2014 will be a huge year in Pennsylvania politics — and particularly Philly area politics — with contested house seats, jockeying for position in a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Each year, I ask my colleagues, friends (yes, I actually have some!), and in-the-know Philadelphians for nominations for my Biggest Losers list, showcasing the region’s […]
Not many BIG POP STARS call Philadelphia home these days. The most popular artists currently representing the city are arguably Meek Mill and Jill Scott. […]
Shaking off an egg nog- and cookie-induced coma after waking up in a pile of shredded gift wrap? Swap out the toffee for popcorn and […]
The minimum wage was last raised in 2009, when it reached its current level of $6.25 an hour under legislation approved in 2007.* Had it […]
It’s not every day that a family of Jews hosts a pig roast, but that is exactly what my sister did at her suburban Washington […]
Anyone who says that at mid-season — when the Eagles were staggering around at 3-5 — they knew the December 29th game in Dallas would […]
For a quarter of a century now, WPRB DJ Jon Solomon has been staying up all night playing holiday music from Christmas Eve deep into […]
America: What a country. A wonderful melting pot of races, ethnicities, religions, genders. More and more each day, it seems, we discover new differences between […]
“Daddy,” my 5-year-old son asked me on Friday. “Why do we celebrate Christmas?” This was a question I’d been expecting for a few weeks — […]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Philadelphia showtimes. He’s reading local news in North Dakota. He’s interviewing Peyton Manning. He’s selling trucks. He’s sitting on a journalism […]
As the New Year approaches, we are all thinking about the 2014 resolutions we ought to be making to better our lives and allow for […]
