Ronnie Polaneczky has been an award-winning columnist for The Philadelphia Daily News since 1999, offering a front-steps perspective on every aspect of city life, from the sublime to the stupid. In her past life, she was the editor-in-chief of Atlantic City Magazine, associate editor at Philadephia Magazine and a fulltime freelancer published in Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Reader's Digest, Men's Health, MarieClaire and others. She lives with her husband, daughter, dog, two cats and hermit crab in the city's Fairmount section. You can also read Ronnie's blog, So, What Happened Was... and even enjoy her musings in podcast form.
Email Ronnie at polaner@phillynews.com
- Where's the school choice, Chaput?
- Letters: Ronnie Polaneczky did a hit job on the late Cardinal Bevilacqua
- Philly High Schooler Plays the Grammys
Ronnie Polaneczky: How many of the city's video-surveillance cameras are actually working?
- Flowers: No saint but he deserves our prayers
- Poll: Will Bevilacqua be remembered favorably?
- Plaudits and hopes for healing
- Philly High Schooler Plays the Grammys
Polaneczky: One day, I hope to find enough charity in my heart to pray for Cardinal Bevilacqua. But a photo of him with my daughter will never be back in my home.
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Where's the school choice, Chaput?
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Polaneczky: Why can't students of Catholic elementary schools slated to close pick new schools to attend?
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Two agonizing weeks for victim's kin
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Ronnie Polaneczky: "Babe" McGeehan went into the river on Jan. 7. It took 13 days to retrieve his body.
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Ronnie PolaneczkyOnward State's error, 'perfect apology'
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Ronnie Polanezcky: After a premature tweet on Joe Paterno's death, here's the right way to apologize.
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Ex-state aide's sexually dysfunctional views
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IN ROBERT PATTERSON'S Ozzie-and-Harriet world, we women would all be stay-at-home mamas, whelping litters of babies and having lots of condom-free sex with our husbands.
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The fine line that Mia lives on
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Ronnie Polaneczky: Should this 3-year-old disabled girl be denied a vital kidney transplant?
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PPA error follows man into grave
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Polaneczky: You know the saying 'The only thing certain is death and taxes'? Add PPA bureaucracy.
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St. Cyril in need of another miracle
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Ronnie Polaneczky: In 2005, a sixth-grader helped rescue the school. Now it is slated to close.
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DeSean's apology wins back little fan
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Ronnie Polaneczky: At an event for fans in October, a cursing, frustrated DeSean Jackson left a bad impression on a 7-year-old fan. The Eagles wide receiver called the boy to apologize.
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Eagles take left-out squad under their wing
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Ronnie Polaneczky: Today I get to use a word to describe Eagles coach Andy Reid that not many fans are using these days: Hero!
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Victims deserve a day in court
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THE CRIMINAL STATUTE of limitations has expired on the sex crimes that Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin is accused of committing four decades ago. Back then, the alleged incidents needed to have been reported to law enforcement within five years of occurring. Instead, they were supposedly kept secret by the families of the accusers.
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