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Back to basics with ISIS
Ten (rhetorical) questions for ISIS
America and its allies enjoy overwhelming superiority when it comes to air power and drones. But ISIS seems to be winning the war for the hearts and minds of the young and impressionable. Here’s my contribution to the rhetorical war in the Middle East.
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French anti-Semitism: Another view
Are the French anti-Semitic?
I don’t love all French people, any more than I love all Americans. But I do love what France stands for — which isn’t necessarily better than what America stands for, but is most assuredly different.
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The wimp factor
Who you calling a wimp?
What’s a testosterone-obsessed national leader to do when someone calls him a wimp? In the Internet age, when perception trumps reality, our old reliable giants of classical literature, drama, and cinema offer precious little guidance. Satirists must pick up the torch.
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Comcast’s spokesman confronts God
David Cohen meets his maker
Sometime in the future, a new arrival from Philadelphia stands at the entrance to the pearly gates, awaiting his admission interview.
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Putin vs. Peter the Great
What’s wrong with this analogy?
Western pundits seem convinced that Vladimir Putin is modeling himself after Peter the Great. But in one very important respect, these two Russian rulers are poles apart.
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Ratings mania
We’re Number Ten!
What’s the world’s greatest novel, movie, or orchestra? Who’s the greatest painter or composer? In any matters involving personal taste, who knows? And why do even rabbis buy into this listing mania?
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Pam Sommerfield’s unique theatrical life
She did it her way, in Philadelphia
Aspiring actors usually head for Broadway or Hollywood and hope some director will notice them. Pam Sommerfield left London for Philadelphia — where she created her own unique theatrical niche.
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4 minute read
Through history with Philadelphia Magazine
On trivializing Ed Rendell (not to mention Lincoln)
In keeping with its tradition of skewering local sacred cows, Philadelphia Magazine this month produced a special section on overrated local icons. The puncturing of Ed Rendell particularly caught my eye.
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Neshaminy’s high school press dispute
An open letter to three high school editors
The editors of a high school paper in Bucks County have discovered that adults don’t really know what they’re doing. Fortunately, a solution to their quandary is at hand. My cousin Andy tried it more than 40 years ago, with inspiring results.
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Our self-appointed judges
Google, Klinghoffer, the Met — and Abraham Foxman?
Upset by an opera? Worried about what folks are saying about you over the Internet? Have we got good news for you!
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4 minute read