June 22–29, 2000 cover story A Profoundly Disturbing Case Eyes wide open: Quiana Mosley won’t rest until Jack Combs’ case is reopened. A witness to a 1990 shooting can’t forgive herself for helping to put the convicted killer in prison.…

May 25–June 1, 2000 city beat Rental Problems Going downhill? Sidewalk parking is one of the problems stemming from Manayunk’s rental explosion. A Manayunk community coalition wants solutions to problems stemming from an exploding rental market. by Frank Lewis In…

May 18–25, 2000 city beat Many Are Called… Holy controversy: Women’s Ordination Conference holds a “prayerful demonstration” outside the Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul on April 20, Holy Thursday. …and there’s no reason only men should be chosen, say…

March 30–April 6, 2000 cover story The Home Team: The Starting Lineup A candid look at the tops and flops who make up Philadelphia’s state legislative roster. by Frank Lewis research assistance by Debra Auspitz These are the nine players…

December 7–14, 2000 book quarterly Paper Trail Don Foster, word detective: Foster on the job. Words are like fingerprints to Don Foster, whose new book Author Unknown recounts his adventures in attributional research. by Frank Lewis Many things about the…

December 23–30, 1999 cover story What Happened Next? Second acts, surprising twists and final outcomes: Updates on some of City Paper’s biggest stories of 1999. “I would have searched until the day I died, wondering, wondering, wondering,” she says. “That’s…

November 11–18, 1999 city beat Twisted Despite what you may have read, the Oct. 30 “satanic rave” was neither, according to some who were there. by Frank Lewis There are certain things you don’t want your mother to learn about…

November 4–11, 1999 city beat Anti-AA A psychology professor says Chestnut Hill College dropped him over his views on addiction and AA. by Frank Lewis The resistance to his views isn’t what confuses Dr. Jeffrey Schaler. He’s long since learned…

October 21–28, 1999 cover story Sinking Ship Once a Pulitzer-winning machine that dominated the region, the Inquirer today is losing readers faster than any major paper in the country. What went wrong? by Frank Lewis Whenever he reaches the point…