http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller RSS Feed for Inq Col Karen Heller en-us Wed, 30 May 2012 19:09:28 GMT 2012-05-30T19:09:28Z en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120530_Karen_Heller__As_a_writer__Rendell_is_some_talker.html One possible reason for our current employment woes may be that Ed Rendell holds every conceivable job. Law partner, Penn professor, sports columnist, MSNBC commentator, Eagles analyst, energy adviser, professional speaker, board member, and, for a few weeks earlier this year, potential chairman of The Inquirer and Daily News. Wed, 30 May 2012 19:09:28 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120530_Karen_Heller__As_a_writer__Rendell_is_some_talker.html 2012-05-30T19:09:28Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120527_Karen_Heller__Sharing_loss__finding_comfort.html Jeannie Paul and Ruthie Joyce met a few weeks ago only to learn they've led parallel lives. Both women are 68, raised by independent mothers who were teachers. Both women moved to Philadelphia as young wives and raised one child. Now, they're grandmothers living 10 miles apart. Sun, 27 May 2012 17:29:12 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120527_Karen_Heller__Sharing_loss__finding_comfort.html 2012-05-27T17:29:12Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120523_Karen_Heller__Pennsylvania_women_at_risk_due_to_gender_bias__study_finds.html The Women's Law Project just released a massive, two-year study, "Through the Lens of Equality," examining the role gender bias plays in the physical, emotional, and financial health of Pennsylvania women. The diagnosis? Not so good. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:46:54 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120523_Karen_Heller__Pennsylvania_women_at_risk_due_to_gender_bias__study_finds.html 2012-05-23T17:46:54Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120520_Karen_Heller__Giving_despite_having_little.html John Wister elementary in Germantown is the little engine that could. "We're a quaint, small school," says teacher Marcia Sparagna, "but there's a big sense of community there." Sun, 20 May 2012 16:47:05 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120520_Karen_Heller__Giving_despite_having_little.html 2012-05-20T16:47:05Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120516_Karen_Heller__Temple_s_neighborhood_in_danger_of_losing_identity.html This may well be Temple's moment, even with slashed state funding and the search for a new leader. The university has soared in popularity, moving beyond being a commuter school to attracting students from across the state and nation, the tuition a bargain compared with that of private institutions. Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:55 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120516_Karen_Heller__Temple_s_neighborhood_in_danger_of_losing_identity.html 2012-05-16T17:05:55Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120513_Karen_Heller__Prom__the_pricey_gateway.html Did you prom? Back in the day, before prom shed its the like some painful four-inch pump, the dance was an annual rite of passage, an opportunity for embarrassment, mischief, and lousy living-room photography memorializing Farrah hair, powder-blue tuxes, ruffled shirts, and supersized bow ties, now all blessedly extinct. Sun, 13 May 2012 17:39:31 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120513_Karen_Heller__Prom__the_pricey_gateway.html 2012-05-13T17:39:31Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120509_Karen_Heller__Breast_cancer_causes_so_easily_derailed.html Time again for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®, the annual Mother's Day run for the pretty cancer, the shopping cancer, the insistently Barbie pink cancer. Wed, 09 May 2012 17:03:13 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120509_Karen_Heller__Breast_cancer_causes_so_easily_derailed.html 2012-05-09T17:03:13Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120506_Karen_Heller__How_to_shelve_library_plan_.html The Philadelphia Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the nation's oldest book collection serving the visually impaired and one of only two in the commonwealth, is slated to be dramatically diminished this week, as services and the collection are slashed. Mon, 07 May 2012 04:20:39 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120506_Karen_Heller__How_to_shelve_library_plan_.html 2012-05-07T04:20:39Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120502_Karen_Heller__In_Philadelphia__books_for_the_blind_head_for_the_trash.html Keri Wilkins is incensed. She is a librarian passionately committed to serving the blind and physically handicapped in 29 counties, the entire eastern half of Pennsylvania, sending out almost a million digital books and recorded cassettes a year. Thu, 03 May 2012 16:03:06 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120502_Karen_Heller__In_Philadelphia__books_for_the_blind_head_for_the_trash.html 2012-05-03T16:03:06Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120429_Karen_Heller__Weak_turnout__strong_pick.html 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. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/karen_heller/20120429_Karen_Heller__Weak_turnout__strong_pick.html 2012-04-29T07:01:00Z