Earlier this spring, I committed an act of faith—I offered the universe a sign that I believe in Philadelphia, that this city will not allow […]

You can say what you like about the millennials who are now, with the resurgent economy, trickling into the workplace for their first “real” jobs. […]

According to 24/7 Wall Street, which scanned the most-searched locations on real estate website Trulia, two Jersey Shore towns are the most appealing spots in […]

Less than a week since New York City kicked off its socialist 100% privately funded CitiBike bikeshare program, a non-law-abiding bicyclist has been hit by […]

Philadelphia cracks the Top 10 of gayest-cities list.

Well, After Earth is finally out. The latest movie from Philadelphia-area filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan stars Will Smith and his son Jaden, and it seems […]

The Atlantic‘s James Fallows, an expert of sorts on air travel, was intensely skeptical of the much-scrutinized New York Times Magazine “Lives” story about a man […]

As of Saturday, June 1st, this is no longer allowed. At least that’s according to Starbucks, which is imposing a ban in the U.S. and […]

If you’ve walked by the the southeast corner of 18th and Market today, you likely noticed this man. His name is Mark Mercer, he’s 54 […]

Sex trivia, Philly Beer Week, and more!

The best news 1-8 Cole Hamels has gotten all year comes from CougarLife.com, which has anointed him, after a poll of 11,000 ostensible cougars, the second-hottest baseball player […]

That kid from New York may have won this week’s National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “knaidel”, but equally as impressive (OK, actually more impressive) […]

The Roots’ long-awaited mural, located at the World Communications Charter School, on Broad and South. It’s being dedicated today, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. […]

Playdar: Cool off with these summer-lounge jams.

Knaidel: “A Yiddish term of German origin meaning “dumpling.”” When Arvind Mahankali, of New York City, was told which word he’d need to spell correctly to […]