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Dave Davies Off Mic

Dave Davies
ddavies@whyy.org

Monday, June 17, 2013
 
It's never happened to me, but I get a sick feeling when I see a reporter break a big story, then discover he or she has it wrong. More »
 
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille says fellow Justice Seamus McCaffery should reconsider his position on the court after reports surfaced that the FBI is investigating McCaffery's conduct. More »

Tony Auth
tony@tonyauth.com

 
Are we right to be constantly vigilant, lest our civil liberties be abused by the government? Of course. Have the American people been abused by the government's surveillance program which, whether you like it or not, has been More »
 
Within two hours of play on Thursday morning, severe thunderstorms and heavy rain halted the first round at the U.S. Open in Ardmore, Pa. The weather sent golfers and spectators scurrying for cover, reports the Associated More »
National Interest

Dick Polman
nationalinterest@whyy.org

 
  The Syrian civil war has long bedeviled Barack Obama - American non-intervention has arguably made it worse; American intervention could arguably make it worse - but now he has finally made a decision, sort of. He's More »
 
One good thing happened this week. President Obama finally gave up his fight to put politics ahead of science. After 18 months of resistance, he announced on Monday that he would permit emergency contraception - the "Plan B" More »
The Philadelphia Experiment

Solomon Jones
philaexperiment@whyy.org
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
 
As Father's Day approaches, my thoughts turn not to the fathers who are a constant presence in their children's lives. Rather, I find myself thinking of fathers who want to be there, but can't. More »
 
For years I've worked in schools, both as a volunteer and an instructor. I've worked with students and teachers, parents and administrators, and I've discovered that despite the negative stereotypes, there are many caring More »
Shapiro on Theater

Howard Shapiro
shapiroontheater@whyy.org

 
In Terrence McNally's "Mothers and Sons," a taut, terrific new play getting the world-premiere it deserves at Bucks County Playhouse, values and perspectives clash for the entire 80 minutes and the tension constantly More »
 
Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” is a memory play, and the new “Glass: Shattered” -- a shaky and self-conscious deconstruction of that bona-fide American classic -- is a memory play of a memory play. More »
View Finders

Lindsay Lazarski
llazarski@whyy.org

 
Artists from the United States and around the world, from as far as Singapore and India, came to Atlantic City, N.J., to compete in the 2013 World Championship of Sand Sculpting. Pieces were designed and executed by sculptors, More »
 
On Mud Island, planes arriving and departing Philadelphia International airport whizz overhead, a former Revolutionary War fort sits nearly abandoned, and driftwood and garbage wash up along the banks of the Delaware More »
Centre Square

Chris Satullo
csatullo@whyy.org

 
"You have zero privacy. Get over it." That's not me talking. That was Scott McNealy, chief executive of Sun Microsystems, speaking in 1999. More »
 
I'm not sure how much of this I can take. It's so painful to see so much well-meaning energy so misdirected through naivete and misconception. I speak, of course, again and ever more sadly, of the Philadelphia schools. More »
Brandywine to Broad

Jan Ting
brandywinetobroad@whyy.org

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
 
Paul Krugman is a Nobel-prize winning economist and a prolific writer, both on economic theory and as a public intellectual. Through his regular column in the New York Times and in his blog which he calls "The Conscience of a More »
 
Edward Snowden, a 29-year old high school dropout and employee of a contractor working for the National Security Agency, has claimed credit for releasing secret and classified documents, including a court order authorizing the More »
Speak Easy

Eric Walter
ewalter@whyy.org

 
Pat Parris says virtual schools are schools of the future and they provide a level playing field for all students. This letter provides a counterpoint to a letter from Rhonda Brownstein of the Education Law Center More »
 
When his father, Leslie, died last year at the age of 80, David Kotok made the commitment to say Kaddish, a mourning prayer, every day for a year. The catch was finding a synagogue and 10 Jewish men every day to do it. More »
Lightning Rod

Faye Flam
lightningrod@whyy.org

 
Here are two questions I would have gotten wrong before the release of a new Institute of Medicine report on sodium intake and health: 1. True or False: The American Heart Association's recommendation of 1,500 mg/day is still More »
 
Some are baffled and others saddened by the fact that humans put footprints on the moon more than 40 years ago and have not ventured a fraction of that distance from home since. Have we lost our spirit of exploration? More »
Onward

Zack Seward
zseward@whyy.org

 
Brittany Cozzens is 20 years old. She will be a sophomore at Temple next year. She's from York, Pa. She's working this summer as a camp counselor. She also has twice as many followers on Pinterest as there are people in the More »
 
A solar company from North Jersey wants investors in Philadelphia to think it's the real deal. Red Bank, N.J.-based Natcore Technology was in town Thursday laying out the case for why this unique moment in the global More »
NW Philly Parents

Jen Bradley
nwphillyparents@whyy.org

Tuesday, June 4, 2013
 
  When the summer days of childhood are full of spray grounds and popsicles, school ends and other kinds of schedules begin, and the ripe tomatoes are in full blossom, something else could be blossoming too. More »
 
As school draws to a close, there are plenty of enrichment opportunities for your children this weekend. Whether they are drawn to art, football, live music, electric trains or the great outdoors, interesting opportunities More »
Ground Level

Nicole Juday
groundlevel@whyy.org

 
Last in our series of discussions on beloved garden insects that perhaps don't belong and may be of dubious benefit is the environmental ambassador the honeybee. Much has been made in recent years about our dependence on More »
 
In my last post I wrote about the debatable merits of praying mantids, most of which aren't native insects and are indiscriminate eaters of other bugs. Since then I've been doing some digging on the other insects we most More »
 
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