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Thom Nickels is a Philadelphia-based journalist/columnist and the 2005 recipient of the AIA Lewis Mumford Award for Architectural Journalism. He writes for City Journal, New York, and Frontpage Magazine. Thom Nickels is the author of fifteen books, including “Literary Philadelphia” and ”From Mother Divine to the Corner Swami: Religious Cults in Philadelphia.” His latest is “Death in Philadelphia: The Murder of Kimberly Ernest.” He is currently at work on “The Last Romanian Princess and Her World Legacy,” about the life of Princess Ileana of Romania.

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Nickels: Psychic to (Philadelphia) stars

Arlene never told me what Rizzo asked her, or even what she said to him, but what went down must …

Nickels: When the sacred met the profane in Russia

When the members of Pussy Riot entered a Moscow cathedral in 2012, it was not to pray or to sit …

'Primary Trust' cuts straight to the heart

A Pulitzer Prize-winning play currently on stage at the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre deserves a lot of praise.

Marines grapple with history and judgment in new play

In Joshua Crone’s, “A Marine Walks Up to the Pearly Gates,” we witness eight Marines enter the afterlife kicking and …

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