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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 […]

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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?

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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March Madness Preview: Villanova Is a Title Contender; Can Temple Reach Tourney, Too?

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Villanova is a national title contender this year. Right: Villanova does not have the best recent NCAA tournament […]

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9 Philly Missed Connections That Need to Happen This Valentine’s Day

It’s not easy to find love — especially in Philadelphia, especially in February. But it’s not like we’re not trying. No, we’re trying really hard — from […]

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Where’s the Love for Comcast?

Maybe it’s not all Comcast’s fault. Harris Interactive has released its annual rankings of the reputations of the country’s 100 most-visible companies and — shocker — […]

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Would You Spend $200,000 on Your Child’s Bedroom?

So last week the Wall Street Journal filled me in on Dahlia Mahmood, an interior designer who created a lovely princess-themed bedroom for a Virginia […]

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Police Brutality Charges Show the System Is Trying, Not That It’s Working

Seth Williams was almost right. The district attorney entered last Thursday’s press conference — the one announcing brutality charges against two Philadelphia police officers — seemingly […]

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Weed Cookies: My Fully Baked Ambien Alternative

The last time I took an Ambien was a little more than two years ago. I was a couple weeks into the prescription and woke […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

Politicians aren’t known for brilliance. Philly pols, especially, aren’t known for brilliance. But at a panel discussion at Temple on Tuesday, newly announced mayoral candidate […]

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Atlantic City Is the Most Romantic City in America — What?

It was after 6 a.m., and I was still out. About five hours earlier, Sergey Kovalev had completed his win over Philly’s Bernard Hopkins, and […]