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Campaign slogans for Trump
The ultimate intellectual exercise
How can a candidate with so many negatives persuade most Americans to vote for him? This is no job for an ordinary pundit — it’s a job for Broad Street Review.
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Arts criticism: Decline and fall
Be careful what you wish for
On at least one issue — the role of critics in society — BSR’s new editor Wendy Rosenfield and I were once two trains running in opposite directions. How times have changed.
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Running Broad Street
Two things I thought I'd never do
Broad Street Review's new Editor-in-Chief, Wendy Rosenfield, introduces herself. Read about her history with the website and longer history with its founder, Dan Rottenberg.
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Trump and Putin: Mystery solved
The dog that didn't bark
What explains the Trump-Putin mutual admiration society? Ask Angela Merkel.
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Elliot Shelkrot: Librarian as pitchman
He made libraries sexy
By harnessing publicity to raise money (and vice versa), Elliot Shelkrot transformed the Free Library from a musty refuge for bookworms into a vibrant civic institution.
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Stepping down as BSR's editor
It's so hard to say goodbye
I’m leaving with sadness, but also with a fair amount of pride — a most un-Quakerly emotion.
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Judy Weightman moves on (sort of)
Accustomed to her (virtual) face
Judy Weightman, the very personification of BSR, is stepping down as editor. How will we replace her?
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Bankruptcy and the arts: Three cases
If it worked for Donald Trump . . .
During the past five years, three major Philadelphia cultural organizations utilized bankruptcy — or the threat of bankruptcy — to avoid extinction. How has that worked out?
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Nancy Reagan, up close and impersonal
Just hanging out (not) with Nancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan devoted herself single-mindedly to the promotion and protection of her husband. I got a vivid taste of her tightly scripted brand of devotion the only time I met the Reagans.
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75 years on the planet: Four cases
We pass this way but once . . .
Suppose you were guaranteed 75 years on earth. How would you spend that time? The stories of four recently departed acquaintances suggest that some of us do better than others.
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