Opinion
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending January 9th
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?
The Sad Demise of the Bill Cosby Legacy
Philadelphia sounded like such a wonderful place. It was the 1960s, and I was a young black kid, growing up on the side of Kansas […]
Three Lessons for Police
When New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio went on the record in saying that he and his wife have “had to literally train” their […]
Jeffrey Lurie Enters Competition for Philadelphia’s Worst Sports Owner
In case you haven’t noticed, Philadelphia has a sports team ownership problem. It took last week’s Eagles front office fiasco to get me thinking about […]
Why Do Trolls Especially Hate Women?
If you’re a reasonably well-adjusted person, you probably don’t spend much time in the comments sections of local news stories — maybe not any time at […]
ESPN Unbundles from Cable. Can Comcast Compete?
One thing that’s kept cable from going the way of the music industry in recent years, observers agree, is this: Hulu, Netflix, and other mainstream […]
My Life of (Hoodie) Crime
I must have been busy vacuuming pine needles out of the carpet all last week, because somehow I completely missed the news that an Oklahoma […]
Three Reasons Temple’s $100 Million Stadium Is a Big, Bad Idea
An on-campus football stadium at Temple University is a really bad idea. It’s a bad idea for the university. It’s a bad idea for the […]
The Icing on the Butter Cake
As a hopeless neurotic with a fetish for Post-it notes, I regularly edit my “What to Grab in a Fire” list. The first spot never […]
The First-Ever All-Philadelphia Christmas Pop Quiz
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Christmas Edition. Seven questions about the history of Christmas in Philadelphia.
Journal: Men Are More Idiotic Than Women
This is the time of year for love and joy and peace on earth and, especially, goodwill to men, a gender I sometimes make fun […]
Now Is the Wrong Time for Protests
Protesters stage die-in at King of Prussia Mall: http://t.co/5PReKej3Dj pic.twitter.com/oK2gIS22EL — NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) December 20, 2014 It was Saturday night at the King of […]
The Philly Mag Year in Review News Quiz
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: How well have you been paying attention? Content loading…
A Philadelphia Christmas List
I have no reason to believe that Philadelphia made Santa’s list this year. If he checked it even once, he’d probably realize that we don’t […]
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending December 19th
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?