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Opinion & Essay

In the Orbiter 3 production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

At home, strangely, with ‘The Brownings’ (Orbiter 3 stage company)

Competition, love, and the bizarre back-and-forth between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and husband Robert. How does she love him? Don't even think about counting the ways.

7 years ago

Protesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill outside the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy

Tax bill should unite American middle class across racial lines

The top 1 percent of Americans use racial and ethnic strife to distract us from the one commonality that should unite us — class.

7 years ago

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Sen. Al Franken
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

These sexual harassment scandals are giving me déjà vu

Why should a man’s political affiliation determine how swiftly he is judged in the court of public opinion and terminated from his job?

7 years ago

FILE - In this March 1, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Big surprise: The GOP’s massive tax scam screws the average voter

How long will average Republican voters — folks making modest incomes, folks who bought Trump's 2016 snake oil — keep allowing themselves to be played for saps?

7 years ago

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First
Community

In Delaware, traffic problems always occur

When I was first dating my wife, we lived in northern New Jersey and I would promise her that once we moved back to Delaware, all our traffic woes would disappear.

7 years ago

Leigha Kato as Eliza Doolittle and Gregory Isaac as Henry Higgins in Quintessence Theatre Group's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘My Fair Lady’ dancing down the runway

Backed by two pianos, Quintessence Theatre Group produces an enchanting musical whose roots stretch back to ancient Greece and Rome.

7 years ago

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with 'Today' show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Remember when Matt Lauer was Trump’s chump?

Matt Lauer will be remembered as a fallen sexual harasser, but in my mind, he's forever immortalized as a Donald Trump toady.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

HACE CEO: City Council should pass inclusionary zoning bill

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

NLNA President: City Council, don’t fumble inclusionary zoning bill away on the two yard line

7 years ago

Adele is the mother of a friend who became like a second mother to the author.
Speak Easy
Health

Gaining a second mother, then learning to let her go

I had lost my own mother to dementia years ago and know the signs. It's as if Adele, at 92, is in a holding pattern. No longer “here,” but not yet gone.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump walks away from the podium after speaking in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Now Trump thinks that his voice is not his voice

We need only ask ourselves whether a guy who retroactively tells himself that his voice is not his voice should be dealing with North Korea's ICBMs.

7 years ago

From left: Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, and Ray Fisher in a scene from
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

5 lessons from the comic book superhero movies of 2017

While distinct in many ways, considering these films as a group points toward some lessons about the future of the genre.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2015, file photo, James O'Keefe, President of Project Veritas Action, waits to be introduced during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Fake news flameout: Exposing a crackpot conservative plot

In the annals of conservative cons, this saga is truly a classic.

7 years ago

Crime scene at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Impossible gun violence is an accomplished fact in the United States

The question of possibility and impossibility no longer applies. Now we ask ourselves: "How many dead?" "ISIS or white supremacist?" "Did it happen close to me?"

7 years ago

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2016.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Sexual harassment and secrecy on Capitol Hill

It's galling that taxpayers have to foot the bill for sexual harassment settlements on the Hill, without knowing which incumbents should be punished on election day.

7 years ago

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