File this under sentences I never expected to type: I’m really excited that Pope Francis is definitely, probably, maybe visiting Philadelphia in 2015! I never […]
Sometimes, I like to play the lottery. Not often. Usually when the jackpot gets north of, say, $200 million. Like everybody else, I start to […]
This is the old Boyd Theater on the 1900 block of Chestnut Street. The once-glorious Art Deco movie theater has been dormant since 2002 and […]
As the Internet continues to grow and the economy continues to suck, more people are going to try to sell goods and services online for […]
Quick: What body part’s size is most vital to a pro quarterback’s success? Um, gee. I dunno. Height, maybe? Uh-uh. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is […]
A couple of years ago, when his reputation had turned so toxic that even Fox News didn’t want him anymore, I made a prediction about […]
Walking down my block this morning, I saw something beautiful. About half a dozen vacant parking spots, framed by piles of half-melted, salt-stained, tire-mushed brown-yellow-gray […]
In retrospect, Tom Corbett’s haplessness as governor has been almost comical. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, they say, but is there […]
After two seasons without much of a winter at all, the Philadelphia region has battled snow several times already this winter. And, as you may […]
For most, winter in Philadelphia means cold weather, snow, bad basketball and hot turkey bowls at Wawa, which are delicious. For many others, winter is […]
There must have been nine of us in the two-door sedan, and we were driving on the Boulevard. I don’t really think anything happened to […]
Chris Christie, once the darling of the media and the frontrunner for the Republican Presidential nomination, is now the national whipping boy. He hasn’t just […]
As I’m typing this column, there’s fury on Twitter about a ridiculous tweet from animal-rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), that […]
Up in New York City, an odd battle broke out late last week over a “spontaneous shrine” — one of those compilations of stuffed animals, […]
He lived freely. To me, that’s the most remarkable thing, the most radical thing, about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Yes, I’m impressed that he […]
