Will Bunch
Writer at Freelance
National Columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer
National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer. Book AFTER THE IVORY TOWER FALLS https://t.co/KaIAvvlnc5. Free weekly newsletter: https://t.co/8g2FAYQDEV
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6 days ago |
inquirer.com | Will Bunch
Always wear sunscreen. You might need it on the unemployment line. This spring’s commencement speeches just wrapped up, and most college grads got the usual good if vague advice. Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown told the University of Mississippi’s graduation seniors that “your discipline is your product, your name is your brand, your habits are your investments.” At Maryland,Sesame Street’s Kermit the Frog kept it simple in his much-ballyhooed address: “Life is like a movie. Write your own ending.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Will Bunch
Since Donald Trump became the 47th American president on Jan. 20, the White House has been up for sale to the highest bidder. And like most big-city real estate these days, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has an astronomical price tag. You might have seen the report a couple of weeks ago that in 2025, the net worth of Donald Trump has increased by a whopping $2.9 billion, thanks to his recent plunge into cryptocurrency.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Will Bunch
Victoria Brownworth was one of those forces of nature you tend to find here in Philadelphia. She was a pioneering LGBTQ journalist whose work in recent years appeared in the Philadelphia Gay News, the Inquirer Opinion section (here and here), and too many other outlets to count. In recent years, she did all this from a wheelchair, and barely slowed down after the heartbreaking death of her wife and a debilitating battle with cancer.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Will Bunch
Five years ago this Sunday came the nine minutes and 29 seconds that changed the world. Or so it seemed at the time. On May 25, 2020, and for weeks after, the viral video of whiteMinneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd by pressing his knee into the neck of the unarmed and gasping Black man for those agonizing minutes triggered the largest protest movement in American history.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Will Bunch
It still feels like the glorious blue-skied fall day when a plurality of American voters chose tyranny over democracy was just last week, but if you live in Pennsylvania you do get another crack at that whole voting thing today (Tuesday).
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