Opinion & Essay
The NewsWorks 6 — famous newsworthy groupings from the Philly region
The 40th anniversary next week of the ...
12 years ago
Democratic groups pile on Corbett early
I’m not surprised that the Pennsylvania governor’s race has devolved into attack ads, though I confess I didn’t expect ...
12 years ago
Watching Philly education go up in smoke
Is Philadelphia so desperate for funding that we are now dependent upon drug sales to pay for public education? That’s what Phil ...
12 years ago
Who could possibly oppose a pact aiding the disabled? Take a guess
I have four words for you today: United Nations and Bob Dole. Hey, don’t nod off. This is a great under ...
12 years ago
Review: ‘We Are Bandits’ in a single community
Theater happens wherever it’s made, and in two places at once: the theater itself and whatever place is created on the stage. In th ...
12 years ago
Obama spokesman whines hypocritically about ‘anonymous sources’
Timing is everything, in writing as in life. And as luck would have it, my column early yesterday — about the Obama team’s ill tr ...
12 years ago
Review: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ and the playwright, too
Bucks County Playhouse is doing “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” just the way it should be done: as a whole-hearted goof ...
12 years ago
On Wednesday afternoon, I came home to find helicopters circling an area close to my home, and I immediately knew something was wrong.&nb ...
12 years ago
Review: A ‘Herringbone’ that’s checkered
From: The Department of Basic Accuracy and Clarity Re: Flashpoint Theatre’s “Herringbone” We have complet ...
12 years ago
A plane is shot down. What would Reagan do?
Smoke from the Malaysian plane wreckage had barely begun to spiral skyward when the first rhetorical salvos were fired at President Obama ...
12 years ago
Todd Akin is back, and STILL talking about rape
I apologize today for writing later than usual, but I needed time to watch and ponder the nationally televised resurrection of Todd Akin. ...
12 years ago
Here’s why Obamacare critics have dialed down the hate
There has been far less Republican talk lately about the so-called Obamacare “train wreck,” and for that we can be thankful. ...
12 years ago
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