
Opinion & Essay
Trump the chump panders in person to his Russian master
Donald Trump tweeted that our relations with Russia are terrible because of "the Rigged Witch Hunt!"
7 years ago
A delightful ‘Shakespeare in Love’ from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
The fictional Oscar-winning film about Shakespeare, his writer's block and the way he's smitten by a London woman becomes a stage play that he could have written.
7 years ago
The thrill and exhaustion of watching Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’
Some of the show's performances are so extreme (and look so dangerous), you wonder how anyone ever learned to do this stuff.
7 years ago
Listen 3:29I didn’t know how to articulate true stories without also reliving the loss of the community and people who had once been close to me.
7 years ago
Trump buys survival insurance from Brett Kavanaugh
Feel free to tell yourself that Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court because the guy went to Yale (Trump reportedly l ...
7 years ago
‘His Girl Friday,’ the old days, and now (Hedgerow Theatre)
A classic film comedy, adapted for the stage, has a different resonance these days.
7 years ago
Zero tolerance policy — and me
At times, I seem to be among the children taken from their families at the border. I hear my own cries joining theirs, desperate and helpless.
7 years ago
In Ionesco’s ‘The Lesson,’ the tyranny of the academy (Contra Theatre Company)
The student wants to be enrolled for "the full doctorate." And who knows what the professor wants?
7 years ago
Instead of looking for attention, demonstrate for change – in voting booth
I cannot help wondering why more of us did not spend 2016 engaging in the most peaceful protest of all – the vote.
7 years ago
Our Morning Commute: Multimodal living with kids in Philadelphia
For the last seven years, my children and I have primarily moved around Philadelphia by bike, foot, and public transportation
7 years ago
You Matter Marathon — no running required
During November, people are invited to give out business cards with just the the words 'You Matter' on them.
7 years ago
First Amendment casualties on the home front
With five people dead at an American newspaper, from an attack that would seem more shocking if it didn’t feel so inevitable, I can ...
7 years ago
When will apathetic Democrats ever learn that the Supreme Court is issue #1?
My advice to Democrats — which I’ve offered for free since the dawn of this century — is that they pound this mantra into their ...
7 years ago
Trump swims in red ink that Republicans used to care about
Today, my travel logistics require me to “keep it tight” (as my editors used to say). That’s fine, because ...
7 years ago
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