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But suppose they eliminated the moderator?

An election to celebrate (really)

The best of all possible elections (and I don't even know who won)

Americans, say the pundits, are exhausted after yet another bitter and polarizing election. Not me. I can think of at least eight reasons to feel invigorated, regardless of who won.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
Does anyone remember what Arlen Specter (above) did to Lynn Yeakel?

One last time: Obama and Reverend Wright

Tempest in a pulpit

Obama is being flogged again with his fiery former Chicago pastor's allegedly inflammatory remarks. But couldn't we all benefit from a pastor who tells us things we'd rather not hear?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 5 minute read
I'd never heard Renee Fleming in person. And then...

Renee Fleming, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and me

A night to remember, Philadelphia-style

Several disparate strands of my long life as a journalist, an arts maven and a Philadelphian all came together serendipitously last Thursday. I'd like to share this remarkable experience with you.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 6 minute read
Time Magazine's first issue, 1923: Where were the focus groups?

The Inquirer and the arts

Death by focus groups

The Inquirer's news hole is shrinking— again— and so the Inquirer is cutting its arts coverage— again. Methinks someone over there is paying too much attention to focus groups.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 3 minute read
Class trip to Washington, 1960: If we knew then what we know now....

Why I attend reunions

How to get a girl (and other lessons I learned at my high school reunions)

Why do people attend reunions? Piecing together the riddles of the past helps me cope with the present and future. Consider seven insights I've gleaned (for better or worse) from reunions of my Class of '60 at the Fieldston School in New York.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 8 minute read
Vultures serve a purpose, my friend.

Romney at Bain: The case he can't make

Sympathy for Romney (and vultures, too)

Why does Mitt Romney change the subject whenever anyone mentions his successes as chief executive of Bain Capital or as governor of Massachusett? What does it say about a presidential candidate who needs Dan Rottenberg to defend him?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 6 minute read

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He had an anti-American agenda, too.

The "anti-colonial' epithet

Who you calling ‘anti-colonial'?

A conservative polemicist equates “anti-colonialism” with "anti-Americanism.” Has anyone told George Washington?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 3 minute read
Sam Henderson as Spinoza, David Bardeen as Rabbi Mortera: Don't stir up the goyim.

Spinoza's problem, then and now (1st comment)

Spinoza's right to be wrong (and mine, and yours)

Spinoza was excommunicated in 17th-Century Amsterdam for infecting his community with ideas that he hadn't fully thought out. Something similar happened in the 20th Century to my rabbi in New York. Come to think of it, it also happened to me in Philadelphia, last year.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 6 minute read

A fascist "Singin' in the Rain'

Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Mussolini—perfect together?

Everyone loves Singin' in the Rain, right? Me too. But the “Moses Supposes” number has bothered me for 60 years— not for its dancing, but for its subliminally fascist message.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
Is Prince Harry bass and viol, just becase he fiddled around?

Prince Harry's excellent adventure

When Harry met Curtis

Britain's Prince Harry got in trouble last week when he spent his three-day break at the Curtis Institute of Music. Big mistake. Why didn't he just head for a sedate place like Juilliard instead?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 3 minute read