I'D HEARD that cats were petty and vindictive - sneaky, even. But I'd never seen it for myself [...]
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Solomon rebels against Made In America
IF THIS weekend's Made In America festival proved one thing, it showed that not much is made [...]
Read moreHard questions as Michael Brown is buried
REST IN PEACE. It’s the platitude we will hear today as Michael Brown’s parents bury their child. Brown [...]
Read moreIf Bey and Jay are on the rocks, the rest of us have more than 99 problems
I'M FLABBERGASTED, dumbfounded and shocked. In other words, I'm really surprised. Why am I so stunned, you ask? I'm [...]
Read moreSolomons plan to keep summer going all year long
THE CRAB GRASS covering my lawn is disappearing. My daughter Eve is shopping for school clothes. The days [...]
Read moreKeisha Williams is at peace. We are not
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, a carjacked vehicle spun out of control and struck Keisha Williams, three of her children [...]
Read moreCorruption fuels Philly drug game
I REMEMBER Philadelphia’s open-air drug markets. They thrived in the city’s poorest communities like drug-fueled drive-thrus that sometimes [...]
Read moreHis marriage is going strong after 14 years, and thats golden
LAST WEEK was my 14th wedding anniversary. That's right, the big one-four. I know 14 years isn't a [...]
Read moreHelping Philly’s Liberian fire victims
SOMETIMES STORIES are too heartbreaking to understand. Such is the case with the fire that killed four children in [...]
Read moreSummer noise: Turn down for what?
I LOVE SUMMER because the beautiful weather is enthralling, the long days are enchanting, and the events [...]
Read moreOne father’s imperfect Philadelphia story
NEARLY TWO years ago when I began writing "The Philadelphia Experiment," I was determined to find the good [...]
Read moreFred Flintstone lives at my house
I KNEW, from the time he was born, that my son had feet like Fred Flintstone. You know, [...]
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