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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 ...

10 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 ...

10 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 ...

10 years ago

 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a presidential debate in December. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Gov. Christie’s missed opportunity

Timing is everything, the saying goes. As Chris Christie’s presidential bid collapses, I’m reminded of two politicians ...

10 years ago

 Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are shown in October 2015. (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-328825136/stock-photo-las-vegas-nv-october-cnn-democratic-presidential-debate-features-candidates-sen-bernie.html?src=JfyuUhSZDStJxBCbb07U3g-1-2'>Image</a> courtesy of Shutterstock.com)
National Interest

Will Hillary’s ‘true firewall’ shield her from getting Berned?

Bernie Sanders fans, especially those who are new to politics, would surely be shocked to learn that Hillary Clinton is crushing their ic ...

10 years ago

 From left: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in August 2015; Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in October 2015. (AP Photo, file)
National Interest

New Hampshire’s populist primal scream

What a wild night in New Hampshire! In the words of one political reporter, “The voters sent a powerful anti-Washington message. ...

10 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Fattah’s risky bet

I no longer have the patience for poker, but when I watch Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah these days, I can’t help but see a ...

10 years ago

A voter leaves a polling site at dawn after casting a ballot. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
National Interest

Orwellian New Hampshire: Win by losing, lose by winning

Put your hands together for the voters of New Hampshire! After kicking the tires of 10 prospective presidential vehicles, after haunting ...

10 years ago

 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin at a December court hearing with his wife, Heidi Eakin (AP photo/Matt Rourke).
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Porngate: Old boys network to the rescue

Seriously, again? The court that’s supposed to hear the misconduct case against Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael E ...

10 years ago

 Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News at the St. Anselm College Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. Both Photos: (AP Photo/David Goldman)
National Interest

GOP jollity: Boy Wonder’s brain-embedded computer glitch

I so yearn to dwell in Rubio World that today, when a store clerk asked me, “Will that be cash or charge?,” I duly replied: & ...

10 years ago

 In Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's 2016 State of the State address at the state Capitol in Lansing, he focused on Flint. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
National Interest

House Republicans whitewash the Flint water scandal

The House Oversight Committee has held the first hearing on the Flint water scandal. Republicans run that committee, and that t ...

10 years ago

 Susan Mielbrecht of Moultonboro, N.H., wears a hologram of Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. while attending a town hall meeting in Laconia, N.H., Wednesday Feb. 3, 2016. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National Interest

Marcio Rubio and the ‘existential death struggle’

Back when Bill Clinton was a young pup on the way up, his deft gift for shifting positions earned him the nickname Slick Willie. But here ...

10 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Frackin’ flap in Pa. U.S. Senate race

Sparks flew in the Democratic primary contest for U.S. Senate Wednesday as the campaign of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Mayor John Fetterman a ...

10 years ago

 Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is shown speaking at the National Press Club in 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
National Interest

Good grief, Ralph Nader is doing it again

While scanning yesterday’s New York Times, I chanced upon a letter to the editor from Ralph Nader. Naturally, he was touting Bernie ...

10 years ago

 Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Petri, R-Bucks, has pulled out of the GOP primary race to become a candidate in the 8th Congressional District to replace U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick. (RepPetri.com)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Petri out in Bucks County congressional race

Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Petri of Bucks County, just weeks ago the front runner for the Republican nomination in the 8th Congressional Dis ...

10 years ago

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