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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. 

 
Read Karen's blog Populist
Latest post: Updike at Rest - 01/28/2009
  Email Karen at kheller@phillynews.com
A NATION OF WUSSES/ BY ED RENDELL
As a writer, Rendell is some talker
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Posted 1:23am
Karen Heller: With his new book, "crafty politician" Ed Rendell had time to think and edit. This is so not Ed.
 
John Baer: Corbett shakeup par for the course
 
Updike at Rest
Ruthie Joyce and Jeannie Paul (right) lost their fathers in 1944. Now, for the first time, both women will mark Memorial Day near where their fathers died.
War orphans share loss, find comfort
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Posted 05/27/2012
Jeannie and Ruthie met only a few weeks ago but for both, this Memorial Day will be painfully remarkable.
 
Updike at Rest
Study: Gender bias hurts Pa. women - 05/23/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: The diagnosis is not so good for Pa. women's physical, emotional and financial health.
Giving much despite having little - 05/20/2012
Elementary students in Germantown learn the importance of charity.
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: Special ed students at a Germantown elementary are an impressively charitable group.
As Temple booms, neighborhood suffers - 05/16/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: North Central Philly, an area with a rich black history, is in danger of losing its identity.
Prom, the pricey gateway to adulthood - 05/13/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: We try to squeeze every ounce of joy out of the occasion, from pre-prom to post-prom.
Breast cancer cause easily derailed - 05/09/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: It's the 20th Komen pink ribbon campaign, and the charity is tied in an ugly knot.
How to shelve library plan? - 05/06/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Heller: I'm at a loss as to how to stop a plan to eliminate Philly's book collection for the blind.
Philly trashing books for the blind - 05/02/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: Librarian Keri Wilkins, who helps the blind and physically handicapped, is incensed.
Weak turnout, strong pick - 04/28/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Pennsylvanians should be semi-proud that one in five voters bothered voting Tuesday, considering Rhode Island's 3 percent turnout, most likely fewer people than in your high school class.
Khalil's death was preventable - 04/25/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: DHS social workers saw Khalil eight times in the last eight months of his tragically brief life.
In Pa., your votes have already counted - 04/22/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Karen Heller: For Tuesday's primary, our votes turned out to matter even before they were cast.
MORE STORIES
Financial literacy classes open doors - 04/11/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Generating buzz the hard way - 04/08/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Generation Y takes creativity by the horns - 04/04/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
A reason for Dems to heed primary - 03/25/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Great for Montco, but also a bummer - 03/21/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
A dubious mission to Europe - 03/18/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Where are Pa.'s female lawmakers? - 03/14/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Santorum's profs beg to differ - 03/11/2012
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist


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