
Opinion & Essay
Blue wave meets red wall: Split decision for a divided nation
Beginning in January, when Democrats take control of the House, the Trump-Republican agenda will be officially dead.
7 years ago
The ’18 midterms: Checks and balances, or a blank check?
So we've reached the crossroads: Checks and balances, or a blank check? What kind of nation are we? Are we informed citizens, or sheep?
7 years ago
‘Salt Pepper Ketchup’: Chinese takeout in a gentrifying place (InterAct Theatre Company)
Can old and new neighborhood cultures survive together?
7 years ago
As thousands of migrants walk to America to escape the violence in Central America, I’m disappointed that a president who is the son of ...
7 years ago
‘The Rivals’ go at it with musical glee at Bristol Riverside Theatre
Sheridan's witty 1775 play about love and rivalry becomes a musical romp.
7 years ago
The funny, flirtatious, caustic, impertinent and restlessly creative Ntozake Shange
I knew Ntozake Shange many years ago. Her recent passing at age 70 made me reach back to remember those times. It’s no exaggeration ...
7 years ago
‘Mr. Burns’ glows amid its vision of darkness at Wilma Theater
A post-apocalyptic vision of a world without electricity uses "The Simpsons" as a cultural icon that draws people together.
7 years ago
Together we mourn, together we agree ‘it starts with speech’
Oct. 22: At 7:20, the sun rose over the horizon announcing the beginning of the day. Low-angled light accentuated shapes and forms, creat ...
7 years ago
Birthright citizenship: Trump’s latest sideshow distraction
Does Donald Trump truly intend to erase the Constitution’s provision that awards citizenship to all babies born on U.S. soil? (Doub ...
7 years ago
‘The Shuck,’ locally grown at Cape May Stage
People live by the rhythm of the waves, at the end of an era of oystering.
7 years ago
Hate dies in the light of exposure
This weekend, when I learned that someone had walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 people, I thought of my Jewish friend, Susan Jacobs.
7 years ago
Trump sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind
The provocateur-in-chief has spent the last three years stoking his cultists to commit political violence.
7 years ago
An ‘All My Sons’ you can buy into at Curio Theatre Company
Slimmed down and moving along, the production irons some of the wrinkles out of Arthur Miller's play.
7 years ago
Madcap ‘Fully Committed’ gets big laughs at Delaware Theatre Co.
Philadelphia actor Kraig Swartz revisits the role he played in 2002 at Act II Playhouse.
7 years ago
Good news and the bad in Philadelphia’s transportation plan
Philadelphia deserves a serious transportation agenda.
7 years ago
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