Opinion & Essay
Review: “The Events” and the backstory
You never hear anything about the terrible real event that led Scottish playwright David Greig to create “The Events,” which ...
11 years ago
Can we solve our crisis of competence?
Perhaps this could be a winning campaign theme in 2016: “This election isn’t about ideology, it’s about competence.R ...
11 years ago
Corbett attack ad skews story of Wolf’s business
In its hardest-hitting personal attack yet, the campaign of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has a new TV ad saying Democrat Tom Wolf seems ...
11 years ago
Marriage equality wins big, losers whine and fume
Kick back with a bucket of popcorn and savor the spectacle of anti-gay bigots fuming in helpless rage as their marriage inequality crusad ...
11 years ago
Obama actually said that the midterms should be about him
Oh man. Willingly and inexplicably, President Obama really stepped in it the other day. Democrats are desperately trying to hold t ...
11 years ago
What was Hitler’s rationale for the Holocaust? His model was the U.S. A.
Why did the Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany want to exterminate European Jews? Was it just rabid insanity, or was there a rationale, ...
11 years ago
The ultimate “Blame Obama for Ebola” tip sheet
Lots of rhetorical fuel is required, day after day, to run the Blame Obama machine. Maybe we should take pity on the mechanics, give them ...
11 years ago
What a week: Porno emails and strange ads in the Keystone State
Harrisburg may not be where you go for a good time, but I have to say it’s been an entertaining week in Pennsylvania politics. ...
11 years ago
Review: Nailing ‘Arcadia,’ brilliance, blather and all
It’s hard to tell what’s more impressive about “Arcadia” – Tom Stoppard’s brilliant boil-over of ideas or ...
11 years ago
Impeach Mark Fuller, the federal judiciary’s Ray Rice
Say, for the sake of argument, that you’re in court, appearing before a judge. Would you feel confident about the guy in robes if y ...
11 years ago
Corbett aggressive in 2nd debate
Democratic challenger Tom Wolf came better prepared to take on incumbent Republican Governor Tom Corbett this morning in their debate at ...
11 years ago
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The Secret Service and the CYA syndrome
Two quick thoughts about the Secret Service: (1) The doofus agency is sure to be featured this weekend in Saturday Night Live ...
11 years ago
As debate approaches, is Corbett surging?
Tom Corbett squares off against Democrat Tom Wolf in the second debate of the Pennsylvania governor’s race Wednesday morning on KYW ...
11 years ago
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The campaign season’s most brazen lie (so far)
Any resemblance to yesterday’s post is entirely intentional. First we singled out the season’s most repugnant Senate campaign ...
11 years ago