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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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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
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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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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
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. . . .
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4 minute read
Candidates as performers
What Kasich should have said to Trump
Presidential debates make great theater, but great performers don’t necessarily make great administrators. Consider a recent exchange between the glib Donald Trump and the earnest John Kasich.
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4 minute read
The Inquirer‘s ‘Lenfest solution’
The education of Gerry Lenfest
The civic savior Gerry Lenfest has implemented an ingenious plan to preserve Philadelphia’s leading news organization. What could possibly go wrong? Just one or two little things. . . .
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