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Opinion & Essay

Former FBI Director James Comey smiles during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump, Mueller, Comey, Cohen: Everything is connected

Trump said this morning that James Comey is "a weak and untruthful slime ball." What a way to start the day.

7 years ago

A cloud of smoke rises following a U.S.-led air strike attack near Baghdad on arch 20, 2003.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

With murmurs of war growing, 2018 could be a national security election

The Iraq War’s disastrous aftermath offered my younger self a harsh lesson: Our great and generous nation can be ruled — and also diminished — by mediocre men.

7 years ago

Mary Pat Walsh (shown) gives a hug to Katie Stahl in the Irish Heritage Theatre production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘The Women of Ireland’: Who are they? — from Irish Heritage Theatre

Five short plays — three of them super-short plays — and a mystifying title for their grouping.

7 years ago

Emma Gonzalez,David Hogg,Cameron Kasky,Alex Wind
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

The kids tell the adults to take a seat; they’ve got this

These kids didn’t spring suddenly from nowhere. They’ve been watching us, learning from our countless, self-imposed mistakes. I can’t wait to follow them into the future.

7 years ago

Paul Ryan
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Farewell to Paul Ryan, a serial Pinocchio

As we bid a faux-fond farewell to Paul Ryan, who has parachuted from the flaming Republican plane, let’s give credit where credit i ...

7 years ago

In Quintessence Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A ‘Wild Duck’ driven by the females, from Quintessence Theatre

At Quintessence Theatre, the females in the cast seize the production by the sheer dint of their acting.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Stop talking about Kensington Avenue like it’s a wasteland

7 years ago

Dwayne Johnson
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

How Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson found himself and won us over

Merging his personas, actor became wildly successful by playing himself, inserted into popular franchises that needed a boost.

7 years ago

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gestures to the Utah House during a visit Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah's Legislature unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday honoring retiring Hatch. The resolution declared the day
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The GOP’s ‘hollow men’: Spineless in the face of crisis

Whenever I ponder the despicable impotence of the congressional Republicans — especially now, as we lurch toward a national crisis long ...

7 years ago

A commission of Pennsylvania lawmakers and state officials is working in Harrisburg to come up with a plan to pay down the state's pension debt. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Speak Easy
Health

Pa. legislation would protect the lives of those deemed undesirable

In the U.S., we’re engaging in a method of eugenics by reducing populations of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome.

7 years ago

Mike Pompeo, who has received an award from an anti-Islamic group, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of State. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Pompeo, Bolton, and the question of hate groups

We shouldn’t have to wait for another Dylann Roof before our leaders denounce anti-Muslim hate groups, which are every bit as reprehensible as anti-black ones.

7 years ago

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, is under FBI scrutiny.  (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Terrified Trump gets a tough tutorial on the rule of law

As dawn broke this morning, the ranter-in-chief tweeted his first lie of the new day: "Attorney-client privilege is dead!"

7 years ago

March for Our Lives
Speak Easy
Community

Hope vs. fear: A 13-year-old’s experience at the March for Our Lives

“Tell me what democracy looks like, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!” ...

7 years ago

Trump Tower Fire
National Interest
Politics & Policy

A fire kills tenant in Trump building. Trump boasts: ‘Well built building.’

A few years ago, Psychology Today magazine ran an article titled “How to Spot a Sociopath.” One key warning sign is a dearth ...

7 years ago

Colleen Hughes in the one-woman play
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Magdalene’ and the modern woman, from Tribe of Fools

The character we see on stage is Mary Magdalene. And more.

7 years ago

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