Commentary - The Temple News

South Street Bridge plans auto-centric shift

07 April 2008

The South Street Bridge, an 80-year-old span across the Schuylkill River, is falling to pieces and must be replaced, but the plans for its reconstruction have left much to be desired. The new bridge will

Urban decay crumbles home on North Sixth Street

02 April 2008

The latter building fell just a few weeks ago, on March 6. The contractors have cleaned up the debris, but the chain-link fencing is still there.

Hillary Clinton comes to Temple, shows cowardice

01 April 2008

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. held a rally at Temple in McGonigle Hall during Spring Break. Some think it a staged act that speaks to her broader campaign.

PASCEP is community

31 March 2008

Working boring nights in Anderson Hall has shown me there are still community outreach programs that are actually successful. Like clockwork, the lobby of the building transforms into a bustling marketplace of kinship each night.

Commerce Center to change Philly for better

31 March 2008

Philadelphia has belabored for all too long under its reputation as a second-class city. Poverty, economic deterioration, abandonment and crime have overshadowed our history and size. A proposed 1,500-foot skyscraper, termed the American Commerce Center

Geraldine Ferraro isn’t the racist you think she is

27 March 2008

Comments made by Geraldine Ferraro, 1984 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate and former Hillary Clinton campaign adviser, about Sen. Barack Obama benefiting from his race aren’t off base.

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Black Jesus: creating God in our own image

24 March 2008

Soaring brick-and-mortar tributes to God can be found in any community. Churches especially permeate places that test faith and offer little hope, places like North Philadelphia. The imagery inside, however, shows that the God these

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Increase our speed limits

24 March 2008

Here’s the problem for me. I’m not hitting 100 on the speedometer often, but it’s difficult to drive the speed limit. When a road is empty, it’s not only hard, but also unnecessary. When I’m

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Learning through hip-hop

24 March 2008

Hip-hop is an imperfect, but charming, language. It is derogatory toward women, it thrives off power, sex and money, and it’s all one big bleep after all obscenities are taken out. But what great cultural

John Dougherty: a first rate Senate mistake

24 March 2008

Philadelphia’s own State Sen. Vincent Fumo, among his other distinctions, sits on the board of trustees for the National Constitution Center, a museum enshrining the most sacred government document in the land. The man ought