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Gun fight

This might surprise you, but I don't think last week's Supreme Court decision that affirmed the right to own a gun is necessarily a bad thing for those of us who believe in...

Splish Splash

27152442 Enjoying the perfect weather last week, 3-year-old Ella Sharon, left, and Isabelle, center, and Rosalind Seidenberg, 7- and 4-years-old respectively, beat the heat in a kiddie pool in front of the Seidenberg family home...

Food glorious food

Spending a couple of months recuperating from a recent illness, I have become addicted to the Food Network. I have spent many hours contentedly watching Rachael Ray whip up a meat casserole...

Signed, sealed, delivered

27152317 Making a stop before taking the stage at the TLA, Third and South streets, that night, singer Natasha Bedingfield signed her John Hancock for adoring fans at Quartermaster Plaza, 2220 W. Oregon Ave., Monday...

Change and John McCain

John McCain wants you to know he is really the change candidate, not Barack Obama. In making that claim, McCain likes to rely on his image as a bomb-thrower in the Republican...

Listen good

27152102 Listen good: Despite Council meetings and pressing city matters, Mayor Michael Nutter knows a parent is never too busy to take some time out, open a book and relay the magic of a story...

Honoring the flag

Flag Day is Saturday and it got me thinking how the meaning has evolved over the years. People like my mother who lived through World War II tend to have a more...

Home-bound

There is a certain euphoria when you are finally home after a long hospital stay. Mine did not last long. The limitations of living in a small rowhome are difficult enough under normal...

Fever

There is no more important institution than a big city hospital. If it can keep its humanity under the complexities it faces every day, there is hope for all of our...

Pistol Pete

Times were tough when Pete Cardella became a cop. He had been a plumber's assistant and spent some time working on ships as a first-class welder at the Navy Yard, but he was married...
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