Opinion

Last year, I wrote about the city?s selection of Kansas (the band, not the state) as the headliner, and in the process, I believe I coined a new term for this genre of music: Crap Rock.

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The bill, if passed, would allow payday lenders to operate in the state, charging as much as 369 percent in annual rates to consumers for 2-week loans. Even the bill?s ?protections? are dubious.

My religion demands equality for all; my religion demands peace; my religion demands justice; my religion demands beer drinking and pirate worship.

Bishop Trautman and the Diocese of Erie have filed a lawsuit against the federal government. The religiously devout Upfront weighs in on these developments.

An Op-Ed by Senator Joe Scarnati President Pro Tempore (R-Jefferson)

Ships and passengers, like the Titanic and those aboard, sometimes represent whole societies. Their wrecks represent apocalypses often caused in part by human moral failings.

Continuing now through May 27 at the Ronald E. Holstein Gallery, Steve Dana's "Backyard: Small Sculptures."

Access to wireless Internet has become commonplace in both the home and workplace, but when you step out into Downtown Erie, you enter a scattered world of pay-to-use Wi-Fi hot spots in exchange for buying a drink or meal - and limited public buildings with free online access. So, why is it that free wireless Internet access isn't more widespread in the city of Erie?

Being a sports fan means being able to root like hell for a team, and paint everything in deliciously simple black-and-white, us-versus-them narratives. It?s fun to pull for teams because it?s simple. Our team is good. Their team is not. We tend to turn a blind eye toward things that complicate our fandom.

Efficiency and pleasure? Pizza and ice cream? Fantasy and government? UPFRONT has a new game we can all play!

 Inflation is not everybody's enemy equally.

From the post office to public education to our water supply and Social Security pensions, conservative radicals seek privatization of programs generations of our forebears thought too critical to subject to the whims of the market and rapaciousness of profit seekers.

Calling all musicians: Upfront needs you to help write a song!

A coalition designed to provide positive alternatives to violence through awareness and education.