Opinion
If You’re Not Voting in This Election, Yes, I’m Judging You
With less than a month before the general election, I have to admit that I’m getting pretty damn nervous. Each week, there’s a new diabolical […]
When You’re Rowhome Parenting in a Pandemic, Everyone Can Hear You Shouting
One of the things I generally appreciate about living in a rowhome is the sense that I’m never truly alone. I mean this in a […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Joe Biden Quotes the Sixers’ New Coach
It wasn’t four score and seven years ago that the Sixers named a new head coach — it was only a week ago, actually. But […]
When the World Around Me Moves Too Fast, I Look Up
Welcome to Ritual, Be Well Philly’s column of essays about the low-tech, inefficient things we do that pleasurably slow us down. From taking the long […]
We’ve Entered the Guy-Fieri-Opening-Restaurants-in-Philly Circle of Hell
Guy Fieri opening a restaurant in Philly was always an inescapable reality, I’m afraid. Dude’s too prolific a restaurateur, opening over 60 restaurants in casinos […]
“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia” Is the Stupidest Thing We’ve Rallied Behind in Years
I am usually here for a great Philly clap back, because they are often exceptionally massive with purpose. Like when we recently came together en […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: “Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”
These haven’t been the easiest of times in the City of Brotherly Love. There’s the, um, Carson Wentz problem. The Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons […]
I’m Running the Broad Street 10-Miler This Weekend. But I Already Got my Medal.
If you’re a runner in Philly, the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run is one of the best days of the year. The race is […]
Do Democrats Want to Be Right, Or Do They Want to Win?
This week, we’ll hit the less-than-30-days mark before Election Day 2020 — and it’s starting to feel like 2016 all over again. On October 7th, […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Buh-Bye, Summer From Hell
The crop is in!! — Not4Nothing (@fbonn2000) June 21, 2020 Happy autumnal equinox, the date this time of year on which day and night […]
The Problem With “Feed Fatigue” and Other Excuses White People Make for Remaining Racist
At the start of the summer, white people’s interest in Black Lives Matter grew during the George Floyd protests. But I didn’t believe them. As we […]
I Never Knew How Much I’d Miss Shopping in Person
The small front hall of my Queen Village home has morphed into a full-on packing, shipping and receiving facility. (Jeff Bezos would be impressed.) On […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Trump’s Philly Town-Hall Disaster
On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump appeared here in our city, where the founding fathers he’s so fond of proclaimed the existence of truths that […]
I’ve Made a New Playlist Every Month for the Past Four Years
Welcome to Ritual, Be Well Philly’s column of essays about the low-tech, inefficient things we do that pleasurably slow us down. From taking the long […]
I Fear the Parkway Encampment Crisis Could End Up Like the MOVE Bombing
In some ways, 2020 is starting to feel like 1985. Right now, a group of vulnerable and displaced people is actively defying the city’s demand […]