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Remembering Richard Ben Cramer and his magnum opus
An old reporter often begins his daily routine by turning to the newspaper's obituary page with mild trepidation, fearing another friend has gone to that great newsroom in the sky. So it was this week in reading of the death in Baltimore, at only 62, of...
Tags: Republican Party, Entertainment Events, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Joe Biden, Elections
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Drone warfare becomes America's face to the world
It is certainly not be what he hoped or intended, but one of President Barack Obama's biggest legacies in foreign affairs may prove to be the proliferation of drones as tools of war, assassination and terror. Mr. Obama is not the first to use drones...
Tags: Entertainment Events, John O. Brennan, John Brennan, Statue of Liberty, Central Intelligence Agency
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Opera Philadelphia offers East Coast premiere of Kevin Puts' 'Silent Night'
The last pope to take the name Benedict, before the one who made history this month announcing plans to retire, assumed his duties a few weeks after the outbreak of World War I. As Christmas 1914 approached, Benedict XV, who described the war as “...
Tags: Music, Entertainment Events, Prologue, Culture, Music Industry
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Havre de Grace theater to offer 'Proof'
Tidewater Players, the community theater of Havre de Grace, is tackling the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama, "Proof," by David Auburn. The plot revolves around a brilliant theorem, or proof, discovered after the death of a famous...Tags: Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Havre de Grace, Tony Awards
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Compass Rose treads 'Barefoot' through one of Simon's best works
Now offering its fifth production since opening in the 2011-2012 season, Compass Rose Theater seems comfortably rooted in its strip-mall Eastport Shopping Center location. The cozy storefront lends an offbeat charm to the company's current offering,...
Tags: Robert Redford, Entertainment Events, Scott Williams, To Kill a Mockingbird (movie), Bay Ridge
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Secure the borders, but let's not lock the doors
Since the beginning of the republic, there has been a dynamic tension between constantly expanding diversity driven by immigration and the relentless homogenizing force of common American culture. And there's nothing like a long drive on an interstate...
Tags: Music, Entertainment Events, Arby's Group, Inc., Radio, Starbucks Corp.
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Author George Saunders to headline CityLit Festival
New York Times best-selling author George Saunders will headline the 10th annual CityLit Festival this Spring. Saunders, the recipient of a MacArthur Award Fellowship, commonly known as a "genius" grant, has written four short story collections. The...Tags: George Saunders, Entertainment Events, The New York Times, Candace Bushnell, Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Hillary leaves office stronger than ever
When Hillary Clinton went to Capitol Hill last week, Republicans opened their bags of overly ripe conspiracy theories and moldering fruitcake ideas and tossed everything at her. Every shot missed. Republican senators and congressmen on the foreign...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Republican Party, Entertainment Events, Fox News Channel (tv network), Susan Rice
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Pakistan coming apart at the seams
Distracted by the deadly violence in Mali and Algeria, no one seems to be paying adequate attention to the tragicomedy under way in Pakistan. This matters because recent events demonstrate without equivocation that Pakistan is an utterly failed state --...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Pakistan, Taliban, Asif Ali Zardari, National Government
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Taylor Branch distills Pulitzer-winning trilogy for students
The math is daunting: More than 2,300 pages of prose winnowed down to 190, including photographs and the occasional blank sheet that signals chapter breaks. Yet, that's exactly the challenge that author and historian Taylor Branch tackled when he...
Tags: Republican Party, Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Authors
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Grover Norquist: Republican ayatollah
Ayatollahs seem to just appoint themselves and then start enforcing their own brand of orthodoxy. Grover Norquist has been doing that in the Republican Party for years. Mr. Norquist has never been elected to anything. Nobody ever said he should be in...
Tags: Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Entertainment Events, Fiscal Cliff
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Everyman opens new theater with 'August: Osage County'
Families that flay together can't stay together for long. That's just one of life's painful little lessons conveyed to searing effect in "August: Osage County," the 2008 Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play by Tracy Letts now receiving its...
Tags: The Avengers (tv program), Entertainment Events, Everyman Theatre, Abusive Behavior, Linda Thorson
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