Rudy calls
While the scene wasn't quite as raucous as that of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, tempers did run high Friday at a local reelection rally for President Bush. Former New York Mayor...
Partying in Point Breeze
It's not a rally organized to protest yet another young life lost to gun violence. And it has nothing to do with politics either, organizers said. Instead, "it's a day to bring...
An answered prayer
Though it can't quite compare to the quest for the Holy Grail, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been searching for a local site to establish a Catholic nursing home for 50 years. ...
A toast to Julia Child
When I was a teenager during the 1960s, the women who had the greatest influence on my life were Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy and Julia Child. Mrs. Roosevelt's dedication to human rights and...
Guardian Angels
Terri Ayres waited until after her 9-year-old son's baseball game to break the news. The 34-year-old mother of four pulled her car over to the side of the road and told her son,...
Building blocks
Change was the buzzword at 16th and Federal streets on Aug. 11. Representatives from the Department of Housing and Urban Development joined Universal Companies founder Kenny Gamble at the site for the groundbreaking...
Estate of change
It didn't take long for a developer to find a new use for the site of the Trinity Christian Elementary School, which closed in June. At an Aug. 11 community meeting, hundreds...
Mick Daniel’s Saloon
For me, the word "saloon" always conjures up movie images of the Wild West. The handsome, clean-cut sheriff strolls into the local saloon, sporting a shiny star on his vest. The bad guy always...
All form, no function
In 2002, I saw the extravagant-looking Infiniti FX45 concept on the car show circuit. The thing to understand here is that concept cars are designed to be outlandish so they catch the...
The Wilde life
In an age that has raised public humiliation to an art form, the downfall of Oscar Wilde is still shocking. Wilde was one of Britain's leading playwrights, wits and public figures of...
