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The Joy of a Phillies Game, Even When They Stink

One of my favorite memories of attending a Phillies game was on September 4, 1999. I was a senior in high school, and a group […]

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Our Five Favorite Parts of the Chris Christie New Yorker Profile

You’ve already heard about the Joy Behar incident. There are a lot more golden tidbits in this week’s New Yorker profile of Chris Christie. Here […]

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Six Unfortunate but Real Reasons Women Are Paid Less Than Men

To all women: Yes, you are paid less than men. There is no doubt. I see this with my clients. I see this at other […]

An employee of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority raises his fist in the air, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, while entering a SEPTA bus depot in north Philadelphia. | AP Photo, Joseph Kaczmarek
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Willie Brown Is a Changed Man

An observation: The Willie Brown of 2014 is not the Willie Brown of 2009. Don’t misunderstand: They’re similar enough that it won’t really be a […]

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The New Jersey Casino Experiment Has Failed

How low can Atlantic City casinos go? The numbers for 2013 aren’t looking very good — for N.J.’s gambling resort, or for casinos across the […]

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Citizens Bank Park: A Decade in the Stadium We Didn’t Want

The first 10 years of Citizens Bank Park, I think we can all agree, have been pretty great. Five division titles. Eight winning seasons. One […]

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Normcore? More Like “Momcore”

The Thursday Styles section of the New York Times last week contained a big bloomingarticle on the fashion trend known as “normcore,” which the article […]

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Let’s Teach Philly Kids to Use Guns — Properly

Over the weekend, a 2-year-old boy in West Philadelphia shot and killed his 11-year-old sister. The gun —a .357 Magnum — had been stored on […]

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Dear Chris Christie: It’s Time to Give Up on 2016

Dear Governor Christie: It is over. For the good of the Republican Party, the State of New Jersey, you, and your family, it is time […]

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Response: Women Aren’t at Philly Tech Week for You To Look At

“That Tech Girl Talk session? Seems pretty hot,” wrote Gene Marks in his article “The 56 Things You’ll Likely Overhear at Philly Tech Week” on […]

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Race and the Roots
of Philly Transit Strikes

As this is being typed, the news reports about contract negotiations between SEPTA and Transport Workers Union Local 234 sound increasingly optimistic. One of the […]

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VIDEOS: 6 Great Letterman Philly Moments

Sometime next year, there won’t be any more Top 10 lists. There won’t be any more stupid human tricks or throwing items off a five-story […]

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Tom Wolf Is the Future of Politics

We’re just a few weeks out from the Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania, and two should-be contradictory facts appear to be completely true: • Barring […]

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The 56 Things You’ll Likely Overhear At Philly Tech Week

More than 20,000 people are expected to attend more than 140 events at next week’s Philly Tech Week. AT&T and Chevrolet are the big named […]

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Dear L.A.: Here’s What You Can Expect from Jay Z and Made In America. XOXO, Philly

Early this week, word leaked that Live Nation and Jay Z were exploring the possibility of bringing the Made in America festival to Los Angeles, […]