A few weeks ago I was at the Art Museum steps. As I churned out repeats of the stairs, I spotted him: Grey sweatsuit, black […]

Two things happened after last night’s loss to Andy Reid. (Because that’s what it was. Andy vs. the Eagles. And Andy won.) One, Andy Reid […]

Drexel, twice-named the ugliest college in America by various campus-judgers, has improved its standing this year, at least according one “metric.” Complex Magazine has come […]

It’s 5 a.m. and I’m dozing on a cold sidewalk in Philadelphia. Bleary eyed, self-conscious of my surroundings, a bit ashamed. I commune with others […]

Penn student Yoel Roth.

A big, big, big new study out of Science will seriously depress those of you weaned on Star Trek and Have Spacesuit Will Travel. After […]

Punk’d! After a tragic, last-minute cancellation, Ashton Kutcher is coming to Penn after all. First, he was supposed to come this Wednesday, then cancelled because–really–the […]

Congrats to Billy Cavallo.

In a different world—the world of, say, eight or 10 years ago—I might’ve been able to write this as the column my editor asked me […]

We’re all flustered.

CBS3 reports: Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the death of legendary entertainer and Philadelphia native Jim Croce. He died in a plane crash in […]

Watch Brittany Lynn in action.

The Daily News reports that The Goldbergs, a new ABC sitcom,is based on the 1980s upbringing of writer Adam F. Goldberg. His physician father, played […]

Lest you think that “helicopter parenting” is an American thing, know this: a French woman was just charged with fraud for taking the Baccalaureate test […]

Last week, esteemed old white guy author Jonathan Franzen offered up a lengthy old white guy rant diatribe against the Internet, Twitter, and how modern […]