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‘Chinatown’: Bill Cosby’s distant mirror
Bill Cosby, meet Noah Cross
How could major league journalists swallow the narrative spun by Bill Cosby, his lawyers, and his PR handlers? You may find the answer not in journalism but in art — specifically, in Roman Polanski’s classic 1974 film Chinatown.
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My favorite rhymes
Move over, Taylor Swift
Banish Taylor Swift from your mind and return with me now to the days when songwriters prided themselves on their skill at devising inventive rhymes for seemingly unrhymable words.
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The decline of Bill Cosby
‘Your job is to make Mr. Cosby look good’
Are you astonished that Bill Cosby’s carefully controlled personal narrative doesn’t jibe with the real, fallible human Bill Cosby? The comedian/producer has been dropping hints to that effect throughout his career.
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Language and politics
Corbett’s ‘little secret’ (and other linguistic crimes)
Why was the governor’s wife dragged into his campaign at the last minute? Ask George Orwell.
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The Inquirer's non-endorsement
The Inquirer cops out
Instead of endorsing a candidate for governor, the Inquirer opts to summarize the candidates’ stands on critical issues. Is this a newspaper or the League of Women Voters?
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Pennsylvania’s pornography scandal
The power of pornography
Like most journalists, I was shocked to learn that Pennsylvania state officials have sent hundreds of pornographic images to one another over the Internet. Please — can we talk seriously about pornography in the Internet age?
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Football: What Temple could learn from Penn
Those who forget the lessons of the past….
Was Philadelphia ever a good town for college football? Oh my yes. Too good, in fact.
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Israel, Germany, and your community
Israelis in Berlin, or: Why do you live where you live?
Hitler triggered a scientific brain drain that ultimately destroyed Germany. Now the descendants of his victims — tech-savvy Israelis — are flocking to Hitler's capital city. Is there a lesson here?
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The millennials’ urban revolution
Be careful what you wish for, or: Who will stop the millennials?
Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse, along comes news of an existential threat more insidious than Ebola: While you and I were sleeping, millennials have gradually taken over America’s cities.
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To die at 75
You go first, or: The ideal time to die
We’d all be better off if we died at 75, says the medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel. He mistakenly assumes that so-called “useless” people serve no useful purpose.
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