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Opinion & Essay

National Interest

Dead Man Walker and his urgent plea to the GOP

Nine weeks ago, when alleged conservative wunderkind Scott Walker was riding high, I rightly dismissed him as “a clueless newbie un ...

10 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

The day Catholics were ordered out of the movies — and more

Watch “Urban Trinity,” the new feature-length documentary about Catholic Philadelphia, and you’ll probably be surprised ...

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 Pennsylvania Attorney General Katleen Kane's law license has been suspended by the stat Supreme Court. But the court syas its ruling the Supreme Court said its order should not be construed as removing Kane, who will stand trial in criminal charges of perjury and conspiracy, from office. (AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Pa. Supreme Court court suspends Kane’s law license

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has suspended the law license of embattled state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, but the move apparently w ...

10 years ago

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 Republican presidential contenders from left: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham Jr. (R-S.C.), and N.J. Gov. Chris Christie (AP Photo, file)
National Interest

Republicans denounce the ‘Obama is a Muslim’ rumor? Gimme a break

At last count, five Republican candidates have taken the high road to rebuke Donald Trump. They think it’s just awful that Trump fa ...

10 years ago

 Megan Nicole Arnoldy and Paul  Schaefer in the Walnut Street Theatre production of 'High Society.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘High Society,’ high times

They don’t make musicals like they used to – but then, Cole Porter is no longer around. In fact, he wasn’t around in 1998 e ...

10 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Lens: Park(ing) Day 2015

10 years ago

 At a rally in New Hampshire on Thursday, an audience member stated that President Obama is a Muslim and is not an American, both of which are untrue. Trump did not correct him.
National Interest

Trump, Fiorina, and the epidemic of ignorance

There is, alas, a subspecies of citizen that can best be called boobus Americanus. ...

10 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philly DA’s spokesman to pay fine for ethical lapse

The Philadelphia Board of Ethics has fined the spokesman for District Attorney Seth Williams $600 for engaging in banned political activi ...

10 years ago

 Republican presidential candidates businessman Donald Trump, (left), and Scott Walker, (right), both speak as Jeb Bush, listens during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)
National Interest

Debate II: The Republican clown car belched a lot of smoke

As the Republican presidential debate crept toward its cac ...

10 years ago

 In this Sept. 14, 2015 photo provided by Eyman Mohamed, her brother Ahmed Mohamed stands in handcuffs at Irving police department in Irving, Texas. The 14-year-old Muslim boy became a sensation on social media Wednesday, Sept. 16 and got an invitation to the White House after word spread that he had been placed in handcuffs and suspended for coming to class with a homemade clock that school officials thought resembled a bomb. (Eyman Mohamed via AP)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Ahmed Mohamed ordeal shows Muslim is the new black

I was angry when I read the story of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, an Irving Tx., teen who was arrested at school after police said a clock ...

10 years ago

Speak Easy
Community

Did you miss our Speak Easy forum? Read our guests’ essays here

With so much attention on the issue of same-sex marriage — and the continuing focus on Kim Davis — there are countless issues and per ...

10 years ago

 A part of the ensemble of 'Alias Ellis Mackenzie,' playing at the Prince Theater as part of the Fringe Festival. (Photo courtesy of Johanna Austin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Fringe reviews: ‘Alias Ellis Mackenzie’ and ‘It’s So Learning’

Alias Ellis Mackenzie The theater artist Thaddeus Phillips, whose group Lucidity Suitcase International has given the Fringe man ...

10 years ago

 A part of the ensemble of 'Alias Ellis Mackenzie,' playing at the Prince Theater as part of the Fringe Festival. (Photo courtesy of Johanna Austin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Fringe reviews: ‘Alias Ellis Mackenzie’ and ‘It’s So Learning’

Alias Ellis Mackenzie The theater artist Thaddeus Phillips, whose group Lucidity Suitcase International has given the Fringe man ...

10 years ago

 A decommissioned presidential aircraft sits in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, in Simi Valley, Calif. (Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)
National Interest

Presidential debate drinking game: ‘Ronald Reagan’

Few Republican rituals are more hilariously fact-impaired than the rote paeans to Ronald Reagan. Any bets how many we’ll hear durin ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

No, Byko, the rich aren’t using electric vehicles to steal parking spots

10 years ago

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