Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright seemed to enjoy the production just fine. That was the lede I submitted to Philadelphia events blog uwishunu in my review of last month’s U.S. premiere of ‘Leaving,’ the first piece in a generation from acclaimed playwright and former Czech President Vaclav Havel, at the Wilma Theater on [...]

Gov. Ed Rendell walked onto the stage in front of several hundred guests at the Committee of Seventy‘s annual breakfast and made a joke at the expense of the political oversight group’s president, Zach Stalberg. “Don’t you think Zach was a lot more fun when he at the Daily News?” Rendell asked of Stalberg, who [...]

Every Election Day since November 2004, with an occasional exception, I’ve worked with the Committee of Seventy, a more than century-old political oversight nonprofit in Philadelphia. I always come away with stories. As I did in last April’s primary, below, I’ll share some of the best from last Tuesday’s election, a relatively low-profile affair, including [...]

Whether Web technology and social media can have a major impact on local politics in a place like Philadelphia or if they remain secondary tools, became the major topic and a divided one at a panel that served as the November Refresh Philly meeting. The hour-long panel discussion, which I moderated, was entitled the Future [...]

I covered for Metro Philadelphia the political battle between my alma mater Temple University and another alumnus Rep. John Taylor, who is pushing to hold back a $175 million appropriation for the school because of a closed hospital. Nathaniel Nnadiugwu says he feels like there’s nothing he can do about a political fight between Temple [...]

By Christopher Wink | January 28, 2005 On a recent trip to poverty ravaged Tijuana, I could not help but see the irony, clichéd as it may be, of a border wall – that divides with great tumult the U.S. and Mexico – extending into the serenity of the Pacific Ocean. It is unreal to [...]

By Christopher Wink | Nov 20, 2006 | Temple University Research Forum Introduction | Motivations | Costs and Benefits | What Failed | Conclusion | Works Cited The 1940s were largely defined by its violence: Nazi Germany laying siege on much of Europe and the apex of Japanese imperialism in much of Asia. It was this partnership [...]

By Christopher Wink | Nov 27, 2006 | TUJ Undergraduate Research There are nearly 200 member-states in the United Nations; 191 since Switzerland and East Timor joined in 2002 (UN 2005). With such a robust international community, it is clear that some states might require less attention than others. Without enough adequate potable drinking water [...]