
Opinion & Essay
Review: A laff-a-minute ‘Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ (Walnut Street Theatre)
If you’re going to overdo the musical “A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” you may as well get a high-jinks ...
8 years ago
ListenWho fights our wars? Other people’s children
A volunteer-only army outsources foreign wars to the poor and working class — one of the worst legacies of Vietnam, which was also fought mostly by less-privileged Americans.
8 years ago
The GOP’s medical credo: ‘First, do harm’
So here we go again with the Republican quest to wreck the health care coverage of tens of millions of Americans. If you’re sick of ...
8 years ago
‘The voice of the people will be heard’ — from Vietnam protests to the new resistance
Like Americans who demonstrated against the Vietnam War in the late '60s, today's protesters know that it takes more than just one disruption to get the country and its electe
8 years ago
Hillary’s Wall Street talks: ‘I shouldn’t have assumed it would be OK’
In 1977, three years out of power, Richard Nixon catalogued his self-inflicted Watergate mistakes. Referring to his political opponents, ...
8 years ago
As Carson visits Philly, let’s call for a stronger, fairer HUD
With so many crises since Donald Trump’s inauguration day in January, it’s hard to know where to place one’s atte ...
8 years ago
Philly Fringe review: Opera Philadelphia’s ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’
The powerful and haunting “We Shall Not Be Moved” that opened Saturday is not only a world-premiere opera, it’s a provo ...
8 years ago
Hillary is right about the mainstream media
Hillary Clinton’s new cri de coeur discomfits the many Democrats who yearn to put 2016 in the rea ...
8 years ago
This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is st ...
8 years ago
Op-ed: Hate mail from a ‘friend’
When my friend Bonnie told me she received a three-page letter in the mail, it piqued my interest. Who writes anything longer than a twee ...
8 years ago
Sen. Pat Toomey a key player in Trump tax overhaul effort
As President Donald Trump and Congress undertake an overhaul of the U.S. tax code this fall, Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is likely ...
8 years ago
‘It’s hard to take pride in a war that, by any definition, we lost’
“The Vietnam War” heaps ineptness upon ignorance upon immorality by policymakers and the military brass — all gui ...
8 years ago
Trump, Sessions, and stupidity lessons
Mark Twain reputedly said, “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. ...
8 years ago
Philly Fringe reviews: ‘A Billion Nights on Earth’ and ‘These Terrible Things’
A Billion Nights on EarthLittle Winslow, a character who may be 5 or 6 years of age, just can’t get to sleep. Or won’t. He ...
8 years ago
Since when is it a ‘fireable offense’ to knock a president?
There I was yesterday, all set to spoon out a dollop of praise for Trump, who reportedly plans to sign a newly passed congressional resol ...
8 years ago
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