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 Tricia Alexandro as a bag lady, Trudy. She plays multiple characters in Cape May Stage's production of 'The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.'
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Less of ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’

Whatever happened to poor Lyn, who riffs in her backyard about life in California? Or the punk kid who works at the pancake house or her ...

11 years ago

 Republican presidential candidates (from left) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. (AP photos)
National Interest

The GOP’s women woes go far beyond Trump’s blood feud

This weekend, we heard the most priceless clarification ever issued by a presidential candidate. Ever. The Republican front-runn ...

11 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Gone for a bit, following the money

I’d like to think Pennsylvania can make it through the rest of the summer without another prominent elected official getting indict ...

11 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Gone for a bit, following the money

I’d like to think Pennsylvania can make it through the rest of the summer without another prominent elected official getting indict ...

11 years ago

Speak Easy

Social media and the scariest presidential debate ever

You guys, I’m scared. The most-maligned news organization of our time just held the most remarkable televised presidential d ...

11 years ago

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 Republican presidential candidates from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasich take the stage for the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
National Interest

The GOP’s steel cage spectacle: Were we not entertained?

Mere words cannot begin to describe last night’s steel cage ...

11 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

East Park’s hidden lake habitat, a site for Discovery

11 years ago

 Demonstrators march through the streets of Winston-Salem, N.C., Monday, July 13, 2015, after the beginning of a federal voting rights trial challenging a 2013 state law. Election law experts say the case could determine how far Southern states can change voting rules after the nation's highest court struck down a portion of the federal Voting Rights Act just weeks before the North Carolina law was passed. (Chuck Burton/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Celebrating and mourning 50 years of the Voting Rights Act

I want to be proud on this, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but I can’t. Not while mourning I’m ...

11 years ago

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Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Heathers: The Musical’ — just for fun and suddenly serious

“Heathers: The Musical” is equal parts trashy and juvenile, at least in the first act as it exploits every stereotype about t ...

11 years ago

National Interest

A fair and balanced fantasy: Debate questions Fox News would love to ask

At Fox News, the Republican party’s infauxtainment outlet, tonight’s debate moderators are working hard to craft purporte ...

11 years ago

 U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah says charges against him are
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Fattah won’t wait for trial to dispute charges

Indicted Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah says he’s going to prove he’s innocent, and he isn’t going to wait for a ...

11 years ago

 A structurally deficient Schuylkil Expressway overpass is pictured in this June, 2013, photo. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
National Interest

Congress is too gutless to raise the gas tax

If you want to see Washington in action – or, more precisely, Washington inaction – consider its latest wimpish response to o ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

From Above: Manayunk and Venice Island, 1926

11 years ago

 Vice President Joe Biden eats ice cream during a visit to Little Man Ice Cream, in Denver, Tuesday, July 21, 2015.  (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
National Interest

Joe Biden and the mighty media buzz machine

So the big news lately – if you can really call it news – is that Joe Biden is “talking to people” about a potent ...

11 years ago

 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton calls on Congress to end the trade embargo the U.S. has imposed against Cuba since 1962, Friday, July 31, 2015, during a campaign stop at Florida International University in Miami.  (AP Photo/Gaston De Cardenas)
National Interest

The politics of Cuba: Hillary’s shrewd chess move

Hillary haters insist that her emails are a major scandal that could wreck her candidacy. But if they understood the first thing about po ...

11 years ago

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