The masturbation marathon’s over. So how’d it do?

Yesterday on the Philly Post, there was a little intra-staff debate going on about the merits of Philly.com. In one corner was Joel Mathis, arguing […]

Buried in the recent news that the arch-conservative mega-powerful Koch Brothers were considering buying the Chicago-based Tribune Co., were a couple of potential Philly implications. The […]

Part of the mayor’s strategy for funding the school district’s $300 million budget shortfall is increased delinquent tax collection, particularly on deadbeat property owners. Ironic, […]

A 364-pound black bear was found in a tree in Delran today. It’s believed to be the same one seen roaming around Bucks County recently, […]

Q&A: Chatting with Billy Weiss, co-owner of Woody’s.

This week’s New York magazine features an extended interview with Will Smith and his 14-year-old son Jaden, with whom he’s starring in M. Night Shyamalan’s new […]

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It seems like not a day goes by without me hearing a complaint, curse-spiked rant or horror story about Philadelphia’s taxicabs. They overcharged me! He […]

Today, the School Reform Commission is essentially voting on whether to doom the Philadelphia Public School District as we know it. The school district is […]

We’ve reached CODE ORANGE, people. As Philly experiences its first summer heat–temperatures in the ’90s, humidity at 40%–air quality today is terrifyingly bad. According to […]

Philadelphia didn’t make the list for best city to own a dog. Philly doesn’t have as many dog parks, or as many funny people as Portland, […]

Nearly 20 years after being ousted from Congress, 70-year-old Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky (formerly) is gunning for her old seat again. Since getting ousted in 1994 […]

For the past couple months, I’ve told anyone I can get to listen to me about an essay by journalist Michelle Orange, called “The Dream […]

Remember that part of the opening credits in The Wire when someone throws a rock at a security camera, cracking its screen and jolting it […]