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Opinion & Essay

 President Donald Trump, (left), and Liberty University president, Jerry Falwell Jr., (right), during commencement ceremonies at the school in Lynchburg, Va., Saturday, May 13, 2017. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump’s Sunday flunky: ‘He says what is in his heart’

Team Trump (minus Steve Bannon) was so hunkered in its bunker yesterday that when “Meet the Press” and the other Sunday shows ...

8 years ago

The ensemble in 'Stupid F#*@ing Bird,' an Arden Theatre Company production that's nominated as best production of a play in this year's Barrymore Awards.
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Arden Theatre rides high in Barrymore Award nominations

Productions by Arden Theatre Company in Center City overwhelm the nominations for this year’s Barrymore Awards for excellence in Ph ...

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is shown speaking to the Sevier County Chamber of Commerce in Sevierville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Corker on Trump: ‘He needs to take stock of who he is’

At this moment of moral reckoning for the Republican party, it’s still rare to find an elected leader who’s willing to expose ...

8 years ago

 In this July 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Merck CEO Ken Frazier speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
National Interest
Money

CEOs to Trump: You’re bad for business

It’s not often — actually, it’s never happened before — that a Republican president gets dissed and dumped by corporate t ...

8 years ago

 Zillah Elcin
Speak Easy
Community

Don’t just feel guilty about your racism; fight against it

For people like me, who have just graduated or are still in high school, the connection between Americans who look down on people of color and Nazis is an easy one to make.

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 in New York. With Trump are from left, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Five takeaways from the Confederate president

Yesterday was National Relaxation Day, but Hi ...

8 years ago

 The author is shown with her son. (Image courtesy of Stefanie Nicolosi)
Speak Easy
Community

Talking to kids about Charlottesville will shape sense of justice, not steal innocence

Parents worry about stealing their children's innocence or shy away from tackling such loaded topics. But their innocence is your greatest tool in shaping them.

8 years ago

 Mt. Airy residents are shown attending a community meeting on Aug. 15. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Community

Medical Marijuna? Yes. This location? No.

On April 25, more than 300 residents of Mt. Airy filled the sanctuary of Oxford Presbyterian Church for a three-hour meeting to hear from ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump speaks about the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump’s second Charlottesville statement, translated

At the White House yesterday, Trump said: “… Racism is evil. And those who cause violen ...

8 years ago

 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gives her thumbs up as she appears on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

A year after the DNC, my eyes are open and I’m wide awake

A couple of weeks ago, Facebook started reminding me of some acutely painful memories from “1 Year Ago Today.” Whether it ...

8 years ago

 Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
National Interest

The blood on Trump’s hands

Dante Alighieri never had the pleasure of knowing Donald Trump – the Italian author of “Dante’s Inferno” died nea ...

8 years ago

 U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt waves as she acknowledges a standing ovation after she addressed the Democratic National Convention at Chicago, Ill., July 18, 1940. (AP Photo, file)
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

In praise of eloquence

Silence, far from being golden, is the terror of modern communication. For those of us forced to endure the prattling of people who, havi ...

8 years ago

 Mike Tomlinson is running as a Republican to be Philadelphia's controller. (Provided)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Tomlinson ready for uphill race as GOP controller candidate in Philly

In the May Democratic primary, former Philadelphia finance director Rebecca Rhynhart staged a shocking upset, beating a three-term incumb ...

8 years ago

Listen
 In this Dec. 15, 2016, photo, CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord, appears at a rally for President-elect Donald Trump in Hershey, Pa. CNN cut ties Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, with Lord, a conservative commentator, after he tweeted a Nazi salute at a critic. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
National Interest

Fact-free fabulist Jeffrey Lord is finally told ‘Buh bye’

It’s been another downbeat week, with the unhinged hotelier deeming us “locked and loaded” for nuclear strife, but we d ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump is seen in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
National Interest

Still waiting (natch) for Trump to tweet about the Minnesota mosque bombing

An improvised explosive device was thrown the window of a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota, while Muslim-Americans worshipped in the buil ...

8 years ago

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