Opinion
Here’s What Gene Marks Gets Wrong About Teachers and Snow Days
Earlier this week, Philadelphia magazine opinion columnist Gene Marks questioned why teachers get snow days. Today, Steve Clark, a teacher and two-time “Best Storyteller in […]
What Crossing Broad and Other Bloggers Get Wrong About the Eagles’ Media Silence
The NFL Combine started this week, but we won’t hear anything from the Philadelphia Eagles — not from the head coach or an assistant, not from […]
Why Do Teachers Get Snow Days?
UPDATE: Philadelphia school teacher Steve Clark has written a response to this column. Hey school teachers, I have an idea. Instead of fighting the School […]
Now Comcast Criticized for Its Philly Pride
https://twitter.com/chocobohomo/status/567744604514951168 Well, now Comcast’s critics are just being jerks. The latest “Comcast sucks” meme — and there’s at least one a week at this point […]
The Three Questions I’m Never Asking Anybody Ever Again
Okay, so the first question you should never ask anyone is pretty obvious, because almost all of us have done it anyway. The question is, […]
We Need to Integrate Black History Month
What do you consider diverse? You may have thought you knew what the term “diversity” meant, and have probably agreed that achieving it is a worthy […]
No More Half-Measures: Let’s Ban Smoking in Pennsylvania
Dom Costa is a wimp. The state representative from Allegheny has introduced a bill that would ban Pennsylvanians from smoking while driving — as long […]
We Got the Pope. We Got the DNC. Now Bring Us the Super Bowl.
Philly, maybe it’s time to admit it: We’re a world-class city. Our leaders have touted that as an aspiration for years, generally to much mirth […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week
The 2016 Democratic National Convention, that is. Look, we would have been okay if Brooklyn beat us. It’s not like we never lost anything to […]
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending February 13th
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?
What The New York Times Gets Wrong About Philadelphia
Once, Philadelphia did lose to New York. OK, not “once” — it’s happened lots of times. But this big one was in 1946. Looking back […]
A Saint and a Satan
Two of the legendary college basketball coaches passed away within days of each other last week: a saint and a satan. Dean Smith, the gentlemanly […]
Little League Cheating in the Age of Deflategate
Dear Little League International: Welcome to the party! By stripping Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West team of its title, you confirmed the sad but obvious fact […]
Is Watching Fifty Shades of Grey With Your Friends … Weird?
I won’t be standing in line to see the premiere of the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey on Friday. Nor will I be […]
Jon Stewart Is Leaving the Daily Show at the Right Time
For his own sanity — and, perhaps, for ours — Jon Stewart couldn’t have picked a better time to announce he’ll be stepping away from […]