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‘Julius Caesar’ vs. ‘West Side Story’
Charles McMahon, meet Arthur Laurents
The rap against Lantern Theater Company’s recent production of Julius Caesar boils down to two basic complaints. They remind me of the same complaints I once voiced about a timeless work of theatrical art: West Side Story.
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Putin’s Russian dreams
. . . And how do you feel about Tchaikovsky, Mr. Putin?
What did Russia’s greatest creative minds share in common? All of them feared their government. And most of them today would be languishing in Putin’s prisons.
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My favorite sports memories
When the lamb attacked the butcher (and other great moments in sport)
I offer here my own ten favorite sports memories from my years as a player, sportswriter, and fan. As you will see, I’m a sucker for displays of ingenuity, character, and persistence against overwhelming odds.
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There’s something about a band
And the band played on
The University of Pennsylvania Band got under my father’s skin in 1933 and under mine a generation later, often in ways neither of us could have predicted.
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Where King Lear messed up
William Shakespeare, estate planner?
Viewed through an estate-planning prism, what’s the moral of King Lear? Trust your real estate but not your kids? Hang on to your assets until your last dying breath? For the answer, I turned to my own 1998 book about inheritance.
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Imitation is the sincerest form...
Does the New York Review read BSR?
In which the New York Review of Books catches up to Broad Street Review, albeit three years later.
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The Whig tradition, according to David Brooks
Are you ready for the Whig revolution?
With his customarily loony perspicacity, David Brooks of the New York Times has urged President Obama to reject liberalism and conservatism alike and instead embrace the Whig tradition. There’s just one small problem. . . .
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From the new editor of Broad Street Review
'The world's most assertive Quaker'
Who is Judy Weightman, and what is she doing with Broad Street Review?
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4 minute read
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Chris Christie in the spotlight
The politician as drama queen
People go into public service for many reasons, but at least some of them do so because they’re frustrated actors or audience junkies. Chris Christie’s self-dramatization may be extreme, but it’s hardly unique.
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David Brooks confronts legal marijuana
A Times columnist at the moral precipice
Is it too much to ask a New York Times columnist to spend even five minutes wondering why it’s OK to legalize alcohol, nicotine, uppers, and downers but culturally destructive to legalize pot?
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