On Thursday, July 17, drug-related violence claimed the life of a husband and father on a New [...]
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His 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 [...]
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LeBron James to Cleveland? Why?
I HAVE MIXED emotions about LeBron James’s return to Cleveland. On the one hand, I’m glad the brother [...]
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Text of Dan Gilbert Letter to LeBron James
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert posted this letter on the Cavaliers website in 2010, after LeBron James' announcement [...]
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Helping Philly’s Liberian fire victims
SOMETIMES STORIES are too heartbreaking to understand. Such is the case with the fire that killed four children in [...]
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Independence from Nicki Minaj
INDEPENDENCE DAY should have served as relief from a year in which our children suffered terribly. It should have been [...]
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Summer noise: Turn down for what?
I LOVE SUMMER because the beautiful weather is enthralling, the long days are enchanting, and the events [...]
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One father’s imperfect Philadelphia story
NEARLY TWO years ago when I began writing "The Philadelphia Experiment," I was determined to find the good [...]
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Boehner lawsuit threat is latest Obama insult
IN THE LATEST strike at President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner sent a memo to fellow House [...]
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Fred 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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Black fathers can stop gun violence
AS JULY approaches, Philadelphia's streets will bear the telltale signs of summer. We'll see fireworks and water [...]
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Pull your pants up Oldhead
I'D BEEN UNDER the weather for the past week, coughing and wheezing with a sore throat that just [...]
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