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Thom Nickels: The Spirit of ’76 — and 2026
In Philadelphia these days there are two kinds of theater experiences. There’s the Walnut Street Theater with its mostly mainstream […]
Thom Nickels: Comedy in the age of Trump
I’m no fan of late night comedy or even comedians for that matter, although years ago I found myself admiring […]
Stu Bykofsky: Cesar Chavez and the making of an unperson
You might say it was like white Americans learning that George Washington — among other Founding Fathers — was a slave holder. In our present culture, that’s evil.
By Stu Bykofsky
Thom Nickels: The organization formerly known as Boy Scouts
The Boy Scout camp known as Camp Horseshoe in Rising Sun, Maryland, was my summer home for one week when […]
Christine Flowers: With shocking Chavez revelations come questions for Huerta
Another myth has crumbled, decades after death extinguished the person but not the legend. Cesar Chavez, he of United Farmworker […]
Thom Nickels: Literary criticism in the Trump era suffers from an excess of politics
It’s derangement all the way down.
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: Too much ‘fun’ in funerals now
There’s been a radical shift in society when it comes to funerals. It goes much deeper than cheaper, more economical […]