Philadelphia is a city of big personalities and big egos. And, the biggest personality, both in style and substance, is His Honor the Mayor. According […]
When did Ed Rendell become such a wuss? Ed’s pretty much been sitting out the race to be the Democratic nominee for governor in 2016, […]
Even casual Philadelphia sports fans remember Michael Carter-Williams’ debut: 22 points, 12 assists, 9 steals, 7 rebounds as the Sixers upset the defending NBA champion […]
It’s award season in the magazine industry, and this year, I’m up for a couple. Oh, this isn’t like the Emmys or the Grammys or […]
Presented for your contemplation: Two seemingly unrelated pieces of gambling news — one local, the other no so much. • Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board still […]
Philadelphia has always been backwards in legislating criminal justice. Stealing from the city’s fund with the morally corrupt DROP program is okay, but getting caught […]
Every once in awhile, someone asks me how I go about coming up with topics for articles and blog posts. Since the fake, talking-to-college-kids answer […]
Here’s a sad fact: Las Vegas had more visitors in March than in any other month in its history. Sure, it’s the go-to place for […]
The increasingly shrill tenor of the Allyson Schwartz and Rob McCord campaigns’ hits on Tom Wolf heading into the last two and a half weeks […]
Let’s first of all make an admission: Bob Guzzardi is kind of a weird dude. He’s not the kind of man you really want […]
Over the weekend, the New York Times wrote about a recent study that says that people who talk to each other on public transit have […]
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter seems to be in the middle of an existential crisis. Now, normally this confrontation with life, the universe, and everything is […]
Yesterday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced a lifetime ban and $2.5 million fine on Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. For reasons that […]
When the news came that legendary sportswriter Gary Smith was retiring from Sports Illustrated, I did what any writer would do: I called my dad. […]
It’s time for us — all of us — to start watching the watchers. One good-slash-bad effect of last week’s revelation that there would be no […]
