Opinion & Essay

Shouting “fire!” in a crowded theater is forbidden, but what about setting a fire in a crowded theater? That’s ...

There comes a point in every political campaign when the combatants decide they’ve convinced anybody convincible to vote for them, ...

The three short one-acts that comprise “A Night with Lady G” offer a rarely seen glimpse into the roots of modern Irish theat ...

Let’s take a break from our Ebola freakout and debate something a bit more benign – like word usage. For instance, why do we ...

Have any right-wingers demanded yet that Ron Klain resign? I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the hysterics go that route. K ...

At sundown Thursday, a Jewish holy day, I went to see the opening of a play called “Bad Jews,” and I would’ve been way ...

"Lock your door," my mother would say from the wheel of her Opel. "This is a bad neighborhood."

Two new incidents are metaphors for Tom Corbett’s dead-on-arrival re-election bid. I can’t decide which is more apt, so IR ...

The “big picture” problem with debating in the press about who pays what for Philadelphia teacher health insurance costs is t ...

Theory is great for illuminating ideas, but it can’t hold a candle to reality. The proof – threatrically, at least – is at the ...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery has apologized for sending scores of pornographic emails to state officials, and in t ...

Have you ever laughed so hard, in the midst of drinking something, that the liquid exits your nose? It happened to me Tuesday morn ...

In a remarkable statement released Wednesday, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille said that Justice Seamus McCaffery ...

Wendy Davis, the Texas gubernatorial candidate who’s reviled on the right as “Abortion Barbie,” is taking heat for a ne ...