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Opinion & Essay

 President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, after an Iran nuclear deal is reached. After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that world powers and Iran had struck a landmark deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo, Pool)
National Interest

Obama to Congress: ‘What’s your alternative?’

President Obama was feisty yesterday in his defense of the Iran nuclear deal, mindful that congressional Republicans on Capitol Hill R ...

10 years ago

 In Mazeppa Productions' 'Closer Than Ever,' from left: Will Connell, Deirdre Finnegan, Erica Scanlon Harr and Paul McElwee. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Anne Pipe Photography)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Closer Than Ever,’ smart as always

The angst of American middle-age – when many of us question the paths we’ve taken and the ones we’re moving toward – has ...

10 years ago

 In Mazeppa Productions' 'Closer Than Ever,' from left: Will Connell, Deirdre Finnegan, Erica Scanlon Harr and Paul McElwee. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Anne Pipe Photography)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Closer Than Ever,’ smart as always

The angst of American middle-age – when many of us question the paths we’ve taken and the ones we’re moving toward – has ...

10 years ago

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The Philadelphia Experiment

Ending mass incarceration takes more than Obama and the NAACP

When President Barack Obama spoke to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its national convention in ...

10 years ago

 Political mail pieces attacking GOP candidate Paul Mullen (left) by the 'Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania PAC,' and against Lisa Esler (right) from the state Republican party)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Bruiser of a state race in Delco

It’s mayhem in mailboxes for voters in Delaware County – political mayhem, that is. Voters are being treated to a brawl of ...

10 years ago

 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Clinton, who spoke about the deal reached with Iran, attended meetings on Capitol Hill with House and Senate Democrats. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
National Interest

The Iran deal: High stakes for Hillary

The Iran nuclear deal is already grist for the presidential candidates, but the one to watch – the one with the most at stake ̵ ...

10 years ago

 Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed in happier times at a 2008 political rally. (AP photo/Jason Minick)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

A rash of city corruption cases in Pa., and a lesson to turn

Strange days: Other Pennsylvania cities are making Philadelphia politics look clean. In Harrisburg, former 28-year Mayor Stephen R ...

10 years ago

 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker waves to supporters as he announces he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at the Waukesha County Expo Center, Monday, July 13, 2015, in Waukesha, Wis. (Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)
National Interest

The Iran deal: Scott Walker’s ‘Day One’ delusion

When I heard ...

10 years ago

 Katie McGinty, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's chief of staff, is mulling a U.S. Senate run.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Dem Party leaders urge Pa.’s McGinty to run for U.S. Senate

Is Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s chief of staff, Katie McGinty, about to run for the U.S. Senate? We should know soon. McGint ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The Oval returns for third season, will it see a fourth?

10 years ago

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National Interest

It’s a gunner’s world, Glenn Martin only lived in it

The list of dead Americans sacrificed on the altar of gun worship is ever-lengthening, and yet, every once in a while, a random tragedy s ...

10 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Brady expects to be asked for pope tickets

When Pope Francis comes in September, there will be public events you can get to, provided you’re willing walk a few miles, join co ...

10 years ago

 Tom Byrn as Abraham Lincoln in East Lynne Theater Company's production of 'Mr. Lincoln.' (Photo courtesy of Gayle Stahlhuth)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: A 150th-year commemoration of the assassination of ‘Mr. Lincoln’

The first thing you see is the tall man in silhouette. He stands against the altar of the church in Cape May where the East Lynne&nb ...

10 years ago

National Interest

Jeb Bush, born on third base, wants us to “work longer hours”

  Memo to the average American worker: Jeb Bush doesn’t think you’re working hard enough. Jeb, who was bor ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Parsing the preservation record

10 years ago

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