In the wake of the Arizona wildfires that killed 19 elite firefighters, I put together a video commentary suggesting we say “Thank you” to every […]

Jim McGreevey, last seen trying and failing to become an Episcopal priest and starring in a documentary made by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, is now returning […]

Gyrating pelvises galore.

“Because she was hot,” is no excuse for what you’re about to read, boys and girls. Yet that was the purported excuse of this New […]

Ex-PSU President Graham Spanier, who’s been charged with perjury and obstruction of justice for his role in the Jerry Sandusky scandal, and who is sadly […]

Department of Weeks-later corrections. Also, Department of Don’t Believe Everything on the Internet. In late June, I posted a Redditor’s photo that appeared to depict […]

The Daily News has an item today about a recent incident in which Tom Corbett refused to take a call from state store employees union […]

Man, oh man. A lot of people really hate developer Ori Feibush, don’t they? It seems that not a week goes by without some story […]

Back in October 1933, Victor Licata, 21, killed his entire family — dog included — with an ax in Ybor City, Fla. Tampa police later […]

An intimate affair.

News you don’t care about: The city is planning to sell the garage beneath LOVE Park to a developer. News you do care about: Whoever […]

A few weeks ago, the Onion addressed a legitimate gripe: “Nation Demands New Photograph of Edwdard Snowden.” You know, this one. At last, here’s one […]

Yesterday the city unveiled a blunt, powerful document detailing the extent of poverty in Philadelphia–and its new plan to combat it, called “Shared Prosperity Philadelphia.” […]

This Sunday, The Newsroom—the critically lambasted show from The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin—returns for its sophomore season on HBO. Honestly, I never got past the fifth […]

Remember Danny Tartabull? AKA the worst contract in Phillies history? Danny Tartabull’s numbers as a Phillie: three games, seven at-bats, zero hits, $2 million and […]