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Politics and Mother Nature

The snow from the holiday blizzard has all but melted away, but the politics of snow remains. Two politicians who have been touted as presidential […]

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Chick-fil-A Rethinks Anti-Gay Ads

When banner ads starting showing up from the conservative Pennsylvania Family Institute featuring Chick-fil-A, gay activists called “foul.” The fast food chain, with locations throughout the […]

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The Oregon Diner at 2 A.M.

Last night at 1:45, I rouse myself from the couch, go upstairs, and interrupt my son Sam talking on his cell to tell him that […]

Restaurants

Taking Aim at Restaurant Web Sites

Please stop obscuring your food with horrible websites. We visit a lot of restaurant websites and boy do some of them stink. Someone created a […]

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Been to a Sixers Game Lately?

Just got back from a Sixers game. You remember the Sixers. Chet Walker. Darryl Dawkins. Andrew Toney. The Doc. A.I.

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Local Lesbian Filmmaker Works With Oprah

Michelle Pollino has worked with plenty of award-winners over the years, like Elizabeth Moss from Mad Men. But the lesbian filmmaker also added Oprah Winfrey to […]

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What Doomsday Signs?

Amid the piles of gleeful Christmas greetings my family received this year, one card struck a weirdly discordant note. On cheery green paper, it proclaimed […]

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Andy Reid Is On the Clock

During a week where writing angles become a little dull in prelude to a big NFL playoff game, the Inquirer trotted out the ol’ “Andy […]

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Hump Day Headlines

New Hampshire may get gay marriage. Navy officer removed from post. RNC folks still think marriage is between a man and a woman. Chick-Fil-A is […]

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Fork & Barrel Peeps Have Something Planned for Walnut

A new spot is coming to the just vacated Joe Pesce on Walnut Street. It will come from the same folk who have brought candlelight […]

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Has Facebook Killed the Yearbook?

My daughter Marcy is, God willing, graduating from college in May (I know, I know; that went so fast!), so her school has been sending […]

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New Year’s Is a Pain in the Ass

I think I have a New Year’s Eve curse. I’ve had it ever since I was old enough to go out for New Year’s. Every […]

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Spaghetti Warehouse to Become Music Venue?

View Larger Map Avram Hornik’s (Drinker’s Pub, Drinker’s Tavern, Drinker’s West, Noche, Lucy’s Hat Shop) live music venue looks to have new life. Originally planned for […]

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2010 – The Menu

Late in November we asked you, our readers, to name your top dishes of 2010. And boy did you ever get into this one. So […]

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America the Stupid

There’s been a lot of hand wringing lately about how dumb America is getting. If you haven’t heard about it, students in the United States […]