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Trump and Putin: Mystery solved
The dog that didn't bark
What explains the Trump-Putin mutual admiration society? Ask Angela Merkel.
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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.
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4 minute read
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.
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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?
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4 minute read
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?
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5 minute read
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.
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5 minute read
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.
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7 minute read
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.
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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?
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4 minute read
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.
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6 minute read