Thanks to my four-year-old son and his preschool, our household has been hotbed of disease and pestilence this winter. In the last six weeks, we’ve […]

          My name is … Mark Segal. I am a … publisher, activist, developer, community organizer, and I think I have a […]

Editor Tom McGrath weighs in on the tirade.

Hard to believe, but it’s been exactly one year since Joe Paterno died from lung cancer—a day after overzealous student journalists pre-reported his death—just months […]

Earlier this month, I told you about the as-yet-to-be-built Philadelphia Wax Museum, whose founder, Robert Avery, wants to showcase Philadelphia luminaries like Tina Fey, Michael […]

Remember yesterday when we were all stunned and moved by Beyonce’s rendition of the National Anthem? Forget that. Turns out Beyonce lip-synched the anthem, which […]

Prosecutors rested their case today against the Rev. Charles Engelhardt and former lay teacher Bernard Shero on charges the two men sexually abused the same boy […]

“Boyz II Men” is trending on Twitter Philadelphia, probably for the first time in Twitter’s seven year history. Well, technically, “Boys II Men” is trending, […]

They say heteros are welcome, too.

It’s a long way down from being the most powerful man in Pennsylvania politics. Former State Sen. Vince Fumo can barely get a fresh banana […]

We don’t even know yet if there will be a “Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace movie”—Just kidding! There totally will be!—but the competition for casting […]

Mark Segal sure likes his adjectives. Last Friday the Philadelphia Gay News publisher wrote a column in which he called Philly Mag “racist,” “sexist” and […]

Reason reports: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C. ruled today in favor of the DEA’s decision to keep marijuana a Schedule I […]

Right now is a good time to go remix all of Jerry Seinfeld’s old routines into the modern language of hip-hop. “What’s the deal with […]

Just a few more weeks until pitchers and catchers report, but Ruben Amaro Jr. is still apparently willing to make deals. Reports say the Phillies […]