This Sunday night looks to be another classic match-up between a heavy favorite and a hapless underdog. No, not the 49ers and the Ravens—the Super […]

A couple days ago, the New York Times featured a truly weird and fascinating report about a bunch of Chinese hackers who were in their […]

With only 3 weeks until the ceremony, this month I’ll be focusing on the Oscars. (Big change, I know.) Starting things off are my picks […]

Tom Corbett’s son-in-law Gerald Gibson, a Philadelphia narcotics officer, is being investigated by the FBI and the Philadelphia police for repeatedly stealing clothes and money […]

Two U.S. Embassy security guards are reportedly dead after a suspected suicide-bomber set off explosives outside the entrance of the building in Istanbul today. An […]

It’s probably a good thing Bill “El Wingador” Simmons wasn’t allowed to participate in the Wing Bowl this year. In a twist of irony, the […]

At 7:45 this morning, thousands of bleary-eyed wing-watchers were treated to a different sort of Bird. Chip Kelly, man of the people, and new Eagles […]

About a year ago, I wrote something nice—or, at least, not overly insulting—about the Philadelphia Inquirer and the need for its continued survival. In response, […]

Every day, we drop our kids off at school and hope and pray that they are safe. We trust that the people who are in […]

Dear Monica, I am having trouble sustaining long-term relationships. What do you think I am doing that makes men back off?   —J. P., Springfield

It’s not that I hate the commercialism of the Super Bowl—I’ve been watching since I was eight. Nor have I boycotted football to protest the […]

Stephen Starr is an ideas man. Thing is, sometimes they’re other people’s ideas. That’s been the rap on Philly’s foremost restaurateur for longer than is […]

It may not generally be wise to judge a restaurant by its logo, but it works for the Mildred. There it hangs, above the quiet […]

“Originally I would have loved to go to the Super Bowl, but at this point it looks like it’s not going to happen … I […]

Three weeks after the Inquirer owners threatened to liquidate the papers and two weeks after Newspaper Guild president and Daily News gossip columnist Dan Gross […]