Monica Yant Kinney

Monica Yant Kinney has been a staff writer at The Inquirer since 1996. She has covered suburban trends, Philadelphia City Hall, welfare reform and city news. Before joining the newspaper, she was the television critic at the St. Petersburg Times in Florida. She is a 1993 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and grew up in Fort Wayne, Ind. She is married and lives in South Jersey.

Her column appears Sundays and Wednesdays in Local & Region.

Email Monica at myant@phillynews.com

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Monica Yant Kinney: Jon & Kate, paragons of traditional marriage - 06/24/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

So Jon & Kate are kaput. The fate of the Berks County couple, reality TV's Bickersons, was known months ago by anyone who watched their tragicomic TLC series. The stress of raising eight children didn't doom them. The self-inflicted spotlight did.
Monica Yant Kinney: For priest and son, helping teens a family affair - 06/21/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

When other sons follow their fathers into the family business, they wind up in nice offices having lunch with clients.
Monica Yant Kinney: AIDS survivor triumphs over 2d scourge - 06/17/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

After three years, I'm pleased to report that a David vs. Goliath dispute that drew international outrage was won by David.
Monica Yant Kinney: Jordan Thomas, 18 years old, a teacher and student of music - 06/14/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

Now here's a graduation story for the ages. This week, Jordan Thomas will trade his ID card at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts for a sweatshirt from the renowned Peabody Institute.
Monica Yant Kinney: A drop in the bucket 'is the best sound' - 06/10/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

Monica Yant Kinney: "Patrick Molloy has a swing like Phil Mickelson," Norm Kritz says. Molloy, 16, is a sophomore at Council Rock High School. Unlike Mickelson, Molloy is blind.
Monica Yant Kinney: For troubled vets, a hard road to healing - 06/07/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

Two weeks ago, the Army took the extraordinary step of briefly suspending operations at Kentucky's Fort Campbell so officials could focus on the mental-health needs of soldiers there after 11 confirmed soldier suicides this year.
Monica Yant Kinney: No sympathy for the better-offs - 06/03/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

The economy has drained our savings and fried our nerves. But I never imagined Sunday's column about an unemployed Yardley businessman's futile search for work would elicit scorn, not sympathy.
Monica Yant Kinney: How tough is a job search? Let him count the ways - 05/31/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

Thanks to Excel spreadsheets, Byron Wilson can track his fruitless job search by the numbers. 1,207: Letters to recruiters, 250 of which came back as undeliverable, because when no one is hiring, headhunters go out of business.
Monica Yant Kinney: Appeal to conscience carries the day - 05/27/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

Twelve religious activists pulled off a legal miracle yesterday: They convinced a judge - who once worked for the Philadelphia Police Department, of all places - that it's OK to break the law if the harm you cause is less than the harm you think you're preventing.
Monica Yant Kinney: A war escaped, a reward earned - 05/24/2009: By Monica Yant Kinney, Inquirer Columnist

Four years ago, I wrote about Francis Tucker's first commencement speech. Today, I proudly chronicle his second. Francis, a refugee from war-ravaged Sierra Leone, is my favorite all-American non-American. But stay tuned: He's a man with a plan.