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Steve Pacek and Bailey Ryon in Arden Theatre Company’s production of 'The Secret Garden.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Digging into ‘The Secret Garden’

However much time you’re able to spend in the garden these days, it’s nothing compared to the classy cast of the musical R ...

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Steve Pacek and Bailey Ryon in Arden Theatre Company’s production of 'The Secret Garden.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Digging into ‘The Secret Garden’

However much time you’re able to spend in the garden these days, it’s nothing compared to the classy cast of the musical R ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Building Stories: President’s House

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders
National Interest

Trump’s useful idiot, Bernie Sanders, will ‘put the blinders on’

I’m sustaining yesterday’s theme – Bernie Sanders’ sore-loser decision to wreak havoc on Hillary Clinton and thus ...

10 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says he wants a soda tax
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philly chamber draws a line on taxes

The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has weighed in on some dicey tax and budget issues facing the city, and it has come out neut ...

10 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate
National Interest

Trump loves the taste of Bernie’s sour grapes

Ten weeks ago I listed ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Building Stories: Guild House

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Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has turned down a request to run an independent bid for president. She is shown speaking at an NCAA Convention luncheon in January. (AP Photo/Eric Gay
National Interest

Four reasons why the ‘third candidate’ quest is failing

Nobody seems interested in launching an independent presidential bid. Condoleezza ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Building Stories: Hopkinson House

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney talks about a plan to target homeless
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Kenney wants to drop ban on distributing food to homeless outdoors

Four years after previous Mayor Michael Nutter sought to prohibit feeding the homeless on the Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia Mayor Ji ...

10 years ago

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National Interest

One sick puppy: Trump’s narcissistic personality disorder

I hold this truth to be self-evident: Donald Trump is one sick puppy. I’m still ...

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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. is shown at a news conference in Washington in April. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
National Interest

The Ryan-Trump peace pact, translated

It’s fun to de-code political hooey. Let’s boldface a few excerpts from yesterday’s Ryan-Trump kumbaya statement. Then ...

10 years ago

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The Philadelphia Experiment

George Zimmerman’s gun and the family it changed forever

When I learned that George Zimmerman was attempting to auction off the gun he used to kill unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in 2012, I w ...

10 years ago

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Urban Planning

Building Stories: United Way Building

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In this Nov. 18
National Interest

Why is Elizabeth Warren warring with Trump on Twitter?

What a hoot it has been, in recent days, to track Elizabeth Warren’s Twitter war with Donald Trump. I count at least two dozen twee ...

10 years ago

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