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Let’s get something straight: I know the Pope is Catholic. This means a few things: I never expect him to adopt the conventional American Liberal […]

The white board in the Phillies’ locker room — across from the tubs where the players dump their dirty clothes — was the spring training […]

Now that the Eagles have released DeSean Jackson, with reports surfacing that Jackson has ties to members of violent Los Angeles-area gangs, the DeSean Jackson […]

A recent article on The Atlantic Cities website made a point that is at once obvious and rarely made: Good design and strong imagery can attract […]

Once again, Daryl Metcalfe is screwing with Philadelphia. That may not be an obvious implication of the Butler Republican’s decision this week to introduce an […]

Can you believe the mayor of Philadelphia went to the Vatican and gave the Pope a freaking football jersey? Philly's Mayor Nutter, part of group […]

Last week I played hooky from my day job and drove to Cape May. The goal: Lock myself into a hotel room facing the ocean […]

Well, it’s been awhile since Philly.com adopted its new, troll-crushing commenting system. How’s that working out? https://twitter.com/ParentsUnitedPA/status/448488651941359616 Uh-oh. Well, how bad could the comments on […]

By now, you’ve probably heard about President Obama’s new “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative. The collaboration between foundations, policy makers, and private businesses wants to better […]

Philadelphia’s a great basketball town. You’ll hear this a lot, and it makes sense. The city has a rich basketball tradition. After being invented in […]

Here are some of the things you can learn in The Daring Book for Girls and its sequels: • How to make a geyser out […]

At long last, there’s been a heartening development in the escalating war between anti-“rape culture” activists and due-process advocates. In case you haven’t been following […]

“How many do you have, hon?” the sales associate at the Express in Liberty Place asked me last week. The week before that, a young […]

Villanova is a very good basketball team. You wouldn’t know it from the way they came into the tournament, but the Wildcats are one of […]

A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewing an Inquirer journalist about some bit of newsroom dysfunction — there’s always some bit of newsroom dysfunction […]