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Opinion & Essay

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Corbett hits July airwaves with jobs ad

Tom Corbett isn’t taking the summer off, either. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf has kept up a busy campaign sch ...

12 years ago

National Interest

Republican judge tells the Republican Supreme Court judges: “Shut up”

  Today let’s celebrate the art of the smackdown. Here are three fresh examples. 1. It’s ...

12 years ago

 Marsha Mason (left) and Angela Pierce in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Deathtrap,’ timed for thrills

You can hear a lot of gasping at Bucks County Playhouse these nights, and not primarily because “Deathtrap” is at times an an ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SPOTTED: Pop-up spaces sprout, tree seats, Wistar reveal, and night owls

12 years ago

National Interest

Did Obama visit a mosque on July 4? Yes, says the idiocracy

  I’m up for some fun news today. And it’s always fun to punk the trolls. Our saga begins on July 2, when ...

12 years ago

 (AP Photo, file)
National Interest

A holiday message from President Romney

President Mitt Romney, enjoying his first term and thrilled with the progress of the American economy, has released this holiday message: ...

12 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Gillen says Philly voters want a quality mayor in 2015

Terry Gillen appears to be serious about running for mayor. The former economic development official for Mayors Ed Rendell and Michael Nu ...

12 years ago

 In this Aug. 6, 1968 black-and-white file photo, 1964 Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater, addresses the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. (AP Photo/File
National Interest

Fifty years ago: Civil rights and the newly conservative GOP

This is a big month for milestones, and while I’d prefer to ...

12 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Spectacular victory for Philly schools – pretty depressing

In a stunning, come-from-behind legislative win in Harrisburg, Mayor Michael Nutter and backers of the beleaguered Philadelphia school sy ...

12 years ago

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 Luigi Sottile (left) and Zack Robidas as
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ and their labours of love

Can there be anything more light-headed in all of Shakespeare’s canon as “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” a comedy about ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

July 3: SEPTA’s late buses | Undercover to curb illegal dumping | Cigarette tax passes PA House | DRPA hires crisis communications pro | Chief Data Officer, Tim Wisniewski

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

From Above: Independence Square, 1927

12 years ago

 Attorney General Kathleen Kane speaks during a news conference Friday, June 27, 2014, at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Kane squares off with DAs on Sandusky probe

It’s beginning to feel like a week without a Kathleen Kane controversy just wouldn’t be normal. Pennsylvania’s a ...

12 years ago

 (NewsWorks Photo, file)
National Interest

Gripes about ‘King’ Obama are historically clueless

In politics, summer is known as the silly season – and nothing fills the bill better than John Boehner’s thigh-slapping promi ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

July 2: PA House blocks Philly cigarette tax for schools | Prince Music Theater could close | Please Touch Museum in bond trouble | Von Colin Field improvements | Philly isn’t Detroit

12 years ago

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