Dick Polman

Dick Polman is a veteran national political columnist and the "Writer in Residence" at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, University of Pennsylvania. He has taught there since 2003, specializing in long-form journalism and political commentary. He currently writes at dickpolman.substack.com. His political columns from 2019 to 2024 are archived at dickpolman.net. He previously was a columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer and WHYY News, the public media outlet in Philadelphia.