Opinion
Sixers Made the Best Possible Pick
The Sixers made the absolute best pick they could have made in taking center Jahlil Okafor with the third pick in the NBA draft. Now, […]
It’s Time for Philadelphia to Take Down Its Own Symbol of Hatred
On Monday, the right-thinking people of the Union let out a collective you go girl when South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for the removal […]
Why Do I Find Taylor Swift So Annoying?
It was hard not to cheer for Taylor Swift over the past couple days. Less than 24 hours after she penned a blog post criticizing […]
A Miracle in Charleston
When the arguments about guns and race subside after last week’s Charleston massacre — and, inevitably, they will — there is one moment from the […]
In Charleston Church Shooting, America’s Founding Racism Rears its Ugly Head — Again
The media are notorious for name-calling. Let me be even clearer. The racist white media and their racist white viewers, listeners and readers are notorious […]
These Are the 10 Worst Drivers on the Schuylkill Expressway
This wasn’t the best day for my editor to ask if I wanted to write about driving on the Schuylkill Expressway. Today it took me […]
Ocean City, New Jersey, the Most Magical Shore Town on Earth
My family has gone to Ocean City, New Jersey, every summer since I can remember. When things were tight, we went for a long afternoon […]
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending June 19th
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?
Blackness Isn’t Transferable
Today marks the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — the day Union soldiers […]
On Evan Mathis Release: Is Chip Kelly’s Ego Killing the Eagles?
In the ripest days of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was ruled by dictators named Khrushchev and Brezhnev, a dissident voice would be […]
Police Reform Can’t Happen Behind Closed Doors
Here’s what we know: Sometime today, members of the Police Community Oversight Board — the 24-member panel appointed by Mayor Nutter to oversee police reform […]
It’s Not too Late to Rescue Sharswood From PHA Eminent Domain Plan
“Plan, or be planned for.” This was the mantra community activists in Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood adopted in their efforts to regain control of the neighborhood’s […]
Autism and Vaccines, Earthquakes and Malaysian Mountain Spirits
It isn’t often that I laugh out loud while reading the staid New York Times, but I did last Thursday as I perused a story […]
Relax, Everyone: Millennials Are Getting Laid Plenty
Two studies came out recently showing that — surprise! — millennials get laid less than their parents did. My Baby Boomer colleague Sandy Hingston wrote that as soon as […]