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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending August 15th

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

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The One Big Problem With Bringing Amtrak to City Hall

“Ladies and gentlemen, the next station stop for this train is City Hall station in Philadelphia. Please check your seat and make sure you have […]

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5 Reasons Philly Is Better Than Brooklyn for the DNC

It’s make or break day for Philly. Today, site selectors for the 2016 Democratic National Convention hit town to take the full measure of Philadelphia […]

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Ginsburg: As Gay Rights Gain Traction, SCOTUS Record on Women Worsens

From 2006 to 2009, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 81, was the sole woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Nominated in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, […]

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The Phils Without Ryan Howard Would Be Like Gluten-Free Cat Food

My husband Doug and I were toggling between preseason football and yet another extra-innings Phillies game the other night when we lighted upon a cat […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending August 8th

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

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My Daughter Wants to Throw Like Mo’Ne Davis

This article was published before the Taney Dragons advanced to the Little League World Series on Sunday. “I don’t throw like a girl,” my 7-year-old daughter […]

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Philadelphia Has a Burqa Crisis?

[UPDATE: Daniel Pipes has responded to Joel Mathis in the comments.] Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that it was a dude dressed like […]

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99 Percent of Philly Parking Tickets Are Perfectly Legit

If you live in Philadelphia or park in it on occasion, you necessarily hate the Philadelphia Parking Authority and its trolling band of uniformed parking […]

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3 Rules for Surviving (and Thriving) on Yelp

My sister is a really good doctor. She runs two busy offices in South Philly. Her patients include CEOs of large companies and union workers […]

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The Phillies Are Losers (and Always Will Be) — the Case for Bringing Back the A’s

Q: When there were two teams in this town, how did people decide whether to be Phillies fans or A’s fans? A: You didn’t decide. […]

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Mayor Nutter’s 3 Worst Arguments Against Pot Decriminalization

If Mayor Nutter is capable of making a good argument against marijuana decriminalization, he hasn’t shown it so far. It’s clear by now that the […]

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Will Joel Embiid’s Basketball Game Be as Good as His Twitter Game?

Plenty of Sixers fans were disappointed when the team drafted Joel Embiid with the No. 3 pick in the NBA Draft earlier this year. Embiid, […]

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How Badly Did the Phillies Blow the Trade Deadline? Even the Mets Look Good by Comparison

The MLB trade deadline is over, and as many Phillies fans prayed wouldn’t happen — but knew deep down inside it would — GM Ruben […]

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3 Great Moments in PC Hysteria

It’s been a busy week here in the P.C. States of America, with everybody defending everybody else’s right to be offended, with the usual head-spinning […]