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Anyone Missing Andy Reid and Joe Banner Right About Now?

Two things kept me from wanting to hurl after the Eagles lost an ugly game to the Minnesota Vikings: the Cowboys’ epic fail and my […]

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Hall & Oates Appreciation Day: “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid”

To celebrate Hall & Oates’ election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Philly Mag writers are sharing their memories and thoughts about the […]

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Hall & Oates Appreciation Day: “She’s Gone”

To celebrate Hall & Oates’ election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Philly Mag writers are sharing their memories and thoughts about the […]

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CEO Santa: The Fattest of Fat Cats

In the past two years there has been a media onslaught against some of America’s most iconic brands, much of it fueled by unions trying […]

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How the Sixers Learned to Stop Winning and Love the Tank

Things were pretty scary in Sixerland there for a while. The home team was sitting at 6-8 and in first place (gasp!) in the NBA […]

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Requiem for a Christmas Cookie

I guess I should start by explaining that in my family, I’m the one who makes the Christmas cookies. I bring a big tray of […]

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The Paid Sick Leave Bill Exposes Republican Hypocrisy

Pennsylvania’s leaders may have fled the state over the weekend in order to enjoy a little time away from the riff-raff — that is, uh, […]

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TV News Is Broken and The Ratings Suck. So Tell Your Own Story.

For most of my adult life, I have been a walking billboard for media access. A week doesn’t go buy that someone stops me to […]

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a Three-Hour “Screw You” to the Source Material

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Philadelphia showtimes. Superior to An Unexpected Journey in every conceivable way, the second installment in Peter Jackson’s fresher J.R.R. […]

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Confessions of a Gentrifier

A few months ago, toward the end of the summer, I was walking my dog near my house in East Kensington when my neighbor Franky […]

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Baby Boomers: Five Reasons They Are Our Worst Generation

Wow, so it looks like we have a budget deal in Washington. A debt ceiling and spending crisis has been averted. It’s good news. But […]

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No, Let’s Not Start War in Iran Quite Yet

In all but the most optimistic scenarios, a war to keep nuclear arms out of Iran’s hands would be a very costly endeavor. Literally, in […]

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Is Your Husband Gay?

Here’s a cheery thought for the holidays: American women would rather have a cheating, alcoholic, depressed, heterosexual husband than a gay one. Discuss. This gem […]

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Some People Think We Have No Obligations to the Homeless. Here’s Why Those People are Wrong

There was a beautifully written piece published in The New York Times on December 9th that painted a very poignant, solemn, and frustrating picture of […]

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Having the Gay Marriage Cake, and Eating it Too

First of all, let me belatedly congratulate Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a Colorado couple who got married in Massachusetts last year. I hope that […]