BY WILLIAM A. SOMMERFIELD For the past 10 years, the American Historical Theatre in Philadelphia has prided itself on the professional quality of the guides, docents and historical performers (or interpreters) we train and send out into the world to make the history of our nation come alive. Over time we have trained docents, guides and first person interpreters for important historical sites throughout the country. Philadelphia has a cadre of highly trained professionals, many of them are graduates from the American Historical Theatre program. You can tour historic Philadelphia by tour bus, trolley, double-decker bus, walking guide, horse carriage […]
NPR 4 THE DEF: Giving Public Radio Edge Since 2006
FRESH AIR Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Roth‘s twenty-seventh book, Everyman, centers on a successful septuagenarian’s response to his physical decline and approaching death. The man, who’s never named, has no religion or philosophy to cling to; reviewer Gail Caldwell of the Boston Globe writes that the book is a “swift, brutal novel about a heartbreakingly ordinary subject, and it is also testament to Roth that the book leaves you a little breathless and not at all bereft.” RADIO TIMES A rebroadcast of our show on the controversial practice of “Stop and Frisk.” It’s a crime prevention technique championed by Michael Nutter, […]
HOLLA: The Tao Of Poo
BY JAMES DOOLITTLE As the wife can attest, the only thing this here Wook likes more than the 19 weeks of sex tied into the latest R. Kelly release (that’s right, one track per week) is a good, healthy, hearty dump. Alright, alright, maybe I’d place “The Wire” and a slice of “quattro formaggio” from Joe’s Pizza at the two and three positions, but we’re at least placing fourth in regards to the morning expulsion. And don’t kid yourself — you do too. Nothing says goodbye to that crappy day that was yesterday than, well, crap, which is why my […]
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Cover Wars: Whose Artfag Kung-Fu Is Stronger?
In the future we will all live on the Internet, where, abetted by the micro miracles of nanotechnology, we will build vast hive-like colonies within the circuitry of microchips, convert ourselves into JPEGs and climb inside the New Frontier. It will be just like Tron, but with Kraftwerk doing the soundtrack. There will be no need for cars or oil or the wars that come with them, we’ll just attach ourselves to an email and type in the addy to wherever we wanna go; for vast distances, instead of flying, we will simply upload and download ourselves. And, most importantly, […]
GAMBLOR: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
SLOTS CRIME STATS In the first four months of 2007, Pennsylvania State Police troopers assigned to gaming-enforcement offices at the Philadelphia Park Casino & Racetrack in Bensalem and the Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack in Chester reported these crimes: Philadelphia Park: 29 thefts 17 forgeries or counterfeit bills 5 assaults 1 illegal firearm 11 drug investigations 1 public intoxication 2 harassments Harrah’s Chester: 34 thefts 1 robbery/purse-snatching 8 forgeries or counterfeit bills 6 harassments 1 domestic disturbance 1 indecent assault 1 criminal mischief/vandalism 1 fugitive from justice 2 outstanding warrants served DAILY NEWS: Casino Royale With Cheese Sleaze
REPORT: Global Warming Goes Downtheshore
The Shore: Inundated Boardwalks and Receding Beaches –North Wildwood could be turned into an island, separated from Wildwood Crest by shallow flooding from across New Jersey Avenue. –Cape May Beach would face accelerated erosion, and on average, Shore beaches could retreat inland between 50 and 150 meters. Camden: Water Supply at Risk –Camden could find increasing levels of salt water in its drinking water, since global warming-induced sea-level rise would push the salt front higher up the Delaware River. If the salt front reaches the Camden area, the city may have to shut its water supply wells and find an alternate […]
GITMO: Another Inmate Commits Suicide
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Saudi Arabian detainee died Wednesday at Guantanamo Bay prison and the U.S. military said he apparently committed suicide. Critics of the detention center said the death showed the level of desperation among prisoners. Also Wednesday, a Canadian detainee fired his American attorneys, leaving him without defense counsel ahead of his trial, his former U.S. military attorney told The Associated Press. The detainee, Omar Khadr, is still to be arraigned and is one of only three of the roughly 380 Guantanamo prisoners to be charged with a crime. The military did not identify the detainee […]
VIET NOW: Amputees Returning To Battlefield
In an about-face by the Pentagon, the military is putting many more amputees back on active duty — even back into combat, in some cases. Previously, a soldier who lost a limb almost automatically received a quick discharge, a disability check and an appointment with the Veterans Administration. So far, the Army has treated nearly 600 service members who have come back from Iraq or Afghanistan without an arm, leg, hand or foot. Thirty-one have gone back to active duty. Most of those who return to active duty are assigned to instructor or desk jobs away from combat. Only a few […]