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National Interest

Can somebody spare The Donald a dime?

The new campaign contribution stats — the money that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have raised for their respective races — were r ...

10 years ago

A number of Trump delegates from Pennsylvania plan to get carry permits and bring guns to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Some Pa. Trump delegates arming themselves for Cleveland

In the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, some Pennsylvania delegates to the Republican National Convention who favor Donald Trump hav ...

10 years ago

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 Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is shown answering questions from The Associated Press preceding presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in May. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
National Interest

Can Republican delegates cancel their freak show?

Moments after the city of Cleveland ended its 52-year championship drought, I half expected that Donald Trump would tap on Twitter:  ...

10 years ago

 Elsie Allen, center, huddles with her daughters Jenna Allen, right, and Krista Allen-Parra, left, and her grandson Shawn Flores, all of Orlando, as they visit for the first time the scene of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting from a block away Friday, June 17, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
The Philadelphia Experiment

As Orlando buries its dead the fight over guns must change

The Orlando shooting in which 49 people lost their lives horrified me, but it is the aftermath that concerns me the most.  In ...

10 years ago

This frame grab provided by C-SPAN shows Sen. Chris Murphy
National Interest

Chris Murphy’s call to conscience

In a sane and humane America – the one that doesn’t exist – we’d bar suspected terrorists from buying guns, we ...

10 years ago

Shabazz Green and Aneesa Niebauer in New Freedom Theatre's production of 'Jamaica.' (Photo courtesy of ethimofoto.net)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Jamaica’-bound, and with a calypso beat

The storm that whips up at the end of the first act of “Jamaica,” the musical that opened Thursday night at New Freedom Theat ...

10 years ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Fox Theater
National Interest

Trump to Republicans: Shut up

You know that nutjob you always see on the street, speed-rapping to himself about God knows w ...

10 years ago

Left: Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis) wags his finger during a hearing in 1954. (AP Photo) Right: Presidential candidate Donald Trump wags his finger during a GOP debate in 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National Interest

Trump mimes Joe McCarthy, Republicans writhe anew

Here’s the thing about Joe McCarthy. The infamous ’50s demagogue, who wrecked careers and ruined lives with his baseless accu ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Radical retrofit on Pine Street aims to blend passive house with preservation

10 years ago

The likely Republican presidential nominee is uncharacteristically closemouthed when asked to provide attribution for inflammatory statements about what
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Need a name, Mr. Trump

I know it’s campaign season, and candidates throw hard punches. But when the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party que ...

10 years ago

A man looks over an impromptu candle-lit memorial set up in Sydney on Monday
National Interest

Orlando aftermath: 3 true words that Republicans refuse to utter

Let’s flag some Republican statements about the Orlando massacre. See if you can spot what’s missing. House Speaker Pa ...

10 years ago

In Simpatico Theatre Project's production of the new play 'Time Is on Our Side
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: The mystery of ‘Time Is on Our Side’

Who gets to tell your story? That’s a theme of the Tony-winning sensation “Hamilton,” which explores the history of fou ...

10 years ago

Two women place flowers for the victims of the fatal shootings at Pulse Orlando nightclub at a makeshift memorial Monday
National Interest

‘Appreciate the congrats’: Take a guess who flunked the fitness test

It’s not easy being president, especially in this era of mass shootings. The commander-in-chief must also be the consoler-in-chief. ...

10 years ago

Staffers for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been working in Pennsylvania for months
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Clinton, Trump already battling for Pennsylvania

Donald Trump was in the Pittsburgh area Saturday, and Hillary Clinton has planned a rally there Tuesday. The early focus on Pennsylvania ...

10 years ago

Court filings document people who have accused Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work. (Emma Lee/WHYY
National Interest

Journalists unearth the dirty details of Donnie Deadbeat

The last 24 hours have been awesome. President Obama lauded Hillary Clinton and mapped plans to campaign with her, Bernie Sanders said he ...

10 years ago

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