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Opinion & Essay

Electicians union leader John Dougherty speaks with reporters in 2015. A non-union electrical contractor says  Dougherty punched him in the face in a South Philadelphia street confrontation
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Labor leader accused of assault; Philly DA should do his job

A non-union electrical contractor says Philly electricians’ union leader John Dougherty punched him in the face in a South Philadel ...

9 years ago

National Interest

Rubio walks into a lobby…Perils of campaigning in the digital era

I feel bad for our presidential candidates. It’s not easy to stump for office in an era when any word or gesture can wind up going ...

9 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders
National Interest

Where’s the ‘revolution’ Bernie keeps talking about?

Fresh from his decisive loss to Hillary Clinton in Nevada, Bernie Sanders ‘fessed up yesterday to his fundamental problem. Kudos to ...

9 years ago

In this undated photo combination
Dave Davies: Off Mic

The question US Senate debate didn’t answer

If you want a good look at three Democratic candidates for U.S. Senator in Pennsylvania, check out the hour-plus debate they joined in Fr ...

9 years ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) gives a thumbs up during a South Carolina Republican primary night event in Spartanburg
National Interest

Trump, Rubio, Cruz: The GOP’s fatuous finalists

As Darth Trump’s death squadron ascends from South Carolina and streaks across the galaxy, thirsting for more worlds to conquer, th ...

9 years ago

 Left: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2015. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file) Right: Pope Francis in 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
National Interest

Friday potpourri: Trump, Pope, Nevada, and me

So now he’s fighting with the Pope. What’s next on his hit list, apple pie and pets? He’d better leave my doggie alone. ...

9 years ago

 Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, smiles while being introduced before taking the stage in a suburban Philadelphia hotel ballroom to announce that he is running for a second six-year term in office, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in King of Prussia, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
National Interest

Post-Scalia politics: Senate Republicans are captives of the rabid right

This past weekend, we briefly wondered what Senator Pat Toomey would say about the vacant Supreme Court seat. Would he indulge President ...

9 years ago

 In the People's Light & Theatre production of 'Sense and Sensibility,' from left: Cassandra Bissell, Claire Inie-Richards and Susan McKey. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Making stage sense of ‘Sense and Sensibility’

A fluid, catchy adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” calls for a fluid and catchy production – so it m ...

9 years ago

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 Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims has backed out of a congressional race, and will run for re-election to the Statehouse. (AP photo/Matt Rourke)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Who’s running? It’s filing day

For aspiring candidates in Pennsylvania, Tuesday was put-up or shut-up day — the filing deadline for the April 26 primary — and Donal ...

9 years ago

 Left: Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Nugget Convention Center in Sparks, Nev. (AP Photo/Lance Iversen) | Right: Former President George W. Bush campaigns for his brother Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
National Interest

Donald versus Dubyah: The GOP’s identity crisis

Ever since George W. Bush went home to paint puppies, Republicans have generally lauded him as a toughass commander-in-chief who Kept Us ...

9 years ago

 This Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 photo shows the Supreme Court building at sunset in Washington. On Saturday, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that Scalia has died at the age of 79. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
National Interest

Post-Scalia politics: The party of No disses the Constitution

Help me out here. I’m searching the U.S. Constitution for the passage which says that a president shall nominate Supreme Court just ...

9 years ago

 Acel Moore started as a 'copy boy' at the Philadelphia Inquirer and went on to blaze a trail for African-American journalists. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Remembering Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Acel Moore

When I heard that pioneering journalist Acel Moore passed away this weekend, neither his Pulitzer Prize nor his leading role in founding ...

9 years ago

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 (Photograph courtesy of The Vilcek Foundation.)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Wilma Theater’s Blanka Zizka wins $100,000 Vilcek Prize

One afternoon several weeks ago Blanka Zizka was — where else? — in a rehearsal. The artistic director and co-founder (along wit ...

9 years ago

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 Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton (then secretary of state) are shown arriving in Myanmar on Air Force One in late 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
National Interest

Two reasons why Hillary is wrapping herself in Obama

How ironic it is that after busting Barack Obama so feverishly during the long ’08 primary season, Hillary Clinton is now bro-huggi ...

9 years ago

 Pastor Bill Golderer is running for the 7th District Congressional seat in Delaware County. (Photo via Twitter)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Delco congressional challenger gets national attention

Bill Golderer, the pastor who’s running for the 7th Congressional District seat in Delaware County has earned a spot on the Democra ...

9 years ago

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