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Philadelphia’s Best Gated Community

“One of the most beautiful parts is I-95 separating us from the city,” Larry Wright tells me, and with that, I’ve finally discovered that even […]

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Chris Christie Knocks Out Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn had had enough. A festering sore had turned into a gaping wound, and the leader of the fifth-largest state took off […]

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How to Save Your Soul with an iPhone

A janitor named Tom is cleaning the pews for Sunday Mass when the parish priest approaches him. “Tom, could you do me a favor and […]

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Why the Hell Is There An App for That?

My son Jake had no sooner arrived back at college after Christmas break than he lost his cell phone. For some reason I don’t really […]

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The (Real) Story of the Week

Reporters hate it when it is made public that they missed on a story that flows from a rumor. They hate it because a.) it […]

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It Happened Last Night: Ms. Lauryn Hill Played South Street

You remember Lauryn Hill. The vibrant young woman who came of age in the 1990s with The Fugees and with a rousing performance in Sister […]

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The American (Idol) Way

I have a theory about how a show like Survivor—and the endless parade of “vote-’em-off” reality TV shows that it spawned—can make it so long […]

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A Leader Lost: Frank Baldino

We don’t have many great leaders in this area so it is painful when we lose one. Last Tuesday, Philadelphia said its goodbyes to Frank […]

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Known Unknowns (And the Lying Liars Who Lied Us Into War)

Seeing as how former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be at the Constitution Center tonight hocking his memoir, Known and Unknown, I figured it’s […]

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Tale of the Tape: Opa

[wps3 id=”8″] Opa is opa-ning Thursday, February 10 at 1311 Sansom Street. The ramshackle space has been transformed into a modern Greek restaurant and bar. […]

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Streisand to Play Mama Rose!

The Los Angeles Times confirmed Barbra Streisand has signed on to play Mama Rose in a new movie-musical adaptation of Broadway’s Gypsy. Rosalind Russell and […]

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Sexy Valentine’s Day Gifts

As many of you may already know, I sometimes create my own furniture and colognes. That’s why I created a new fragrance for men called […]

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Hump Day Headlines

First openly gay African-American elected as state legislator. Gay Maryland lawmakers support marriage equality. Indiana wants to ban gay marriage. Gay porn star is the […]

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What We Love: V-Day Whoopie Pies

Grocery recently baked up two kinds of special Valentine’s Day whoopie pies featuring chocolate with sweet strawberry filling and red velvet with cinnamon cream cheese. […]

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7-Year-Old Supports Marriage Equality

Most seven-year-olds could find a lot of ways to spend money – like on toys, candy and video games. But when a little boy named […]