Monica Yant Kinney joined the Inquirer in 1996 and was named a metro columnist in 2001 at the age of 30. She puts so many miles on her car roaming the region she finally bought a Prius. Monica has covered suburban trends and Philadelphia city government and, for two years, focused exclusively on crime, color and characters of South Jersey. In the early 1990s, she expensed her cable bill while she was the television critic at the St. Petersburg Times in Florida. Monica is a 1993 graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She grew up in Fort Wayne, Ind., but now lives with her husband (a fellow Notre Dame grad), and their two young children in a very old house in Haddonfield.
Her column appears Sundays and Wednesdays in Local & Region.
Reach her by phone, 215-854-4670. Friend her on Facebook (www.facebook/monicayantkinney) or follow her on Twitter (http://twitter.com/myantkinney)
Email Monica at myant@phillynews.com
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A teen's anti-bullying plea
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Monica Yant Kinney: Ben Harowitz, a Strath Haven Middle School student, plays sax and loves Harry Potter. He's also been bullied and he wants other victims to speak up.
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Is outpouring of donations enough?
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Monica Yant Kinney: Two Catholic schools slated to close raise an astonishing sum. Now, they wait.
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Students unveil pride, pain
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Monica Yant Kinney: I'll admit that I went to Wednesday's performance of Of Mythic Proportions hoping Kensington teenagers would explain the inexplicable.
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Nutter's candid ways connect with public
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Yant Kinney: You probably missed it, but Esquire anointed Michael Nutter one of six "Patriots of the Year."
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I gasped right away
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In the interest of full disclosure, I was among the dirty-minded political observers who gasped at an exchange Gov. Christie had with a female heckler at a rally in New Hampshire last weekend.
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Facts should save St. Laurentius School
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Yant Kinney: A thriving, reviving community is banking on numbers, not emotion, to save its school.
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Monica Yant Kinney: Sacrifices betrayed. B1. Joe DiStefano: Poor leadership is to blame. C1.
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A crisis for parents and church
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Yant Kinney: Some prayers aren't answered. And some are ignored and thrown back in your face.
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