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Opinion & Essay

 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 ...

9 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 ...

9 years ago

 A puzzle fan works on the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen at the
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Sometimes winning means being smart enough to work together

When I broke my kneecap in June, a good friend sent me the Ultimate Crossword Omnibus, a bible-thick book of puzzles pulled from the page ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, smiles as he finishes speaking in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
National Interest

What Ben Franklin would’ve said about Mike Pence

Grading on a curve, we should all be pining for a Mike Pence presidency. At minimum he seems to be a blessedly boring guy who’d nev ...

9 years ago

Community

Essay: Rumor hinders healing for Camden fire survivors

In a place like Camden where the worst is expected, rumors are like preemptive strikes — cushioning potential blows in advance, and giv ...

9 years ago

 Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and other members of the committee, arrive on Capitol Hill Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, for a closed-door meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Interest

Jeff Flake rides ‘the tranquilized elephant’

Put your hands together for Jeff Flake. It’s great that a prominent Republican is calling out his morally bankrupt party for the Fa ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump waves after arriving at Morristown Municipal Airport with his grandchildren, Arabella Kushner, right, and Joseph Kushner to begin his summer vacation at his Bedminster golf club, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest

Trump’s hypocritical fairway follies

It shouldn’t matter where or how often a president goes on vacation. They can work from anywhere, as well evidenced by Bill Clinton ...

9 years ago

 (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-3524484/stock-photo-bunny-and-turtle'>ajn</a>/Big Stock Photo)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

I may be impatient, but — are you done reading this yet?

I have trouble waiting for anything: a paycheck, the weekend, a manicure. Imagine my chagrin when my children, from birth, exhibited the same impatience that has tortured me.

9 years ago

Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt has raised concerns about non-citizen voters in Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Who really polices ballot access

Last week Rob Bowers’ hopes to run as an independent for Philadelphia City Controller collapsed when election officials noticed a p ...

9 years ago

 Thousands gathered on the Ben Franklin Parkway the morning of Saturday, January 21, for the Women's March in Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
Speak Easy
Community

Women’s March organization doesn’t like to be questioned, not even by a progressive woman

In ...

9 years ago

 Robert Mueller is shown in 2013 speaking at the Justice Department in Washington during a farewell ceremony on the occasion of his stepping down as FBI Director. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest

Yo, Robert Mueller: Make juries grand again

It’s a beautiful thing: Trump is free, in his weakness, to retreat on a whim to red-state cocoons like West Virginia, where he and ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump, flanked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R- Ark., left, and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, during the unveiling of legislation that would place new limits on legal immigration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

The truth about immigration policy is often not as exciting as the fight

The minute I heard President Trump’s new immigration proposal included a provision that would prioritize people who spoke English, ...

9 years ago

 Steve Rosen as Nathan Detroit (in blue-checkered jacket) and some of the the cast of 'Guys and Dolls' at Bucks County Playhouse. (Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Hanging out with street-smart ‘Guys and Dolls’ (Bucks County Playhouse)

I’m not sure there ever was a New York like the one we find in “Guys and Dolls,” the musical peopled by cavalier dice t ...

9 years ago

 The scene following the 2013 building collapse at 22nd and Market streets in Center City Philadelphia. (NewsWorks, file)
Speak Easy
Urban Planning

Licenses & Inspections’ unresponsiveness makes Philadelphia less safe

The property code enforcement system is broken. The evidence is out on display for all to see. And it would be imprudent to think the cit ...

9 years ago

 White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Interest

Dissing Lady Liberty: Move over Mooch, it’s Miller time

Anthony Scaramucci, during his 10-day reign, was at least entertaining. But there’s nothing funny about white nationalist propagand ...

9 years ago

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