Opinion & Essay

The extraordinary range of productions on Philadelphia-area stages this spring is proof that theater here is vibrant – and that lo ...

Donald Trump is correct: The American intelligence community misled us about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. So that mean ...

I’m well aware that most Americans — afflicted as they are by attention deficit disorder, and soon to be “led” by an ...

Bravo, Meryl Streep. Tell it, sister. I know that people in the arts can sometimes be insufferable, like when they all wear ribbon ...

 A random weekend thought. Let’s see if I got this right: Ex-Philadelphia mayoral candidate and all-around sane grownup ...

Of all the ways that Republicans are signaling Trumpian fealty to Mother Russia, of all the ways they’re trying to deny or excuse t ...

Those of us focused on the well-being of Americans with low incomes have many concerns about the incoming Trump administration, but we se ...

When my daughter was born, my mother bought some red satin ribbon and snipped it into 8-inch lengths. “Here,” she said solemn ...

Once upon a time, Republicans were united in their hawkishness toward Russia. Their big shtick was vigilance, as best evidenced by their ...

Well-intentioned people have been looking for ways to help those who are feeling the weight of racism, islamophobia, misogyny, and other oppressions.

When the news broke yesterday that Megyn Kelly was leaving the Fox News bubble to pursue a broader audience at NBC, my initial thought wa ...

Mark Twain once said, “The government of my country snubs honest simplicity, but fondles artistic villainy.” If only he were ...

Mark Twain once said, “The government of my country snubs honest simplicity, but fondles artistic villainy.” If only he were ...

After such an intensely polarizing election, it’s hard for people to imagine how communities with very different backgrounds might ...