“Is their such a thing as Philadelphia exceptionalism?” asked one observer at this year’s UHA. Undoubtedly, over the […]
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The twenty-first century has not given humanity a lot to smile about between 9/11 and Iraq, Katrina and […]
In Sophia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, disaffected American star Bill Murray sleepwalks through his stay in Tokyo. Not […]
Political scientist James Q. Wilson died last week at the age of 80. The Ronald Reagan Professor of […]
Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black players do what […]
As August comes to a close, the dog days of summer end, leaving before everyone the distance of […]
“Surely the greatest book ever written about a city.” – David Halberstam Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: […]
The reality in Washington D.C. is if you live in Tenleytown versus if you live in Anacostia, you […]