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Judging Judges: May 17th Primary and Beyond

Judges, especially criminal-court judges, are the most powerful elected officials in Philadelphia. They can do what the Mayor, the Governor and even the President can’t […]

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Openly Gay Priest Fired from Philly College

Fox 29 reports that Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia fired one of its professors for being gay. Father James St. George, a priest who belongs […]

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How to Talk Like an Ivy League President

Four years ago, with great fanfare, Harvard and Princeton announced they were doing away with their “early admission” programs, which allowed hyper-interested students to throw […]

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The Aggravating, Exhausting, Sometimes Just Ridiculous Process Of Trying to Get The Scoop On A New Restaurant

[For everyone who’s ever asked us if we know what’s going on with an empty restaurant space, here’s Victor’s take on the process. — KH, […]

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The DN’s Christine Flowers Takes on DOMA, Fails Miserably

Daily News resident right-wing blogger-person Christine Flowers has an, um, interesting take on the Obama administration’s decision not to fight challenges to the constitutionality of […]

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Line of the Week: No Group-Think Here, Thanks!

We have a winner! From Thursday’s post on Khyber’s Pliny the Younger event, commenter Willie delivers a zinger in our general direction: I don’t think […]

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Weekend

Friday Fegley’s Brewworks of Allentown will be taking over the Tasting lounge at City Tap House this weekend in their second Pop Up Brewery. Nine […]

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Academy Awards Picks

UPDATE: After live-tweeting the Oscars last night, we wanted to share how well we did with our predictions. Below is G Philly‘s original post with […]

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More Oscar Picks: Wall Street vs. Real Street

Check out how readers voted in our Philly Post Oscar poll and my picks for the top awards here. As for the rest of the […]

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Ruffalo Supports Marriage Equality

On Sunday, Mark Ruffalo may win his first Oscar for best supporting actor. But thanks to a new video in support of LGBT rights, he’s […]

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Weekend Roundup

Friday, February 25 Special guest Joey Kemm visits the Second LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Fair (4-6:30 p.m.) at the William Way. It’s produced by the Educational […]

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What Was Congressman David Wu Thinking?

Politicians are an interesting breed. No matter what the office, they work hard gathering support and then run hard-fought campaigns to get elected. All have […]

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Top Chef All Stars: This Thing’s Fixed

Fidel Gastro recaps this week’s Top Chef: All-Stars and he isn’t happy. The ice beneath Tiffany’s feet is getting thinner and thinner. I assume that […]

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Oscars Predictions: Royals, Ballerinas and Facebook

For some, this weekend will be a weekend like any other. But for other Philadelphians, this is the Sunday they’ve waited a whole year for. […]

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Natalie Munroe: Crusader or Complainer?

After Tuesday night’s meeting of the Central Bucks district school board, teacher Natalie Munroe’s chances of getting her old job back seem about as slim […]