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WHYY’s Bill Marrazzo problem
The missing ingredient at WHYY
If you’re looking for balanced budgets, Bill Marrazzo of WHYY is your man. But if you’re looking for a quality alternative to commercial broadcasting, you'd best look elsewhere. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Donald Trump, Captain Queeg, and paranoia
Trump vs. Queeg: One slight difference
Before we get too carried away with comparisons of President Trump to the fictitious Captain Queeg, please permit me this quibble: Any such analogy is an insult to Queeg.
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University of Pennsylvania's silence about alumnus Donald J. Trump
Trump’s embarrassed enablers
Donald Trump’s alma mater declines to celebrate its famous alumnus, and it also refuses to explain why. Let me take a crack at it.
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The curious case of David Patrick Stearns, 'Oslo,' and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
A New York state of mind
When a 'Philadelphia Inquirer' review of J.T. Rogers's 'Oslo' sniffed about "New York-caliber actors" and a Pulitzer miss, Wendy Rosenfield heard shots fired.
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Global Goodfellas
Two lists for your refrigerator
Where are the global villains of yesteryear? A backward glance provides comfort and reassurance about the likely fate of today’s autocrats. Dan Rottenberg considers.
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Fighting federal funding foolishness
On bankrolling "frivolities"
Philly arts leaders and the politicians who support them aren’t waiting around for a bill to defund the country's leading arts organizations to actually hit Congress. They spoke up at PAFA this month. Alaina Mabaso was there.
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Remembering music writer, author, and playwright Marc Spitz
Tomorrow never knows
Marc Spitz, music writer, playwright, biographer, novelist, memoirist, and chronicler of the downtown 1990s, died this week at age 47. BSR editor Wendy Rosenfield remembers him.
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What makes Trump tick?
Understanding Donald Trump
Why does Donald Trump act like such a sore winner? As a journalist who has followed him for more than 30 years, I think I know the answer.
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Broad Street Review goes to the Women's March
Walking the walk
Enjoy a slideshow of Women's March photographs by Broad Street Review contributors and answer editor-in-chief Wendy Rosenfield's plea that you help save the NEA, NEH, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Writers Resist Philadelphia
Faces of the resistance
Sunday's Writers Resist Philadelphia rally brought out a cross-section of the city's literary lights. Broad Street Review editor Wendy Rosenfield attended and met some of the faces in the crowd.
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