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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Brotherhood on a Bus in Kenya

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Here’s My Problem With Tina Fey’s Mean-Girl “Philly” Accent

Before we start, let’s get a couple important things out of the way. 1) Tina Fey is annoyingly talented and outrageously funny. There are a […]

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Missanelli: How Will Chip Kelly Solve His Sam Bradford and DeMarco Murray Problems?

Welcome to mid-December, where, when it comes to the Philadelphia Eagles, we never run out of issues. Just this week, as the Birds prepare to […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Homes for the Holidays

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Kathleen Kane Says Her Sister’s Emails Aren’t That Bad — Here’s Why She’s Wrong

Earlier this month, I attended a unique press conference at the National Constitution Center. (Clearly, this is what was envisioned when this museum was opened.) […]

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Okay People, the Donald Trump Joke Is Over

I discovered a new favorite game a couple months ago while rereading the Harry Potter series. I call it, simply, “Who said it: Lord Voldemort […]

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10 Strange Christmas Traditions to Make You Grateful for That Damned Elf on a Shelf

The Washington Post ran a story last week, later picked up by the Inquirer, about boomer parents who are ready to be done with Christmas […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Chip Kelly Said He Was Wrong

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Mythbuster: Suicide Is Not More Common During the Holidays

The Annenberg Public Policy Center at Penn has some good news for people who appreciate accuracy in media: Last year, for the first time in […]

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Chip Kelly (Surprisingly) Does the Right Thing

I never thought I’d see the day where I’d call Chip Kelly an orator and statesman, but he surprised the hell out of me the other […]