Opinion & Essay
Clueless pundits cluck about domestic violence
If there’s any institution arguably more noxious than the National Football League, it has to be Fox News. Where else can you see c ...
12 years ago
Places, everyone! Our NewsWorks fall theater preview opens the season
The theater season has begun, and in a region with about 50 professional theater companies you can get anything you want over a few month ...
12 years ago
Cory Booker shows his tax return, sort of
New Jersey U.S. Senator Cory Booker this week offered reporters a look at his latest tax return, but, as they say on TV, for a limited ti ...
12 years ago
Fringe Festival review: ‘Two Street’
The problem for Ronnie and Jules is not that they’re gay and falling for each other. The problem is, the relationship appears star- ...
12 years ago
Happy 50th anniversary to the TV ad that changed politics
Happy anniversary, Daisy girl! What would our politics be like today if she hadn’t burst upon the scene 50 years ago – a frec ...
12 years ago
Obama’s immigration punt: Wisdom or weakness?
President Obama’s decision to delay executive-action immigr ...
12 years ago
Fringe Festival reviews: ‘Rhinoceros’ and ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit’
A duo of reviews from Howie Shapiro; Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s “Rhinoceros,” and “White Rabbit R ...
12 years ago
Fringe Festival reviews: ‘The Adults,’ ’99 Breakups’ and ‘Suspended’
A trio of Fringe Festival reviews from Howie Shapiro; “The Adults,” “99 Breakups,” and “Suspended.” ...
12 years ago
First Philly Mayoral candidate takes the leap
The 2015 Philadelphia mayor’s race has it’s first official candidate. Former city development official Terry Gillen declared ...
12 years ago
Performance, party scene, new building and Martha: 2014 Fringe Festival begins [photos]
The 2014 Philly Fringe Festival had officially begun, with 135 shows and attractions in a wide swath of the city. But nowhere was the act ...
12 years ago
John Dean plumbs the noxious Nixon legacy
What better way to mark the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation than to hear from the White House guy who blew the whistle? ...
12 years ago
Fringe Festival review: ‘Intimate Exchanges’
The annual Philly Fringe Festival opens Friday night, but the curtain rose early on one entry that’s also the season starter for 18 ...
12 years ago
ListenChristie on foreign policy: “Uncomfortable to watch”
Chris Christie, ’16 White House wannabee, has been touring Mexico this week in an attempt to prove that he has foreign policy chops ...
12 years ago
Ideology not performance drives the push for more charter schools
One of the latest and most ardently pursued urban education reform is the all-charter school district. New Orleans, Detroit, and the Dist ...
12 years ago
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