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Two New Studies Debunk What You Thought You Knew About Millennials and Sex

As soon as I heard about the pair of new studies showing that millennials are getting less sex than their parents did, I knew the […]

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Wilson Goode Jr. Keeps Fighting

Let’s give Wilson Goode Jr. some credit. He may have lost the election, but he’s still fighting the good fight. Here’s what happened: Last week […]

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12 Can’t Miss, Not Fake* Philadelphia Tourist Destinations for 2015!

Locals know that Philadelphia is a great city, and that it’s only getting better with time. Well, the word has gotten out, and Philly is […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Loretta Lynch Took on FIFA

He sounds like the abbreviation for a painful urological condition. Most Americans think she’s a country singer. That’s only part of why it was so […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending May 29th

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

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5 Years Ago Today, Roy Halladay Was Perfect

I didn’t notice until the fifth inning. I was actually at a hockey bar. Arthur Etchells had recommended it to me to watch Olympic hockey […]

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Ruben Amaro’s Big Problem

Ruben Amaro Jr. has an affliction that baseball people, far and wide, and through decades of time, call the “red ass.” It is not a […]

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Are the Duggars Pro-Family — or Just Anti-Woman?

In general, I try not to dissect why I care about the lives of strangers on reality TV shows. Best-case scenario, I don’t have enough […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Philly Moved Away From “Racial Math”

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending May 22nd

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

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Will the Sixers Find Their Hero in the Draft?

The ping pong balls were neither unkind nor kind to the Philadelphia 76ers the other night at the NBA draft lottery. The Sixers, armed with […]

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Should Philly Get to Vote on Its Public Art Installations?

I don’t have great taste in art. Or, maybe even worse, I don’t have any taste in art. I have a couple of nice pieces […]

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No More Iniquity Inequity!

  Last month’s “Equal Pay Day”—the day that’s set aside to demonstrate how much extra work women must do to earn what men earn—touched off […]

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Why Dunkin’ Donuts Is Philly’s True Coffee Soulmate

The cup of coffee you carry around Philly says a lot about you. In a city where no one smiles or, God forbid, says hello, […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

They were just passing through. They didn’t intend to stop — the CEO of the start-up, the AP tech guy, the Navy midshipman, the dad. […]