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Desperately Seeking Peeps Milk

Looking back, I’m not sure that I ever actually wanted to drink Peeps Milk. Like the rest of the Internet, I was a little curious […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Claes Oldenburg Met the Poop Emoji

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending April 3rd

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

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The Great Passover-Easter Smackdown

Today, friends, is both Good Friday and the beginning of Passover, which means that Christians and Jews celebrate important holidays at the exact same time […]

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You’re Gonna Need Hard Liquor to Watch This Phillies Team

The Phillies announced this week that they will now sell wine and hard liquor at home games this season, and not just at McFadden’s at […]

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Milton Street for Mayor? Hey, Why Not?

As the city’s race for Mayor heats up in advance of the Democratic primary, the choice facing voters remains unclear, if not disappointing. Jim Kenney seems […]

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5 Notable Philly April Fools’ Jokes — and One Real Story You’ll Wish Was Fake

It’s not April Fools’ Day. Ha, got you! It is April Fools’ Day, and as such you are quite the April Fool. You can go […]

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9 Reasons Not to Observe April Fools’ Day in Philly

In some parts of the country, I can see how April Fool’s Day has the potential to be fun. Everyone likes a good prank, and […]

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Trying to Make Sense of Senseless Sheridan and Germanwings Tragedies

He was 72 years old, a collector of antiques, the well-respected Cooper University Health System CEO, the father of four sons, married 47 years to […]

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New Joe’s Steaks Wouldn’t Be Possible With Racist Old Name

To this day, I’m not entirely certain whether Joe Groh was trying to be a good man or simply a good businessman when he chose […]

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These Are the 20 Worst People You Will Find on Philly Sidewalks, Ranked

With Center City becoming more and more populated and crowded, we’ve noticed a lot more people on the sidewalks these days. Many of you are […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending March 27th

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

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Why Frat Scandals at Penn State and Elsewhere Actually Matter

It was awful when we discovered that a Penn State fraternity had allegedly been posting pictures of nude, unconscious college women on a secret Facebook […]

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Mo’ne Davis Just Wrote the Book on Twitter Trolls

By now, I’m used to Mo’ne Davis making me feel bad about myself. At 13, she throws a 70 miles-per-hour fastball, has been on the […]

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Jimmy Rollins: Out of Philadelphia, I’m Now “Free”

Last year, Jimmy Rollins passed Mike Schmidt for the most hits in Phillies history. I happened to attend the next day. Rollins led off. He […]