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I promised my mother....

My father's clothes

What remains of my father

I'm sure this gesture has been repeated a million times by a million women in mourning: a father's coats and shirts and ties and hats, handed over to an uncle or a brother.
Amy Small-McKinney

Amy Small-McKinney

Essays 3 minute read
... and he never saw the Dodgers play at Ebbets Field.

My cancer could be prevented

Me, Mike and a certain cancer

Mike Douglas and I are both battling Stage 4 head and neck cancer. We share something else in common as well: An awareness that this particular cancer, at least, could be prevented.
Lynn Hoffman

Lynn Hoffman

Essays 4 minute read
A picture worth a thousand words.

Mighty Ryan has struck out

The five stages of baseball grief

Depressed because the Phillies failed to win their third consecutive National League pennant? Broad Street Review's sports therapist will see you now.

Jennifer Baldino Bonett

Essays less than a minute read
Not exactly the Art Museum, but....

Sugarhouse Casino: Color me convinced

How I learned to stop worrying and love my casino

Concerned Philadelphians say the new Sugarhouse Casino will ruin its surrounding neighborhood. But if you lived in that decaying neighborhood, as I do, you'd feel differently. You might just perceive it as our best hope for the future.
Thom Nickels

Thom Nickels

Essays 6 minute read
George Clooney, you ruined my life!

Apologies: Ginni Thomas vs. Anita Hill

I'm so very, very sorry, or: What hath Ginni Thomas wrought?

Clarence Thomas's wife recently phoned Anita Hill out of the blue to ask Hill to apologize for accusing Justice Thomas of sexual harassment 19 years ago. Recognizing that Ginni Thomas was on to something, I placed a few calls of my own.
Perry Block

Perry Block

Essays 3 minute read
Vick: A sport with uncomfortably deep roots.

Michael Vick, scapegoat

The dogfighter within us

I hold no brief for dogfighting, a cruel enterprise conducted solely to entertain the bloodthirsty. But before we condemn Michael Vick, we might look in the mirror.
Maria Thompson Corley

Maria Thompson Corley

Essays 2 minute read
Boston Tea Party, 1773: When anger launched a revolution.

The case for anger

A few kind words for anger

Dan Rottenberg to the contrary, righteous anger can indeed be constructive if it is focused on a good cause. Consider, for example, the constructive anger of Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Essays 2 minute read
Cybill makes 'Life,' 1971: Two reporters ruined everything.

Cybill Shepherd, Otto Preminger and me

Never interview a movie star after smoking pot

Back in the ‘70s, when Hollywood celebrities went on actual tours to promote their films to actual journalists, I was in Philadelphia to receive them— poised, eager, and usually as stoned as they were.
Bob Ingram

Bob Ingram

Essays 6 minute read

Why an anti-Muslim backlash now?

A too-convenient scapegoat

The growing anti-Muslim backlash in the U.S. raises a question: Why now? There's no simple answer to the question, but I can suggest a place to start: A black president caught in a perfect storm of Muslim terrorism, relentless unemployment and a politically manipulated nativist movement.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Essays 6 minute read
Pillardance: Unexpected stimulation.

Fringe festival wrapup

Fringe Festival wrapup: Even the silly stuff is growing up

You can still find still quirky little outfits putting together odd bits and pieces and calling it theater or dance or performance art. But on the whole, the level of accomplishment at the 2010 Live Arts/Fringe Festival greatly exceeded those of the past.

Janet Anderson

Essays 6 minute read