Last week, in a fantastic advertising campaign disguised as a social initiative, Starbucks launched #RaceTogether, encouraging employees at 12,000 U.S. locations to write “Race […]
I have a long and checkered relationship with vacuum cleaners. Such simple appliances, yet they can cause such angst. You plug one in, you run […]
Last week, I spent the majority of my time reporting on the murder of Jim Stuhlman, an unarmed 51-year-old man who was shot dead on […]
I woke up on Friday morning with a distinct, creeping sense of dread. The kind of dread that makes you afraid to open your eyes, […]
God, what a winter. And then, on the first day of spring, we got hit with this? No wonder the whole city’s in a foul […]
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?
As the NCAA’s three-week run of March Madness begins, it’s time to talk about basketball student-athlete … academic fraud? Syracuse University has not been included in […]
Three thoughts following Thursday night’s mini-riot at the policing town hall at Lawncrest Recreation Center. 1. Brandon Tate-Brown’s family said on Thursday they didn’t want to […]
It was a bright spring day in New York City. And the doorman was just minding his own business, watching the traffic go by on […]
I like Villanova’s basketball team. I realize this is not a popular opinion for all basketball fans in Philly. Villanova is the Duke of the […]
At this point, we probably shouldn’t bother pretending that we’re shocked by the news coming out of Penn State. (Which is unfortunate, as shock makes […]
Let’s give Seth Williams a round of applause. I’m not being facetious here. Williams’ decision to take Kathleen Kane’s “double-dog dare” last year and pursue charges […]
Temple basketball fans got an early Christmas gift last year when the Owls routed Kansas by 25. “I think we played about as well as […]
Penn has just announced that the cost of its undergrad tuition will go up by 3.9 percent this year. This is the sixth year in […]
Dear Sen. Jake Corman: I’ve been thinking about you lately. Admittedly, I wasn’t too thrilled to see you displace local favorite Dom Pileggi as the […]
