Opinion
Why I’m Buying Girl Scout Cookies By the Case This Year
There are a couple reasons I buy Girl Scout cookies by the case. For one, they are the most perfect and beautiful cookie in all […]
No, Millennials Aren’t Ruining the Workforce
First, a disclaimer. Even though I technically fall in the “millennial” camp — a generation that Pew defines as adults age 18-34 — I’m on […]
Missanelli: The Last Thing the Eagles Need Is Another “Genius” Coach
Al Pacino once famously said about Chip Kelly and his tenure with the Philadelphia Eagles: “He took a FLAMETHROWER to this place.” OK, maybe I’ve got […]
How to Deal With the Mummers: 4 Steps Inspired by Your Racist Aunt on Facebook
If you believe the Mummers, things will be different next year. In a press release issued Sunday, parade organizers condemned this year’s antics — including […]
How Millennials Are Ruining the Workforce
As a boomer, I have a special interest in millennials. It’s the same sort of interest I have in car wrecks: I don’t want to […]
Who Cares if the New Eagles Coach “Understands the Passion of Our Fans”?
The Eagles are looking for a new coach. This is actually quite a big deal, as it hasn’t happened very often recently. If we ignore […]
A Modest Proposal to End State Budget Impasse: Fire Half the Pa. Legislature
I’ve got a solution to the ongoing budget crisis in Harrisburg — let’s tear down the General Assembly and start over again. Let’s abolish the […]
People Are Angry at the 2016 Mummers Parade
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The Mummers Parade was really offensive this year. Well, okay, don’t stop me. But here’s the deal: This […]
Missanelli: On Chip Kelly, Jeffrey Lurie Made the Right Move — Finally
Jeffrey Lurie did the right thing. It may have flabbergasted most of us when word came down early Tuesday night that Lurie had fired Chip […]
The 17 Best Things That Happened This Year, Ranked
17. Kathleen Kane proved that people waste a lot of time trading really stupid emails at work. Of course, she also screwed up the Commonwealth’s […]
Philadelphia’s Biggest Losers of 2015
Listen. Philadelphia is a great city. We love and adore it. But it’s not all hammocks on the waterfront, Indego and Bobby Hill. We must […]
The Five Biggest Philadelphia Transportation Stories of 2015
If anything, 2015 was the Year of the Bike on the transportation front locally, with major new facilities opening up the promise of faster, easier bike […]
2015: The Year in Philly Media
In a way, covering the big stories is easy. When there’s a big story to be covered, it’s easy to forget we’re in an era […]