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Opinion & Essay

 Republican state Sen. John Rafferty, second from right, plans to announce Wednesday he'll run for Pennsylvania attorney general next year. (AP fiel photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

First challenger to AG Kane for emerges

Republican state Sen. John Rafferty plans to announce Wednesday he’ll run for Pennsylvania attorney general next year. While ...

10 years ago

 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., celebrates a short-lived GOP Straw Poll victory in Iowa in 2011. Her campaign went nowhere fast immediately afterward. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
National Interest

Good riddance to the Iowa Straw Poll

It’s another big week in politics. Today marks the official entry of Jeb (or, as his logo says, ...

10 years ago

 Mike Eldred as Jean Valjean in the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival production of 'Les Misérables.' (Photo courtesy of Lee A. Butz)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Les Misérables,’ in full force

The stupendous version of “Les Misérables” that opened Friday night certifies the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival as one o ...

10 years ago

 Pa. Sen. Anthony Williams (left) and Democratic candidate for Philadelphia mayor, Jim Kenney. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philly Super PACs to show their cards more often

In quick and painless fashion, Philadelphia City Council has voted to impose some pretty demanding reporting requirements on big-money pl ...

10 years ago

 In this June 9, 2015 file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives at the federal courthouse, in Chicago for his arraignment on federal charges that he broke federal banking laws and lied about the money when questioned by the FBI. The federal judge assigned to the case against Hastert will continue to preside over it after disclosing connections to the former U.S. House Speaker and several attorneys. Prosecutors and lawyers for Hastert filed paperwork Thursday, June 11, 2015, saying they're willing to have U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin remain on the case. (Paul Beaty/AP Photo)
National Interest

The revolving door scandal: How Dennis Hastert got his coverup cash

Family values fraud Dennis Hastert (1999: “We must continue to be proactive warding off the pedophiles and creeps who want to take ...

10 years ago

 In the foreground, Justin Guarini, with John Caliendo and Kate Wetherhead in the background in Bucks County Playhouse's production of 'Company.' (Photo courtesy of Mandee Kuenzle)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: In the ‘Company’ of fine interpretation

“Company,” which won the best-musical Tony Award in 1971 and best revival Tony more than three decades later, contains some o ...

10 years ago

National Interest

Just be glad you don’t live in crackpot Kansas

When we last visited ...

10 years ago

 Kyle Branzel (left) and Ian Lowe in 'Murder for Two,' presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company.(Photo courtesy of Jim Cox)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Murder for Two’ and by two, too

Arthur Whitney’s surprise birthday party is a surprise, all right. He walks in and gets shot in the head. Whodunit? In the daft sho ...

10 years ago

 Kyle Branzel (left) and Ian Lowe in 'Murder for Two,' presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company.(Photo courtesy of Jim Cox)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Murder for Two’ and by two, too

Arthur Whitney’s surprise birthday party is a surprise, all right. He walks in and gets shot in the head. Whodunit? In the daft sho ...

10 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Lord Norman Foster on urban infrastructure, technology, and design

10 years ago

 In the People's Light & Theatre production of 'How to Write a New Book for the Bible,' from left: Greg Wood, Alda Cortese, and Peter DeLaurier. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘How to Create a New Book for the Bible’

“How to Write a New Book for the Bible” is, to use a Biblical reference, damned good theater. At People’s Light & T ...

10 years ago

 State Rep. Ron Waters, D-Philadelphia, left, and state Rep. Michelle Brownlee, D-Philadelphia, are seen at their desks in January at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. Both have since pleaded guilty in a corruption sting and resigned their seats. They will keep their pensions.(AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Why do corrupt politicians keep their pensions?

So how is it that a politician pleads guilty to accepting cash in an envelope and keeps his taxpayer-funded pension? So far, three ...

10 years ago

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 President Barack Obama speaks during Catholic Hospital Association Conference in Washington on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Obama declared Tuesday that his 5-year-old health care law is firmly established as the 'reality' of health care in America, even as he awaits a Supreme Court ruling that could undermine it. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
National Interest

Obama on Obamacare: ‘Reality’ trumps ‘Chicken Little’

Check out the ...

10 years ago

 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at Texas Southern University in Houston, Thursday, June 4, 2015. Clinton is calling for an expansion of early voting and pushing back against Republican-led efforts to restrict voting access, laying down a marker on voting rights at the start of her presidential campaign. (Pat Sullivan/AP Photo)
National Interest

Hillary skewers the Republicans: ‘What part of democracy are they afraid of?’

A former George W. Bush speechwriter says that resilient Hillary Clinton will be tough to beat, that his fellow Republicans are deluded i ...

10 years ago

 Mike Dorsey as Benjamin and in the forefront, Lori-Nan Engler as Mrs. Robinson in Eagle Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘The Graduate’ in another form

The stage play adapted from “The Graduate” works best when it’s following the script of the 1967 movie that by now is o ...

10 years ago

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