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This Halloween, Can We All Just Ghost?

I committed a grievous etiquette sin last weekend. I pulled a Halloween ghost. Let me explain, and see if you wouldn’t have been tempted to, […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending October 17th

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

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Privacy in the Age of the Internet

On the Internet, do we make sure that our passwords contain at least 8 case-sensitive characters and include at least one special character because we […]

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Four Lines of Political B.S. That Make Philly Voters Swoon

Got an election coming up? Running for political office in the city of Philadelphia? Or maybe you’re running for a state or local office that […]

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Four Charts That Show Tom Corbett Doesn’t Understand Pennsylvania’s Economy

Tom Corbett seems determined to end his governorship the same way he arrived: By blaming the poor for their inability to find good work in […]

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A Reply to Dom Giordano About Mumia Abu-Jamal

I don’t blame Dom Giordano for wanting convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal to shut the hell up. But even after reading Giordano’s case for anti-Mumia legislation […]

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Missanelli: The Real Story Behind the Victor Cruz Tweet

We all have things we want to do when the job is over and after this week, I have decided that I’m going to create […]

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School Boards, Elections, and Philadelphia’s Utterly Failed Democracy

Maybe democracy in Philadelphia isn’t working so well. That’s not a novel observation, I realize, but it takes on new urgency with the growing campaign […]

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Crowdfunding Has Consequences

Over two weeks this past summer, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge poured millions of gallons of frigid water over people’s heads and millions of dollars […]

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5 New York Subway Pick-Up Tips That Will Never Work on SEPTA

I can’t imagine what drove Brian Robinson to look for dates on the subway. In the age of Tinder and Match.com — when anything from […]

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This Is the Monster We Celebrate on Columbus Day

A version of this story ran in 2012. Imagine, if you will, that the man who murdered your entire family, raped your daughter, sister, and […]

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NBC Butchered Philadelphia’s Geography for Sunday Night Football

The Eagles’ 27-0 demolition of the New York Giants Sunday night wasn’t just the Eagles’ first blowout victory of the season. It was a blowout […]

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Can Tom Wolf Govern Pennsylvania?

Polls suggest that Tom Wolf will almost certainly be the next governor of Pennsylvania. But will a Governor Wolf actually be able to govern? It’s not a silly question. […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending October 10th

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

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Mumia Makes Us Crazy

Let’s concede a few things about Mumia Abu-Jamal right off the top: He’s a bad man. A convicted, apparently unrepentant cop killer. A poseur surrounded […]