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
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
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
It’s not unusual to speak to yourself in your head. It might be a bit stranger to do so in a foreign accent. Yet, I can remember choosing my words in my mind using the
Dear Dad, I always thought it was strange that you never really dug Bob Dylan. Especially because a major quality of his music, for me, was how he was reminiscent of you. I thought that
Tyron Franklin took his last breath in a local fast food restaurant on Jan. 7, 2007, as four bullets ripped through his flesh. Reportedly, Franklin was shot two more times for being a Patterson, N.J.
A few weeks ago around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, I found myself in Temple University Hospital’s emergency room with two roommates and a sick friend. While waiting to see the doctors, a middle-aged woman wandered
Regardless of political party, every candidate in this presidential election is running under the banner of change. In a time when Americans seek recovery from the last dreadful eight years of the Bush administration, any
Alphonso Richardson first tried to get a job with Temple University in 1980, the year he graduated high school. It was 27 years later that he finally secured employment, taking a job with maintenance and