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Time to Fix Eminent Domain

Congratulations to James Dupree. After a long fight with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (PRA), the artist last week learned that he can keep his studio […]

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Jim Kenney’s Mean Girl 101

Like most people who were tweeting from the Linc on Sunday night, I’m going to assume that Councilman Jim Kenney wasn’t putting much thought into […]

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Why “I Can’t Breathe” Matters

There was once a time in sports where it was cool to be an anti-hero. Charles Barkley ran a money-making campaign to prove he was […]

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CIA Was Right: Waterboarding Works

To read Larry Mendte’s criticism of torture, as depicted in the new Senate report, click here. To say the killing of Osama bin Laden created […]

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Torture Report Sickens Me

Read Chris Freind’s defense of “enhanced interrogations” here.  I am sickened by the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s extensive use of torture during […]

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Is Kobe Bryant the Worst Person in the World?

So there was this little recap in the Daily News last week of a happy-sounding practice of the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant, the pride […]

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Just Who’s Responsible for These Die-Ins?

Gosh, those folks from POWER are a huge pain in Philadelphia’s butt.

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

Last night the 116th annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society — or, as the society’s website has it, The One Hundred Sixteenth Annual Dinner of The […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending December 12th

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

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Is It Already Time to Plan for the Eagles’ Next QB?

The Eagles season is far from over and already the provocateurs on Philadelphia sports talk radio are speculating about next year and the years after. […]

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5 Reasons to Fear Sunday’s Eagles-Cowboys Game

The Eagles playoff chances dangle at the mercy of the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night, and this mantra keeps echoing in my head: Be afraid. Be […]

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9 Reasons Business Owners Hate the Holidays

Run a small business? Then you’re keeping a big secret. C’mon … fess up. It’s about the holidays. Sure, December is a festive, wonderful, joyous […]

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In Policing Debate, Ferguson Is a Bad Example

I like Mike Missanelli. I could listen to him talk sports and pop culture for hours on end, and have. Mike is the afternoon host […]

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I Hope “Die-In” Protests Made You Late Getting Home

The protests had barely begun when the griping about them started. And in some ways, maybe the complaints were understandable. Philadelphia activists, enraged by a […]

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Facebook and “Friends” in the Wake of Ferguson

As a 29-year-old woman, this is how my Facebook feed tends to look: baby picture, wedding picture, baby-at-a-wedding picture, Supernatural spoiler (that last one might be […]