Today The Atlantic published a piece on the impossible coolness of NPR reporter names. Kai Ryssdal, Chana Joffe-Walt, Dina Temple-Raston, Neda Ulaby, Sylvia Poggiole. When […]

Remember the time we discovered that Harrisburg, in the words of Gawker, was a “broke-ass sinkhole of despair”? Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission has […]

On his way to a weekend of Scranton-related festivities, for The Office‘s final sendoff, Rainn Wilson–AKA Dwight Schrute–began experiencing a sensation with which many of us […]

Highlights from the Equality Forum Dinner.

Oh, David Oh. This issue might not be a political winner. The at-large Republican councilman is upset with the Free Library of Philadelphia, which starting […]

If only ever ESPN intern got to appear on camera. Outspoken Steelers Safety Ryan Clark, whose career may be nearing its end, is currently some […]

The backlash to the Paterno backlash continues at Penn State, where pro-JoePa candidates swept elections for the Board of Trustees on Friday. Not at all […]

Our favorite panel.

Friday, Chris Christie posted a video of himself killing a spider in front of a classroom of fourth-graders. PETA, upon being notified of the spider’s death […]

Viagra is now available online, Pfizer has announced. The move was done in part to boost sales and in part to “rein in the distribution […]

The New York Times‘s David Carr has trained his gimlet-eye on the compensation of megawatt media company CEOs, including Comcast’s Brian Roberts, who earned over […]

The weekend in LGBTQ headlines.

One of the things I hate most about the Internet is the comments section under any posts that address some marker of identity, be it […]

Jeff Lurie, divorced from Christina Weiss Lurie since last July, remarried this weekend among family and friends in a private ceremony.  The bride was 39-year-old […]

LeBron James was all set to become the first NBA player ever to win the Most Valuable Player Award unanimously. And then Boston Globe basketball writer […]