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Donald Trump and two other geniuses
Lessons from the world’s smartest men
Donald Trump’s recent description of himself as “a very stable genius” got Dan Rottenberg thinking about two other self-proclaimed geniuses of recent times.
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Tips for Jake Tapper and other TV interviewers
Let me finish! Or, How to confront a liar, and other tips for TV hosts
Is there a more enlightening alternative to the daily shout-a-thons on TV news? Three interview techniques Dan Rottenberg used as a print journalist might help.
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Sexual harassment allegations against Charles Dutoit
A conductor and his enablers
Why would eight world-famous orchestras suddenly terminate their long relationships with Charles Dutoit without even investigating the sexual harassment charges lodged against him? For good reason, Dan Rottenberg says.
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Donald Trump and Jerusalem
Yet again: How to grasp Trump
Once again, President Trump has mystified politicians and pundits alike — this time by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, seemingly in defiance of all logic. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Sexual harassment and Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’
When opportunity knocks for men
Are you mystified by recent revelations of sexual harassment in high places? You night find an explanation in the character of Noah Cross, the villain of Roman Polanski’s 1974 film classic, 'Chinatown.'
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When Donald met Candice
Memory serves
Candice Bergen once claimed Donald Trump had tried and failed to date her when she was a student at Penn. Now she says she went out with him once. Welcome to the wonderful world of “encouraged memory.” Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Criminal justice and Philadelphia’s new District Attorney
What were they thinking? What are we thinking?
Philadelphians this month turned their criminal-justice system over to a man who has spent his career fighting against that same system. What’s a law-abiding citizen to think? For an answer, pay a visit to America’s most infamous prison. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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How to avoid workplace witch hunters
Just stop it
Sometimes it's hard to tell when a pat on the rear at work is harmless and when it's harassment. Just kidding, it's not hard at all. Wendy Rosenfield considers.
Wendy Rosenfieldand Illustration by Hannah Kaplan
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Mike Daisey and arts critics at Philadelphia Theatre Company
Theater and journalism confront the abyss
An arts journalism panel, in tandem with a rant by monologist Mike Daisey, amounted to a digital-age requiem for theater and journalism alike. Is there no hope for order out of this chaos? Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Jimmy Tayoun, performance artist
The illusionist
In dreary midcentury Philadelphia, a glib, charming, energetic, audacious hustler like Jimmy Tayoun would be forgiven almost anything — especially the lack of substance beneath his shiny façade. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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