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Joel Mathis

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City Life

State Senate Approves Small-Time Bar Gambling

House has already approved a similar bill.

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Bucks Prosecutor Will Investigate Teen Suspect’s Facial Injuries

Did police beat him? Or was it an accident of his own making?

City Life

Wrong About Gettysburg… Again

The Patriot-News sent a bad message changing its stance on Lincoln’s speech.

City Life

Why Fallon Will Beat Kimmel in the Late Night Wars

Mathis: He’s nicer.

City Life

Old, Nearly Washed-Up Phillies Hope to Improve by Getting Older, More Washed-Up

This is a good offseason to get rid of your best young player, right?

City Life

Rutgers Offers Class About Bruce Springsteen’s Theology

He’s an object of worship in Jersey and Philadelphia, so why not?

City Life

Is Transportation Funding Becoming a PA Campaign Issue?

SEPTA closes in on its doomsday budget.

City Life

WATCH: Philly Caterers Go Crazy in Slo-Mo

Everything’s happier at one-quarter speed, right?

City Life

Pennsylvania: Get Ready to Gamble in Bars

Bill overcomes opposition from competing “fraternal groups.”

City Life

Archbishop Chaput Wants Everybody to Know He’s Cool With Pope Francis

“I was not criticizing the Holy Father,” Chaput says.

City Life

This Sixth-Grader’s Poem On School Funding Will Break Your Heart

“We are taking away schools and building prisons in their place.”

America’s Best Cities for Hipsters. Tired of all these goddamn evil hipsters, defined as anyone who has interests or wears glasses*, ruining every aspect of your existence? Then you’ll be pleased to know Philly does not appear on this 20-city list. Which you probably haven't heard of. * Source: Internet comment sections
City Life

Are Hipsters An Ethnic Group?

And what does that mean for the 2016 presidential election?

City Life

Predator May Have Sexually Assaulted Men in Jersey

Used beer pong as a pretext to rape.

City Life

O’Hara Principal Fired, Says She Fended Off Harassment

Principal told she did not smile enough.

Bill Marimow
City Life

Marimow’s Last Stand

Mathis: The future of Philly newspapers depends on this moment. It should’ve been a better moment.