
Opinion & Essay
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
Where journalism is alive and growing
It’s not hard to get bummed at the state of journalism these days, for a lot of reasons. But I got a healing dose of encoura ...
10 years ago
An RFK memory: Guts, grace, and the greatest stump speech
I’m on the move this morning, so I’ll leave you with this apt reminiscence of Robert F. Kennedy. The anniversary of hi ...
10 years ago
For and against standardized tests: Two student perspectives
These two essays were written by students in Katherine Cohen’s 7th-grade English class at Greenberg Elementary in Northeast Philade ...
10 years ago
Hillary and the burdens of being married to “a new kind of post-presidential celebrity”
Today, a reading recommendation. Take this ...
10 years ago
Review: Inside the minds of ‘The Three Christs of Manhattan’
In Seth Rozin’s witty war of values — a new play called “The Three Christs of Manhattan” — the questi ...
10 years ago
Post-9/11 politics: Scaling back domestic snooping
Politically speaking, we’ve come a long way from 9/11. In the aftermath of those attacks, with emotions running high, Congre ...
10 years ago
Wolf taking Kenney’s cue on marijuana?
In the wake of Jim Kenney’s convincing win in Philadelphia’s Democratic mayoral primary, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he b ...
10 years ago
Beau Biden and the death of decency
Way back in 1954, Army lawyer Joseph Welch famously rebuked right-wing demagogue Joe McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?& ...
10 years ago
At Arden Theatre’s gala to award Stephen Sondheim, surprises planned and unplanned [photos]
Everything was going swimmingly for the Arden Theatre Company as its gala evening was beginning last night. And it ended with an exhilara ...
10 years ago
ListenDennis Hastert completes the hypocrisy trifecta
To ring in the month of June, we’re gonna party like it’s 1998. Thanks to the indictment of erstwhile “family values ...
10 years ago
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