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Buzz Bissinger Owes Nick Foles an Apology

Long before the cheap shot on Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles by Washington Redskins 325-pound nose tackle Chris Baker, Buzz Bissinger launched his own cheap […]

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Can’t a Guy Get a Beer in This Town Without Freaking Football Blaring in the Background?

During football season, Eagles talk — and also Eagles shouting, Eagles yelling and Eagles screaming — hangs in the air with a ubiquity rivaled only […]

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Rich People Are Stupider Than You and Me

Rich people, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, are different from you and me, and there was a doozy of an article in the New York […]

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Are We Really Ready to Boot the SRC?

So the folks who want a public vote on dissolving the School Reform Commission are one step closer to their goal. (Though as the Inquirer […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending September 19th

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 This the NFL’s Next Commissioner?

It seems clear that Roger Goodell is finished as commissioner of the NFL. His silence on the arrests of NFL players Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy, […]

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It’s the End of the War on Drugs as We Know It

Kids, gather round. Let me share with you the horrors of my youth. Behold: And: Back in the 1980s, these commercials were on a near-constant […]

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Rihanna Was Right to Tell Off CBS Over Thursday Night Football Decision

There is nothing that is — or perhaps can be — written about Rihanna without talking about the events that transpired on Grammy night in 2009. Similarly, […]

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What Would It Take for You to Ditch Your Favorite NFL Player’s Jersey?

In the never-ending struggle between athlete worship and self-dignity, take a wild stab at which won out last week in Baltimore amidst the lingering fog […]

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Interview: When Women Lead Newsrooms

It’s not easy to find a woman leading a newsroom. Yes, women do ascend to the top spots of newspapers and magazines — but sometimes, […]

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Mayoral Wild Card Ken Trujillo Enters Philadelphia Mayoral Race

Ken Trujillo, who is perhaps the most interesting wild card in the reputed 2015 mayoral field, formally entered the race this morning with a press conference […]

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Last Night, I Wanted to Bash the Gay-Bashers

Last night, Philly was enthralled with a minute-by-minute social media manhunt for the alleged perpetrators of a gay-bashing crime in Center City. We watched with rapt attention […]

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On the Stupidity of the La Viola “Boycott”

Tuesday night was a frenetic one on the Philadelphia social media scene: the Philadelphia Police Department published video of suspects in last Thursday’s alleged gay […]

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What Stu Bykofsky Almost Gets Right About White Privilege

Let’s give Stu Bykofsky some credit: Sometimes he almost stumbles his way to the truth. Backhanded compliment? Sure. But you take what you can get […]

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SheRides, and 5 More Taxi Services Philly Needs Now

For as much as I avoid driving and exercise, I take a cab maybe once a month. Although most tend to think that this is […]