Karen Heller has interviewed Philip Roth and Zsa Zsa Gabor, spent time with Pink and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the celebrated and the exemplary unsung. She's covered Miss America and political conventions. She's been a provocative voice at The Inquirer for nearly 20 years, garnering awards for criticism, feature writing and investigative reporting, and was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in commentary.
Email Karen at kheller@phillynews.com
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- Obama's shift on birth-control mandate
- Updike at Rest
Karen Heller: Priests may know a lot about many things, but sex and family planning are not two of them.
- Obama feels Catholic ire on contraception
- DN: War on contraception heats up health-reform debate
- Poll: Right call by White House?
- Updike at Rest
Karen Heller: Why are we always fighting about women's bodies, and never about those of men?
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Seeking answers on Aldea
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Karen Heller: What incentive is a reward after seeing a woman murdered after talking to the cops?
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Parenting book says French are better
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Karen Heller: Yet again, another parenting kerfuffle. This time, we get a scolding from the French.
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Heller: DPW is failing its mission
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Karen Heller: Rather than assisting the poor, DPW seems to have gone to battle with them.
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GOP race is full of wealthy 'outsiders'
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Karen Heller: It seems like the ideal time to debate class, taxes, income inequality and opportunity.
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New Jersey's other Boss
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Karen Heller: Chris Christie's an entertainer, gifted at charming crowds with a blustery ego to match. His most recent command performance was before a crowd of 400 at a 'town hall' gathering in Voorhees.
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Heller: Work with criminals to cut crime
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Karen Heller: Some cities' markedly different approach: Focus on those responsible for the most violence.
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PSU tragedy: Laser- like focus yet wrong
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Karen Heller: As Penn State alumni mourn the loss of Joe Paterno, where's the concern about the kids?
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Those who lost beloved school keep spirit alive
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Karen Heller: Nearly 20 years after St. James High closed, its legacy lives on in its spirited alumni.
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Iowa's caucuses: A big deal in a small state
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I love Iowa. One of my favorite stories was on the Donna Reed Festival years ago in tiny Denison (7,000 and change), a town that willed its economic success. As an investigative gastronome, I downed corn dogs and fried Snickers at the Iowa State Fair, America's prototypical agrarian exposition, home of the only known version of The Last Supper made entirely out of butter.
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Philly's murder rate is deadly, costly
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Karen Heller: It's an epidemic, but Mayor Nutter and the city could be ready to tackle gun violence.
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