Author: J. Michael Bolinski (J. Michael Bolinski)

On the morning after Election Day, the front-page headline of the Philadelphia Daily News said it all, not just about the events of the day, but about the possible future of Philadelphia: Goode Squeaks In Rizzo Won’t Quit Incumbent Mayor W. Wilson Goode won, by unofficial count, by about 14,000 votes (2 percent of the...

It’s mid-May, and Kate and I live in deep trepidation over the possibility that the Philadelphia Flyers will win the ugly looking, but highly coveted, Stanley Cup. Not that the town couldn’t use even such a minor honor. Two years ago, the city was lambasted worldwide for fielding its own air force and killing II...