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Opinion & Essay

Dave Davies: Off Mic

The late Robin Williams and more this week on Fresh Air

It’s that time of summer again when Terry Gross holds her ears and hands me her microphone for a week so she can catch a breather.< ...

12 years ago

 Around the seance table, left to right: Thomas Grube, Isabella Knight, Julian Elfer, Jennifer Harmon and Michelle Eugene, in Cape May Stage's production of 'Blithe Spirit.' (Photo courtesy of Aleksey Photography.)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Conjuring up ‘Blithe Spirit’

Ghosts are nothing new to Cape May – you can even take walking or trolley tours to hear about their alleged Victorian and post-Victoria ...

12 years ago

 An ambulance transporting Nancy Writebol, an American missionary stricken with Ebola, is shown arriving at Emory University Hospital, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
National Interest

Ebola, ignorance, and the marketing of fear

It takes a special kind of jerk to market fear and exploit public ignorance in the midst of a health emergency – and, sure enough, ...

12 years ago

 Dani Solomon (left), Alexander Kacala and Amber Orion in 'Some Are People' at Quince Productions' GayFest!
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Some Are People,’ some are afraid

Some people look for new turns in their lives, yet are deeply afraid they’ll find them. Three of those people are the characters of ...

12 years ago

 Mourners arrive at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 15th and Oxford streets in North Philadelphia on Monday morning for funeral services for the three children killed in a hit-and-run tragedy on July 25. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Keisha Williams and her children are at peace, but those left behind are not

Two weeks ago today, a carjacked vehicle spun out of control and struck Keisha Williams, three of her children and a family friend. They ...

12 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: The fragility of ‘The Glass Menagerie’

“The Glass Menagerie,” Tennessee Williams’ great memory play, boasts one of the stage’s great characters, too – ...

12 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Wolf has new ad, Corbett gets friendly poll numbers

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett needed enough of a rally this summer to make his re-election bid at least plausible for potential contribut ...

12 years ago

 Kash Goins in 'Death of a Salesman' at Plays & Playrs Theatre (Photo courtesy of Katie Balun)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ — different color, same striking tone

The delusional Willy Loman, head of the household in Arthur Miller’s now-classic “Death of a Salesman,” is one of the A ...

12 years ago

 President Barack Obama and CIA Director John Brennan (left) in the East Room of the White House (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
National Interest

Why won’t Obama fire the liar?

We’re taught as kids that lying is bad, that liars should be held accountable. But in Washington, lying is so endemic and so flagra ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Pop-up lessons in adaptation and magic

12 years ago

National Interest

In the ’14 primaries, conservative insurgents sip weak tea

In the 2014 season, tea-party conservatives have a more wretched winning percentage than even the Philadelphia Phillies. And that should ...

12 years ago

National Interest

The phony Benghazi “scandal” deflates yet again

  I bet you’re on the beach, lolling in the surf, and surely you’re thinking, “Hey, what’s the latest ...

12 years ago

 Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is shown speaking to members of the media in 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

To clean up Police Department, make cops tell the truth

“The worst case of police corruption I’ve ever heard,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said of the fede ...

12 years ago

National Interest

‘A party whose preoccupation is deporting children’

On election night 2012, when Hispanics decisively deep-sixed Mitt Romney in at least four states once deemed to be solid Republican stron ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Spotted: Automat Americana

12 years ago

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