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The Battle Over Philly’s Clean Hydrogen Revolution

Before we meet up, Chris DiGiulio warns me there’s a chance we’ll get hassled by security. She’s bringing a camera — which she says can […]

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CBS News Correspondent Robert Costa Talks “Zen Trump” and the Eagles

Bucks County native Robert Costa started out covering the Eagles for his high school television station and editing a school newspaper. He later rose through […]

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Why Investing in “We” Over “Me” Could Heal America

I am not at all inclined to spend money freely or easily, a trait I trace directly to my father. On Saturdays when I was […]

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Pennsylvania Deserves a National Park

Last May, I found myself sweaty and sticky in a hot Southern swamp, questioning my choices. Four years had gone by since my wife and […]

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From Puebla to Philadelphia: Dionicio Jiménez’s Long Journey to Success

James Beard-nominated chef Dionicio Jiménez grew up in a small town in Mexico and came to Philadelphia in 1998, finding a job in Marc Vetri’s […]

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50 Years of Best of Philly: A Boozy Timeline of Philly’s Cocktail Scene

In the late ’90s, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Best of Philly, we held a contest, one grounded in, it seems, Big Apple […]

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I Love My Kid, But How Long, Exactly, Am I Supposed to Keep His Baby Teeth?

My sister and I are crouched on a cold cement floor in my parents’ basement, combing through a pile of small plastic horses. They’re from […]

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How Did Philly Dog Culture Get So Out of Control?

Moving is hard enough without dog shit on the bottom of your shoe. I would know: Since I first arrived in Philadelphia in 2017, I’ve […]

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50 Years of Best of Philly: Politics

The first time Ed Rendell — district attorney, mayor, governor, lover of thinly sliced deli meats draped atop a fresh seeded roll — graced the […]

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Tom Corbett’s Crusade: Conquering Donald Trump’s Big Lie

Lifelong Republican Tom Corbett served as the governor of the commonwealth from 2011 to 2015 and attorney general for eight years prior to that. Now, […]