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Opinion & Essay

National Interest

Citizen cynicism and the softball insularity of “Meet the Press”

  In the midst of this frenetic holiday whirl, I’m flagging the news on the fly. Yesterday, I had just enough time to b ...

11 years ago

 Rep. Michael Grimm speaks to the media outside Federal court in Brooklyn after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge on Tuesday. / AP Photo/John Minchillo
National Interest

The Grimm problem of having a confessed felon in the House

 Granted, the competition was fierce. But the 2014 statutette for Top Congressional Sleazebag clearly belongs to Michael Grimm. ...

11 years ago

 Sean Thompson (in front), leads the student rebels in Media Theatre's production of 'Les Misérables.' (Photo courtesy of Maura McConnell)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Les Misérables’ with imagery

Once upon a time anyone who wanted to professionally produce “Les Misérables” had to obey strict mandates that included usin ...

11 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Poll: Most Pennsylvanians cool with gay marriage

A solid majority of Pennsylvanians now support same sex marriage according to a new poll. The Muhlenberg College survey of 500 Pen ...

11 years ago

National Interest

A hopeful holiday message

  One hundred years ago today, on Christmas 1914, in a handful of trenches in war-torn western Europe, an ...

11 years ago

National Interest

A holiday gift: Obama’s “sweet spot” economy

  Here’s some giddy holiday cheer, courtesy of today’s Wall Street Journal: The U.S. economy ...

11 years ago

 (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-110283191/stock-photo-portrait-of-santa-claus-with-severe-look-all-on-white-background.html'>Sad Santa</a> image courtesy of Shutterstock.com)
Speak Easy

When a naughty elf strikes, can this dad save Christmas?

When Emily finds her poorly hidden Christmas presents, her dad blames it on an elf who Santa fired for stealing presents and hiding ...

11 years ago

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 Julia Higdon and, in the background, Tommy Schimmel in 'The 1.1 Holiday Revue Special' from Brian Sanders' JUNK dance company. (Photo courtesy of Ted Lieverman)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: The wham-bam “1.1 Holiday Revue Special’

“The 1.1 Holiday Revue Special” is 1.1 hours of swooping and swirling fun, a kinetic and athletic display by five dancers in ...

11 years ago

 This 2009 booking photo provided by the Springfield, Ohio Police Department shows Ismaaiyl Brinsley after an arrest on a felony robbery charge. Authorities say Brinsley ambushed two New York City police officers in their patrol car in broad daylight Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, fatally shooting them before killing himself inside a subway station. (AP Photo/Springfield, Ohio Police Department)
National Interest

A deranged thug, not Obama, killed those New York cops

In the traditional holiday spirit of “peace on earth, good will to men,” I hereby request that the partisan opportunists dial ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

2014 in Photos: Places

11 years ago

 President Barack Obama arrives for a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )
National Interest

Hello, ladies! Obama’s press conference milestone

You’ve got to admit it was kind of cool last Friday when President Obama took press conference questions only from women. Ob ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

2014 in Photos: Faces

11 years ago

 Mourners stand at attention as the bodies of two fallen NYPD police officers are transported from Woodhull Medical Center in New York. / AP Photo
The Philadelphia Experiment

NYPD cop killer does not represent us

My prayers go out to the families of the two New York police officers who were shot to death while sitting in a patrol car in Brooklyn on ...

11 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Kathleen Kane’s troubles and what they tell us

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, once a rising star in the Democratic party, had a 2014 that rivals the Philadelphia 76ers ...

11 years ago

 Emiley Kiser as Alice in Quintessence Theatre’s production of 'Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.' (Photo by Shawn May.)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,’ fit for a trip

Holy mushrooms! Quintessence Theatre Group, the Mount Airy stage company devoted to the classics, is dressing Alice in her ’70 ...

11 years ago

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