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While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, On the Media tackles sticky issues with a frankness and transparency that has built trust with listeners and earned it awards for its body of work.

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 In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., arrives to join Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who is struggling with senators like her who are opposed or wavering on the Republican health care bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
National Interest

Health care again: Summer blockbuster or bust?

You’ve surely seen “Animal House,” the hit film of summer ’78. Near the end, when chaos ensues during a parade, a ...

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Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Michael Nichols’ virtual safari remembers the magic of photography

Photographs used to be magic: prestidigitation performed by alchemists armed with white umbrellas, light meters, lenses, and endless roll ...

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 Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, for the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Interest

What will it take for Republicans to say enough is enough?

Kudos to Reed Galen – a lifelong Republican, veteran of three Republican presidential campaigns, son of former Republican operative ...

8 years ago

Detail from a collage by Kensington Blues creator Jeffrey Stockbridge. The blog and book is a portrait photography project of the residents who live along Kensington Avenue in North Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of Jeffrey Stockbridge)
Speak Easy
Health

On being addicted to heroin

I told myself that as long as I maintained that appearance, the rotten blackness steadily devouring me from within was under control and would eventually recede.

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 In this Jan. 23, 2017 file photo, Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
National Interest

Trump’s ethics watchdog quits his thankless job

The Trump regime’s corruptive trampling of ethical norms has become so routine that we’re already numb. Which is why we barel ...

8 years ago

 Donald Trump Jr., the son of President Donald Trump, speaks to media during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April,17, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
National Interest

Junior Trump’s collusion confession

How fitting it is that within 48 hours of Friday’s embarrassing sitdown – when Putin assured his American chump that the Russians nev ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump pictured during a meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the G20 Summit, Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Suburban Pa. congressional districts could be battlegrounds next year

Several congressional districts around Philadelphia are shaping up as battlegrounds in the mid-term elections next year. The often ...

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 Mark Swift (left), Jared Reed (background) and Sarah Knittel in Hedgerow Theatre Company's production of 'Around the World in 80 Days.' (Photo courtesy of Ashley Labonde/Wide Eyed Studios)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Swirling slickly ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ (Hedgerow Theatre)

The first time I saw a stage adaptation of “Around the World in 80 Days” it seemed to go on for 80 days. Non-stop a ...

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Speak Easy
Lifestyle

A ‘beta’ marriage is a better marriage

While many Millennials may be tying the knot in non-traditional DIY ceremonies, they’re likely still entering into a traditional “until death do us part” marriage. Too bad.

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 Four of the five Marx brothers, from left, Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo, pose in 1930.  (AP Photo)
Speak Easy
Health

Humor is a powerful tool in a doctor’s arsenal

There’s a body of opinion that believes that laughter might, for some illnesses, be the best medicine.

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 President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National Interest

Gee, what a surprise: Lapdog Trump fetches Putin’s slippers

Well, the big meeting went about as well as  expected. Here’s the gist. Trump: “Election meddling?” ...

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Community

Real estate development can be a force against gentrification

I’ve been a community-based real estate developer for nearly 30 years. I focus primarily in struggling ...

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National Interest

Trump’s media flunky: ‘David thought Donald walked on water’

Today, with Trump on foreign soil attacking the free and independent press (CNN “has been faking news for a long time,” while ...

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 The director of the New Jersey Division of Elections says no voter information will be released to the federal commission
Dave Davies: Off Mic

New Jersey official: Only public information for Trump election fraud commission

New Jersey’s top election official has indicated the state won’t give President Donald Trump’s commission on election f ...

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 In this Sunday, April 1, 2007, file photo, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, center, held by
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CNN caught the troll, who says he’s so so sorry

It’s hard to know who was more pathetic on July 4 – the idiot trolls who accused NPR of tweeting “partisan” ̶ ...

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