moment Norma Rae, played by Sally Field in the film by the same name, refuses to be driven out of her […]
Whenever I need a couple of laughs, I turn to the bumbling self-aggrandizing antics of the Pennsylvania legislature. However, in the past few months, the Penn State Board of Trustees has done the near-impossible; they […]