Michael Nutter was literally screaming his budget address today in City Hall, trying to drown out the whistles, boos, and chants emanating from a spectator […]

Dick Morris predicted Romney would win in a “landslide,” winning 325 electoral votes. (He won 206.) He was named “Worst Pundit of 2012” by PunditTracker, […]

Penn State President Rodney Erickson has decided to suspend the school’s relationship with Adidas, to reprimand the apparel company for not paying Indonesian workers after […]

You remember when Pat Toomey had dinner with the president the other night at the White House? That was nice, wasn’t it? All that olive […]

Singing Mormons in the Gayborhood?!

Why do people insist on taking cruises? In 2011, the ship sank in Italy. In February, the ship stank in the Gulf of Mexico. And […]

I smiled and clapped quietly to myself when Penn announced its 2013 commencement speaker a couple days ago: Vice President Joe Biden. Joe Biden! What […]

Penn State alumni can be a nostalgic bunch, celebrating their alma mater by tailgating at football games, sharing stories at reunions, and even storming trustee […]

The city may have increased or decreased the value of your home (as you found out recently by mail, per its new AVI assessments) but […]

  After falling into the habit of spending many consecutive hours in my kitchen on Sundays, cooking one large meal, creating a different soup each […]

The Sixers came tantalizingly close last night to disrupting the Miami Heat’s annoying remarkable 20-game win streak, flailing only in the last minute of play. […]

While many may think US News & World Report’s rankings are flawed (see a well-respected alternative ranking here), it’s impossible not to check up on […]

  Philadelphia Airport was recently named one of the top five best places in the country for hooking up by MeetAtTheAirport.com. Why PHL? According to […]

AP: Wednesday, “a 64-year-old loner sauntered into a barbershop in upstate New York, coolly asked if the man cutting hair remembered him and then opened fire […]

Starting July 1, as SEPTA’s been warning us, fare hikes will increase. Cash payments for city transit will go from really convenient $2 to not […]