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He found other ways to motivate people. (Photo by Josie Pritchard from the FEMA Photo Library, via Wikimedia Commons)

Elliot Shelkrot: Librarian as pitchman

He made libraries sexy

By harnessing publicity to raise money (and vice versa), Elliot Shelkrot transformed the Free Library from a musty refuge for bookworms into a vibrant civic institution.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
The BSR offices, prior to my arrival.

Stepping down as BSR's editor

It's so hard to say goodbye

I’m leaving with sadness, but also with a fair amount of pride — a most un-Quakerly emotion.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Editorials 2 minute read
Even the <em>New Yorker</em> couldn't match Judy's credentials.

Judy Weightman moves on (sort of)

Accustomed to her (virtual) face

Judy Weightman, the very personification of BSR, is stepping down as editor. How will we replace her?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
PTC's new home: The hostages were happy.

Bankruptcy and the arts: Three cases

If it worked for Donald Trump . . .

During the past five years, three major Philadelphia cultural organizations utilized bankruptcy — or the threat of bankruptcy — to avoid extinction. How has that worked out?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 5 minute read
Rapt attention to her husband at all times.

Nancy Reagan, up close and impersonal

Just hanging out (not) with Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan devoted herself single-mindedly to the promotion and protection of her husband. I got a vivid taste of her tightly scripted brand of devotion the only time I met the Reagans.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 5 minute read
Hogan in his element: A glass always half-full.

75 years on the planet: Four cases

We pass this way but once . . .

Suppose you were guaranteed 75 years on earth. How would you spend that time? The stories of four recently departed acquaintances suggest that some of us do better than others.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 7 minute read

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On the campaign trail, yearning for a Jersey McMansion or cul-de-sac. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia.)

Chris Christie’s farewell to New Jersey

Inside Chris Christie’s mind

After six years as your governor, I have reluctantly concluded that the best way I can serve New Jersey is by staying as far away from it as I possibly can.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 5 minute read

The FBI vs. Apple

Your government in peace and war

In the Apple case, a federal judge has conceived a nifty new function for Big Brother: Instead of preventing citizens from doing bad things or encouraging them to do good things, why not force them to do good things?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
The Rolodex was once a critical tool for business success. Today . . .

Technology at a personal level

It changed my life

Economist Robert Gordon argues that computers and the Internet have barely affected people’s lives. My own experiences suggest that the professor should get out of his ivory tower more often.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 6 minute read
Neville Chamberlain: Wall Street's new role model (at least for now)

Your investment house in peace and war

Dear investor: Everything is under control…

Stock markets are tumbling, with no apparent end in sight. But investors haven’t panicked, thanks to the reassuring messages they’ve received from their money managers. For example. . . .
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read