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That TV show you love so much doesn’t make you interesting

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I was Krasner’s biggest supporter, and I can’t wait to protest his office

Each one of the 148,522 people who voted for Krasner can and should take a part in helping him fulfill his campaign promises. One way to do that is public pressure.

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U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore
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Roy Moore pedophilia accusations test GOP’s cracked moral compass

The GOP, which once prided itself as the party of high moral character, keeps sinking lower.

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Expanding the truth in ‘Broken Stones’ (InterAct Theatre Company)

A Marine sets out on a mission to recover antiquities in Iraq. A ghostwriter has her own ideas about the details.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People
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Trump in China: Bellicose in ’16, belly up in ’17

Donald Trump has dumped all his macho stump rhetoric about China and morphed into a wimp.

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Headlong into ‘The Gap’ (Azuka Theatre)

Aliens have invaded her, one sister tells another in a beguiling world-premiere play.

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Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam celebrates his election victory with his wife Pam and daughter Aubrey, right, and Dorothy McAuliffe, wife of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe at the Northam For Governor election night party at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
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Trumpism gets trounced in Virginia’s blue wave

To fully understand what happened last night in Virginia, to best gauge the titanic blue wave that trounced Trumpism and gave us hope, we need only look at the numbers.

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Quiet Philly area elections pack a punch

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‘Lights Out’ turns the spotlight on the legacy of entertainer Nat King Cole

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We should keep partisan politics out of Pennsylvania’s judicial selection

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Will Trumpism triumph in Virginia tonight?

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