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Obama and the Gays
President Obama interrupted The View yesterday morning to tell us about his 2012 budget with specifics about how it will affect LGBT people and people […]
Hump Day Headlines
Gay alumni pen letter to Christian college. NOM supporters thinks gays should be hanged. Arizona attempts to cut benefits, but only for gay workers. Man […]
Center City’s Future: One Foot on the Banana Peel
For most of Philadelphia’s post-industrial existence, Center City has been the center of business life. Over the past decade, as job losses mounted, developers found […]
Fat Mannequins … So Wrong
I just returned from a trip to the mall where I passed a new lingerie store with a window display filled with silky underwear on […]
A Pacifist in the College Arms Race
Last summer, when I was researching our September package on the utter lunacy of getting into college nowadays, I spoke to a number of local […]
Tonight, $3 Troegenator
For happy hour tonight Perch Pub is serving up Troegs Troegenator for $3 per 10-ounce pour. There are also half-priced burgers and melts from 5 […]
Grandmother Favors Marriage Equality
“My son is not an issue. He’s a person just like you,” says Iowa grandmother Jean Argus, in a very moving video she made in […]
Sainthood for Pope John Paul II? Not a Prayer!
Who could forget that chilling seen in Jaws when Mrs. Kintner, whose young son had just been killed by the shark, approached Chief Brody and […]
Civil Union Bill to be Introduced in PA
Pennsylvania Representative Mark Cohen announced he will introduce a bill to legalize civil union throughout the state. The Philly Democrat and more than 40 co-sponsors […]
The Donald Isn’t a Fan of Marriage Equality
“You’re fired” is his famous catchphrase of late. But Donald Trump – who bloomed as a real estate mogul in the 80s and more recently […]
Happy Birthday, ENIAC
It’s hard to imagine, sitting here in front of my Mac desktop, next to a digital phone, a few feet from an iBook, a cell […]
A Mattress Made for Athletes
There’s no shortage of sport-specific gear that promises to help you train smarter and go longer, and now, thanks to New Hope’s 17-year-old Phil Carlitz, […]
Can Michael Nutter Be Beat?
According to a poll released last week, a majority of Philadelphians say Michael Nutter doesn’t deserve a second term. Given his first three years in […]
College Kids More Stressed Than Ever
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet. Anonymous The best and the brightest are screaming and sleep […]
The Cost of a Good Education
In connection with legislation known as “Black Laws,” Ohio in 1829 evicted black people from the state within 30 days if they did not pay […]