His column "Back Channels" appears weekly, usually in the Currents section of the Sunday Inquirer.
Email Kevin at kferris@phillynews.com
It's always encouraging to see people go from newspaper work to bigger and better things, like come within eight votes of winning the Iowa caucus.
It may be the most successful public-service training ground you've never heard of.
It being the Anne B. Anstine Excellence in Public Service Series. The program, now in its 10th year, is for Republican women in Pennsylvania who want to become more involved in public life, whether as party leaders, elected officials, or community activists.
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Back Channels: Obama should have embraced Toomey compromise
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Barack Obama could've done his reelection efforts a world of good if a certain U.S. senator from Pennsylvania had been by his side Wednesday in Scranton.
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Back Channels: Come on down, campers! Pitch a tent for free!
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'Good morning, Camp Dilworth. How can I help you? "Yes, indeed, we do still have some choice campsites available, though it is getting a little snug out there. But that helps keep everyone a little bit warmer.
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Back Channels: Councilman Bill Green discusses city's challenges
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Last week's agreement to cut the business-privilege tax by about $70 million a year isn't just a win for the business community. It's a sign of the growing effectiveness of freshman Councilman Bill Green, who, along with colleagues such as Maria Quinones
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Back Channels: From the GOP, a solid lineup in at-large race for City Council
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There are plenty of reasons to criticize the Republican Party of Philadelphia, but today it deserves credit for a strong field of candidates in the at-large City Council race.
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Back Channels: New faces would be good for city panel
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Al Schmidt is counting on the "give a damn" vote on Nov. 8. Don't confuse this with what Philly candidates usually "give a damn" about: patronage, keeping factions within the Democratic machine happy, ensuring that fairness is the F-word of local elections - something just not said with a straight face.
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Back Channels: Words of hard-earned wisdom on national defense
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There seems to be something about the job of defense secretary that attracts blunt, no-nonsense realists. Exhibit A was on display last month at the National Constitution Center, where Robert Gates demonstrated again why Republican and Democratic presidents wanted him running the Pentagon.
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The wrenching choices of 9/11
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Back Channels: Looking back over the last 10 years, what stands out most are the excruciatingly difficult choices people were forced to make.
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Back Channels: Unintended help from knee-jerk left
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I applaud the liberals out there who are helping Rick Perry become the nation's 45th president. It isn't intentional, but they can't help themselves. They stick with their 1980s playbook, oblivious to the damage they do to their cause - and how they benefit their target.
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Back Channels: How ATF delivered assault weapons to drug cartels
- Attorney general should explain how misguided sting operation failed to trace guns.Back in February 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the new administration's intent on an assault-weapons ban: "As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons."
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Back Channels: Robert M. Gates will be a hard act to follow as defense secretary
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Robert M. Gates will be a tough act to follow as defense secretary. Gates, who just days ago learned that he will receive Philadelphia's Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center in September, leaves office this week. He summed up the highlights of his tenure as Pentagon chief last month in a commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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