http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall RSS Feed for Inq Col Annette John-Hall en-us Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:27:24 GMT 2013-02-01T13:27:24Z en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130201_Annette_John-Hall__Annette_John-Hall_s_farewell_to_her_readers.html In the spring of 2007, I was named an Inquirer metro columnist. As flattered as I was to land such a premier reporting position, I honestly wasn't sure I was up to the task. Writing about life in the big city felt too heavy and daunting, especially for a former sports and features writer who had spent the bulk of her career in the toy department. Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:27:24 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130201_Annette_John-Hall__Annette_John-Hall_s_farewell_to_her_readers.html 2013-02-01T13:27:24Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130125_Annette_John-Hall__Book_explores_how_ex-slaves_saw_freedom.html The entire treatment of slavery in my junior high history books - crack sources of information that they were - consisted of one or two illustrations of nameless black people, in chains, standing on auction blocks or picking cotton. Nary a mention of who the enslaved were, how they felt about their lives, or whether they had any dreams or aspirations. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130125_Annette_John-Hall__Book_explores_how_ex-slaves_saw_freedom.html 2013-01-25T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130122_Annette_John-Hall__President_Obama_needs_everyone_s_help_to_make_history.html Now that Barack Hussein Obama has placed his hand on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Bible and taken the oath of office for his second term as 44th president of the United States, the clock begins to tick on history. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130122_Annette_John-Hall__President_Obama_needs_everyone_s_help_to_make_history.html 2013-01-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130118_Annette_John-Hall__Ramsey__Gun-control_debate_is_not_going_away.html This week, President Obama put forth a series of executive orders and a sweeping legislative package to implement, finally, some kind of lasting gun control. Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:12:21 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130118_Annette_John-Hall__Ramsey__Gun-control_debate_is_not_going_away.html 2013-01-18T11:12:21Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130115_Annette_John-Hall__Series_is_trifling_with_life_s_final_dignity.html Amid such breakout hits as Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and the most enlightening (in a Neanderthal kind of way) Pete Rose: Hits and Mrs. comes TLC's new reality show, Best Funeral Ever. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:05:05 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130115_Annette_John-Hall__Series_is_trifling_with_life_s_final_dignity.html 2013-01-15T20:05:05Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130111_Annette_John-Hall__Annette_John-Hall__Dr__King_s_contribution_at_Girard_College.html Despite his lifelong quest for integration, justice, and equality, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said life's "most urgent and persistent question is, what are you doing for others?" Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:02:52 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130111_Annette_John-Hall__Annette_John-Hall__Dr__King_s_contribution_at_Girard_College.html 2013-01-11T13:02:52Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130108_Annette_John-Hall__Annette_John-Hall__Here_s_my_main_target_for_2013.html Put a lid on it, 2012. We're already into 2013, and time - and news - waits for no one, not even hardheaded columnists who still want to vent about events of 2012. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:29:01 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130108_Annette_John-Hall__Annette_John-Hall__Here_s_my_main_target_for_2013.html 2013-01-08T15:29:01Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130104_Annette_John-Hall__Christie_is_looking_better_and_better.html I said this after Hurricane Sandy and I'll say it again. Chris Christie has started to grow on me. And no, that's not meant as a joke. Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:10:10 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20130104_Annette_John-Hall__Christie_is_looking_better_and_better.html 2013-01-05T03:10:10Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20121221_Annette_John-Hall__Stories_to_warm_the_heart_during_holidays.html With all of the evil we've witnessed in the last week, I'm so thankful my mailbox is overflowing with your testaments to goodness. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20121221_Annette_John-Hall__Stories_to_warm_the_heart_during_holidays.html 2012-12-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20121218_Annette_John-Hall__This_country_still_can_t_get_it_right_on_guns.html I get a lump in my throat every time I read about the murder of a child. Even the hard-boiled journalist doesn't trump the mother in me. Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:18:32 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20121218_Annette_John-Hall__This_country_still_can_t_get_it_right_on_guns.html 2012-12-18T18:18:32Z