Commentary

The 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election is today, pinning the favored Democrat, Michael Nutter, against Republican Al Taubenberger. Both candidates have focused their campaigns primarily on green issues, often neglecting more pressing topics. “That’s because they

Today is Election Day, which means that all of you are presumably going to rush to the polls to vote on our presumably neck-and-neck mayor’s race. Will it be Michael or Al, Democrat or Republican?

In February 1929, the Uptown Theatre opened as a premiere movie house, in line with a national trend for magnificent homes for a growing moving pictures industry. Perhaps a year from now, the Uptown might

Just one glance toward the skyline reminds us that this isn’t just another month. Perhaps you’ve seen pink ribbons on the backs of cars, the lapels of sports coaches and politicians, or large bands of

Tonight, one of six Democratic presidential debates will take place at Drexel University. Not at Temple. Damien LaVera, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said Drexel has the positive attitude about politics that the

Temple has been built on the backs of the dead. It’s late October, and we think about the old, the hidden and the dead. Temple has its ghosts, indeed. TEMPLE BY GRAVES In the 1880s,