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Remember When People Told the Truth?

Daniel Langleben has a terrible sense of timing. The Penn neuroscientist and psychiatrist was the proud lead author on a scholarly treatise published last November […]

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What’s Pat Toomey Hiding From?

It’s early April, and Pat Toomey is hosting a town hall. Well, that’s not quite true. It’s a telephone town hall — a glorified conference […]

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One of Us: Conservative Firebrand Christine Flowers

My name is … Christine Marie Rachael Flowers. That’s my confirmation name. My mom got the idea crossing the Christina River. I’m glad it wasn’t […]

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Off the Cuff: May 2017

I’ve had it with millennials. We’ve all heard the stories about the absurd environment on our college campuses — the policing of offensive language and […]

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Spring Cleaning! The Philadelphian’s Guide to Getting Rid of Everything

You’ve done it. You finally went full-on Marie Kondo and spent a weekend sorting and sifting. Look at you! But wait, don’t go celebrating just […]

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We Want Answers: Jake Tapper

“You’ll be sure to note that the Eagles mascot is by my side,” Jake Tapper says as we grab seats in his cluttered office inside […]

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Why Is Bob Brady Still in Charge?

Bob Brady, the U.S. Congressman and boss of Philadelphia’s Democratic Party, is six-foot-one and has a massive barrel chest. His head and neck are also […]

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Does Every Child Need to Learn to Code?

Christopher Geary doesn’t look as tired as he ought to. In the past week he’s met with educators who run private schools in Beijing and […]

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The Utterly Fabulous (and Totally Boring) Life of Laurentius

It’s 4 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon, and I’m sitting in a butter yellow Queen Village kitchen, watching six-year-old Jude Purnama as he slurps up […]

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Do They Still Make Republicans Like Tom Ridge?

On election night, as the foreign country around him lay sleeping, Tom Ridge stayed up all night, watching TV. “I wanted to know who my […]