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What Swarthmore Could Learn From Jerry Falwell’s University

In late August, just a few days before classes began at Swarthmore College, a member of the class of 2016 — to spare her future […]

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I’m Not Fighting It Anymore: I Want to Be an Eagles Fan

It was during a performance of The Nutcracker that I realized I wanted to be an Eagles fan. As soon as the curtain closed for […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

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Three Ridiculous Excuses for Being a Cowboys Fan in Philadelphia

I don’t know who came up with the idea to create professional team sports, but I’m pretty sure they began as a form of civic pride. […]

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The Problem With Charlie Dent’s Planned Parenthood Compromise

On the surface, Pennsylvania Congressman Charlie Dent has a great idea for ending the coming storm over Planned Parenthood’s federal funding: He wants to compromise. Planned […]

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D.C., NYC Are Starting to Freak Out About the Pope’s Visit

We here in Philadelphia have been at it a while. Pope Francis was installed in March 2013. Immediately after, Philadelphia archbishop Charles Chaput said he […]

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The 10 Philly Pope-Visit Commandments

By now, you know the logistics – where you can go, where you can’t, and where you can drink the weekend away in the name of […]

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Starbucks Barista Refusing Bathroom to Cop Shows Corporations Don’t Let Employees Think for Themselves

A Philadelphia police officer claims he was denied access to a bathroom at the Starbucks at 13th and Chestnut Streets in Center City — and he’s not […]

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No Substitutes for Good Substitutes

In mid-June, the School Reform Commission voted unanimously to outsource school substitute management. “The vendor was able to commit to us to provide high quality […]

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What Everyone Is Avoiding Saying About Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal

Like everybody else, I’ve been reading way too much about Hillary Clinton’s emails. I’ve read that her use of a private in-house server violated federal […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

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Eagles Will Go 11-5, Win the NFC East

If you’ve been following the football writers, bloggers and ex-team executives — who once hated the media but now by the grace of a paycheck find […]

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5 Pope Visit Silver Linings for Philadelphians

By now, you’ve probably already decided how you feel about the upcoming Pope drop-in. Maybe you’re delighted to host Francis and his faithful flock in […]

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Dear Le Bok Fin Haters: Quit Your Whining

Did you hear about the latest scourge of Philadelphia? No, it’s not the violence in the streets or the corruption and incompetence in public office […]

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Stu Bykofsky Doesn’t Think I Should Have Had an Abortion

In an odious “story” in today’s Daily News, Stu Bykofsky, a man whom I have never met, makes the huge (and hugely male) presumption that […]