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As Promised, Welcome to Chris Christie Scandal No. 3

Don’t you hate when people say “I hate to say I told you so” — when you know at that moment there is nothing they […]

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Bill de Blasio’s Big Ideas

Philadelphia’s well-documented inferiorty complex regarding New York City can often manifest itself as simple imitation. Stop-and-frisk, bike share, elevated train park: These are all ideas […]

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Jack Ryan: Rebooted

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Philadelphia showtimes Armed with an unflappable understanding of justice and a haircut you can set your watch to, Jack Ryan was […]

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Roe V. Wade Turns 41 Next Week

January 22 will mark the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. There’s been little discussion surrounding it, despite the emergence of a case over Arizona’s […]

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The Ultimate Annotated Guide to the New Comcast Skyscraper

By now you’ve seen the plans for the new Comcast Technology and Innovation Center, the eventual tallest building in the city that will include a […]

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President Obama’s NSA Policy Is Based on Shadows and Fairy Tales

Ahead of President Obama‘s NSA speech today, detailing how he’ll try to balance American security with American civil liberties in the wake of Edward Snowden’s […]

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Why Are Interns Sleeping In Toilets? Three Questions About Intern Abuse

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times… for the lowly intern. As the economy improves, there are certainly more internship […]

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Arthur Goldman and the PLCB: Rare Wines. Bad Law. Big Trouble.

Let’s grant this: What Arthur Goldman (allegedly) did was dumb. It was, if proven, certainly illegal. And if convicted, he’ll likely pay a steep price […]

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The Philadelphia Bedbug Problem Is Worse Than You Think

I never realized what a problem bedbugs were until some of my friends got them. My friends who have had bedbugs — and there have […]

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Girls Season 3: Is Hannah Growing Up?

I’m worried about Hannah. I count on the lead character of Girls to be cuckoo like Cocoa Puffs, in an arrested-adolescent, navel-gazing, borderline-endearing sort of way. […]

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What Do You Tell Kids When Pot Is Suddenly Legal?

On New Year’s Day, the New York Times’s Jack Healy tweeted a tender family portrait of a father and son who had trekked all the […]

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It’s Time to End the Inky Ownership Battle

If you care about Philadelphia’s newspapers — if you want to see the Inquirer and Daily News on the stands at your local Wawa, say, […]

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2014 Movie Preview: The 12 Films You’ll Watch This Year

Divvy up your 2014 theater visits with this movie-a-month guide, starting with computer love and running straight through to a nouveau hard knock life. Her […]

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How I Resolved to Quit Facebook and Rediscovered the World

One of my resolutions for 2014 (besides the annual “This year, I will quit smoking, drink tons of water and actually attend the spinning classes […]

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I Changed My Mind About Chris Christie During the Bridgegate News Conference Yesterday

I have been lukewarm on the “Chris Christie for president” media crusade. Although I like the Harry Truman-style straight talk, I don’t like the Nixon-like […]