All hail Presidents Day, known for automobile sales and bearable traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway. It’s not really a day for thinking about politics. Yet […]

After I filed my piece today about the harassment of Sara Ganim—the reporter who broke the Jerry Sandusky story at Penn State—I got a lot […]

“You’ve finally come out to sell a book.”

CNN reports on Microsoft’s plans: The company is announcing that Outlook.com is coming out of preview mode and is now officially available worldwide. And so […]

NBC 10 reports: The University of Pennsylvania Health System(UPHS) plans to stop hiring tobacco-users in the coming months. The ban goes into effect July 1 and […]

Foobooz reports: The 2013 James Beard Awards Semifinalists have been announced and nineteen local chefs, restaurants and beer professionals have made the list. Vernick Food & Drink […]

The Washington Times reports: “Comcast Spotlight, the advertising and sales division for Comcast Cable, has halted all ads having to do with guns on its […]

Foobooz reports: GQ’s Alan Richman names the most outstanding restaurants of 2013 and Philadelphia’s Vedge is #3. Here’s some of what Richman had to say. The cooking strutted […]

The Dumpsta Players founder spills it.

Remember Monday, when hackers took over Burger King’s Twitter account, said the chain had been bought by McDonalds, and gave a shout-out to Philly? Well, […]

Last summer, the 76ers decided to make a trade for a talented-but-mercurial star, hoping the acquisition of Andrew Bynum would prove a launchpad for championship […]

All it takes is a friendly, informative Twitter account to humanize a person or an institution. Philadelphia Detective Joe Murray’s Twitter feed is great—funny, playful, […]

If my Twitter feed is any indication, Slate writer Dan Kois’ new piece about his hatred of reclining airplane seats has tapped into a deep […]

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A week ago, in his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed raising minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. If […]