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4 Biggest Mother’s Day Social Media Missteps

As far as holidays go, Mother’s Day is traditionally in the minor leagues. It’s an important one, yes, but it barely takes up an entire […]

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I Was in No Hurry to Open My New iPhone

About four years ago, my husband started telling me I could get a free iPhone whenever I wanted to. A couple of weeks ago, I […]

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Michael Nutter’s Top 9 Profane Moments

When Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter leaves office, we’ll miss his potty mouth. Since he was sworn in seven years ago, he has called an assortment of criminals “real assholes,” […]

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Let’s Not Tax Airbnb for Pope’s Visit

Councilman Bill Greenlee has an idea: He wants to tax Philadelphians who rent out their rooms for the pope’s visit. I have a different idea: […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending May 8th

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

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LeSean McCoy Is Wrong

LeSean McCoy is still very hurt about being traded from the Philadelphia Eagles. That was the clearest conclusion anyone could reach about McCoy’s comments to […]

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Tony Come Lately?

As a full supporter of the #BlackLivesMatterMovement, I wield a hefty amount of skepticism towards any candidate’s newfound interest or consciousness on this matter — […]

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How Philly Police Kept the Peace at “Philly Is Baltimore”

Well, thank God for Philadelphia Police. I’m serious. Yes, it’s easy to find reasons to criticize our local department, and I do it all the […]

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5 Rules for Behaving During Philadelphia Street Festival Season

Somehow, I went almost three decades in this city without having to experience a neighborhood street festival. Actually, it was easy. I grew up in […]

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Chew On This, Anti-Vaxxers: America Has Wiped Out Rubella

In case you missed it with all the hoopla over the NFL draft, the World Health Organization made a big announcement last week: Rubella has […]

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My 10-Step Plan for Emancipation From Police Brutality

Municipal police departments, as they are now known, began as slave patrols. In fact, the first official one started in 1704 in the Colony of […]

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The Incredibly Simple Way to Fix the Attorney General’s Office

Quick poll: Who here thinks we can solve the problems that ail the state Attorney General’s office by making Pennsylvania’s political culture more like Philly’s? […]

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The (New) Jim Kenney for Mayor

In many ways, this has been the weirdest of Philadelphia mayoral elections. We mean that not in the sense of weird things happening — honestly, […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: They Held the NFL Draft. Finally.