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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.

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Opinion & Essay

 President Obama puts his hand to his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance at the 102nd Abraham Lincoln Association banquet in Springfield, Ill., in 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
National Interest

Rudy’s demagoguery collides with factual reality

It’s a shame that Rudy 9/11 Giuliani didn’t walk the red carpet Sunday night. The hosts could’ve asked, “Who are ...

11 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Abraham-Kenney cage match gets underway

A nasty little war of words erupted late last week between Philadelphia mayoral candidates Lynne Abraham and Jim Kenney, and I couldnR ...

11 years ago

 Buck Schirner (left) as Walt Whitman and Daniel Fredrick as Oscar Wilde in Walnut Street Theatre's production of 'Mickle Street.'
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Mickle Street,’ or wherever

Playwrights fool with history all the time. — Shakespeare made a career of it. Normally, they get the basics — the found ...

11 years ago

 (NewsWorks Image/Giuliani Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
National Interest

Rudy Giuliani’s all-American quiz show

Rudy Giuliani, at a dinner on We ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Streetviews: Q&A with Andrew Dalzell

11 years ago

 Makoto Hirano in the  Plays & Players production of 'Hold These Truths.' (Photo courtesy of  Ted Tarnovski)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Hold These Truths,’ but tighter

All of a sudden Gordon Hirabayashi wasn’t allowed to study with his classmates at the University of Washington library at night. He ...

11 years ago

 Tyesha Anderson protests charter expansion at Wednesday's charter hearings. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment

SRC approves new schools with no money. What would Thurgood say?

Just as in the time of Thurgood Marshall, impoverished black children were caught in a struggle between the haves and the have-nots. And ...

11 years ago

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National Interest

Jeb lugs big brother’s weighty baggage

Jeb Bush says he’s not his brother’s keeper (“I’m my own man”), but, alas, he’s stuck being his broth ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Small business, big impact: Funding for Philly’s neighborhood commercial corridors is critical for vibrant communities

11 years ago

 Sam Katz (NBC10 Image)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Could Sam Katz win the mayor’s office as an independent?

Is it crazy time? Could Sam Katz, a three-time loser in past Philadelphia mayoral bids as a Republican, win this year as an independent?< ...

11 years ago

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 President Barack Obama speaks to the media during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Washington. The President spoke about issues including immigration and ISIS. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National Interest

Obama’s blueprint for war: Heads or tails, he wins

If you’ve figured out what President Obama’s war-on-ISIL blueprint is really about, what it allows and what it restricts, the ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Kudos for our most underrated president

As federal holidays go, Presidents’ Day ranks low on the fun meter – unless you’re jazzed by the prospect of no mail or ...

11 years ago

 Kate Czajkowski and Scott Greer in Theatre Exile's production of 'The Whale.' (Photo courtesy of Paola Nogueras)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Capturing ‘The Whale’

It took designer Alison Roberts about a month to construct the enormous fat-suit costume for Charlie, the grotesque, wheezing 600-po ...

11 years ago

National Interest

A looming shutdown crisis! (So what else is new?)

The task is distasteful, but, alas, it’s unavoidable. We need to assess the new Republican Congress, which seems determined to weak ...

11 years ago

 Ben Michael (left) and Alex Bechtel as two princes in Theatre Horizon's production of 'Into the Woods.' (Photo courtesy of Theatre Horizon)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Into the Woods’ without needing the trees

Sometimes, less isn’t just more – it’s way, way more. From the get-go, Theatre Horizon co-founder Matthew Decker wanted to ...

11 years ago

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