Opinion
No One Should Feel Bad for Michael Bay After He Lost His Cool in Vegas
Am I the only one annoyed with Michael Bay? Bay is a Hollywood producer and director, known mostly for his work on films like Armageddon […]
Your Crazy-Expensive Wedding is Destroying Society
Let me confess: I’m a lucky guy. When I started courting my soon-to-be-wife back in 2005, she quickly let me know she wasn’t a diamond […]
These Heroic Philadelphians Broke the Law and Saved Freedom. You Should, Too.
Had a radical thought this morning while reading about the “Edward Snowdens of Philadelphia,” a group of anti-war activists in the 1960s who revealed the […]
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Needs to Stop Apologizing
If love means never having to say you’re sorry, no wonder MSNBC is single. It’s the sorriest network on the planet. Latest to join MSNBC’s […]
The Continuing Fight Against Gun Violence: Can Smart Guns Keep Your Kid From Becoming the Next Adam Lanza?
Shortly after I finished writing about gun control for the January issue of Philly Mag, the American Psychological Association issued a report on the causes […]
Great Job, Birds. Now Get to Work: A Guide to the Eagles Postseason
No matter how disappointing Saturday’s 26-24 loss to New Orleans might have been, there is absolutely no denying the fact that the 2013 Eagles were […]
Does Mayor Nutter Deserve More Credit for Philly’s Dropping Murder Rate?
Over on Twitter, journalist Patrick Kerkstra asks a really good question: Is it just me, or is plummeting homicide rate not getting the attn it […]
Bold Eagles Predictions: The Birds Will Beat the Saints
1. The Eagles are the hottest team in the NFL The post-season belongs to the hottest team in the league, the one that goes into […]
The Six Biggest Tech Trends of 2014
Every year in January — after they’ve shaken off the holiday hangovers and said goodbye to the in-laws — thousands of technology professionals, application developers, […]
Ice Hockey Road Trip! On Their Annual Disney on Ice Excursion, Flyers Come Alive in Canada
CALGARY, Alberta — A funny thing happened on the Flyers’ Disney on Ice road trip: They started looking less like Mickey Mouse and more like […]
5 Reasons You Have No Business at the Eagles-Saints Game
Did I watch the Eagles-Bears game last weekend? Yeah, some of it but not the entire game. I have my reasons. There was a good […]
Pennsylvania Politics 2014: The 4 Stories We’ll All Be Following
2014 will be a huge year in Pennsylvania politics — and particularly Philly area politics — with contested house seats, jockeying for position in a […]
Philly’s 10 Big Winners of 2013
My editor asked me to write this article as a companion piece to Victor Fiorillo’s Biggest Losers of 2013 article, and I must admit I’m […]
Journalism That Mattered in Philadelphia, 2013
When I started the process of trying to determine the year’s top Philadelphia journalism, something surprising happened: I ran into a whole lotta “meh.” To […]
Top 10 New Year’s Eve Movie Scenes of All Time
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by the number of iconic movie scenes with New Year’s Eve as a backdrop. The night offers directors and […]