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How come dementia, a subject seldom explored by artists in the 20th century, has moved up into the fast lane with Fay Stanford's art show "Love and Dementia" at Lankenau Medical Center? The obvious answer is that this malady called "the Dementias" is now tagged as "the epidemic of the 21st century," because of so many more people living a lot longer. Following its debut at Soho20 Chelsea Gallery in New York, this display by Philadelphia's Stanford arrived at Lankenau, opening here in conjunction with the launching of a medical education course, "The Nuts & Bolts of Dementia," for health-care practitioners (part of a twice-yearly program on varied topics)

It's wartime in America. It has been for a decade, but as critics have pointed out, you wouldn't know it at the multiplex. Films about the war on terror have been few and far between. Audiences didn't exactly flock to theaters for World Trade Center (2006), Rendition (2007), Green Zone (2010) or Fair Game (2011). Our leaders told us to mobilize and make sacrifices during WWII, and Hollywood inspired us with exciting, patriotic, propaganda-rich pics such as Destination Tokyo (1943)

This paper has published several articles and commentaries about Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille's acceptance of gifts - travel and entertainment - from lawyers and law firms that do and could appear in his courtroom. We have also written extensively about the location and construction of a new Family Court building for Philadelphia. In a letter that appears on this page, Chief Justice Castille takes issue with our coverage and decries his depiction in one of our cartoons.

Saturday will offer the opening-night reception of children's author and illustrator Paul Beckwith's exhibit "Cartoon Limbo," which features items and works from legendary cartoonists and comic artists that were rejected for publication or were at one time in waiting to be published at a later date. The exhibit, which will be on display through April 8, showcases such items as rejected cartoon and comic art, illustrations, rejection notes, correspondence and more from the confidential files of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz; Crockett Johnson, author of Harold and the Purple Crayon; Archie artist Stan Goldberg; Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, and others.

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AS A BLACK citizen of Philadelphia, I was appalled by Signe Wilkinson's cartoon on murders and Black History Month. The gall of it all is that she has two black people saying the punch line about the deaths. But, if anything, we'd be praying. This is a very racist statement. If this was your race, how would you feel? Blacks weren't the only people killed in January. You have killings in the white race but keep it hush-hush. Are you that afraid of black people? Think sometimes before printing.

   I thought the day would never arrive when Pennsylvania regulators would yank the license for the unbuilt Foxwoods casino.    It's been like watching Bugs Bunny toy with Elmer Fudd, daring the animated hunter to cross this line, then this line, then this line . . . except the casino version never quite reached that cliff where Elmer falls.    Until Thursday.    Finally, with a 6-1 vote, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board swiped the gambling license from the investor group that had held it for nearly four years.

David S. Biddle, 85, of Pennington, Mercer County, an artist and educator, died of complications from pneumonia Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Lawrenceville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Biddle grew up in Bryn Mawr and graduated from the Groton School in Massachusetts. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Force in the States. "His good voice and inconsiderable flying skills landed him a job entertaining the troops," his son Chris said. After his discharge, Mr. Biddle earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he was a founding member of the Harvard Krokodiloes, a choral group.