By Christopher Wink | Feb. 4, 2009 | Philadelphia Inquirer Thomas Schuler is a man. Since October, he also has been without a job, a combination of characteristics that some say comes with distinct disadvantages. That’s because unemployment affects men differently than women – research shows joblessness often is emotionally harder for men to bear. [...]

I have a clip in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer on the emotional effects unemployment can have on men. Thomas Schuler is a man. Since October, he also has been without a job, a combination of characteristics that some say comes with distinct disadvantages. Read the rest here. Below see the loads of good information and quotes [...]

A personal journey essay of mine appeared in today‘s Sunday edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. If I keep my hand steady long enough, I just might get a photograph of me racing down the steepest hill in Zürich on a bicycle. But I’ll have to settle for the shot of me standing on a dock [...]

By Christopher Wink | July 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – They call themselves, simply, “the Coalition.” They are an informal group of about a half-dozen citizen activists – most of them middle-aged men from Central Pennsylvania – who spend their time waging a grassroots war for governmental change in the Capitol. Each member [...]

See it on the front page of the Inquirer at Newseum.com. HARRISBURG – They call themselves, simply, “the Coalition.” They are an informal group of about a half-dozen citizen activists – most of them middle-aged men from Central Pennsylvania – who spend their time waging a grassroots war for governmental change in the Capitol. Each [...]

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell signs legislation on reforming state laws on lobbying and gaming, as Rep. Babette Josephs D-Philadelphia, looks on in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Christopher Wink | July 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – State Rep. Babette Josephs came to the Capitol in 1985 vowing to be [...]

This ran today for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The coverage is part of a post-graduate internship with the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents’ Association (PLCA). HARRISBURG – State Rep. Babette Josephs came to the Capitol in 1985 vowing to be a voice for “people who have no voice.” For years, the Center City liberal waged a lonely fight [...]

By Christopher Wink and Mario F. Cattabiani | Jul 17, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – A week after 289 criminal charges were filed in a wide-ranging government corruption probe, a group of lawmakers yesterday called for a special legislative session devoted solely to restoring the public’s faith in Harrisburg. “There is a crisis of [...]

BY CHRISTOPHER WINK AND MARIO F. CATABIANI HARRISBURG – A week after 289 criminal charges were filed in a wide-ranging government corruption probe, a group of lawmakers yesterday called for a special legislative session devoted solely to restoring the public’s faith in Harrisburg. “There is a crisis of confidence in Pennsylvania. . . . We [...]

This ran today for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The coverage is part of a post-graduate internship with the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents’ Association (PLCA). HARRISBURG – Months before the federal government could approve even a plan to make I-80 a toll road, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says it knows how it would spend part of the money. [...]