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How to Talk About Hillary Clinton Without Sounding Like a Jerk

Maybe you love Hillary. Maybe you can’t stand her. Maybe you want to stick a series of tiny pins into her effigy until you feel […]

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Missanelli: This Year’s Phillies Will Stink — but in a Refreshing Kind of Way

Phillies spring training has begun and for the first time in many years, it has a different feel. It’s like the opening of a new […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Sixers Added Some Height

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I Have Complicated Feelings About Chickie’s & Pete’s Crabfries Chips

They’ve arrived. Yesterday afternoon, Herr’s officially unveiled their latest flavor, Chickie’s & Pete’s Famous Crabfries, at the restaurant’s South Philly location. This came a few […]

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Missanelli: Another Season of Nick Foles? Please, No!

Three things circulate inside my mind for this column. But where would any sports blog in Philadelphia be without first talking about the problems of […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Phillies’ Spring Training Truck Left Town

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10 Very Philly Missed Connections We Want to See Happen

Finding love is hard. Finding love in Philly is harder. Finding love in Philly on the Internet? There has to be a better way. With […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Ed Coryell Sr. Got a Big Surprise

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5 Furry Philly Groundhog Day Alternatives to Punxsutawney Phil

There is nothing wrong with Punxsutawney Phil. In fact, for a groundhog, the little guy is pretty cute. Getting a bit chubby in the cheeks, […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Barbie Diversified!

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Missanelli: 2020 Is Going to Be Like 1980 for Philly Sports

If you can wait four more years until we get to 2020, sports in Philadelphia is going to be pretty good. That’s what my crystal […]

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Local Colleges Still Losing War Against Student Drinking

Pity the poor American institution of higher learning. Student drinking on campuses leads to property damage, arrests, injuries and deaths, hazings, and a tsunami of reports of […]

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New Philly Tourism Commercial Is Laughably Bad

Let us first say that we have great love for the work that Visit Philadelphia (formerly Visit Philly, formerly the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation) […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Big Snow!

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Missanelli: In Doug We Trust?

Doug Pederson and Jeffrey Lurie were fashionably late to the press conference that would announce Pederson as the latest “Eagle fixer.” After hearing Pederson speak, […]