My car went suddenly dead as I turned the corner at Chestnut onto 20th. It was rush hour. I turned the ignition. It wanted to […]

Nobody would ever take a reusable Acme bag into Wegmans. No one would want to represent Acme, the lowest rung chain of grocery-store chains, its […]

Romney Speaks in Delco. The campaign for the Republican candidacy has officially reached Pennsylvania. Last night Mitt Romney spoke to 400 or so supporters at […]

The new owners of Philadelphia Media Network have announced that 64-year-old William K. Marimow will return as the top editor of the Inquirer. Marimow—who is […]

The State of the City report—an updated version of Philadelphia 2011: The State of the City published by the Philadelphia Research Initiative last spring—is a […]

An online Harris International survey shows that approximately 1/3 of commuters who have to pay cash fares have, at some point, been unable to take […]

It’s been five months since the grand jury presentment hit the Internet. Since November 4th, Jerry Sandusky has been in and out of courtrooms, Joe […]

All-Star forward Andre Iguodala and the Philadelphia Sixers are profiled in a piece in Sports Illustrated. In addition to heaping praise given to Philly’s old […]

Kevin Bacon Married His (Distant) Cousin. A game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon got weird when Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick found out […]

The facts about workplace bias

John McCain was on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien this morning when he said that Rick Santorum’s bid for the Republican candidacy is irrelevant […]

A police officer in Gloucester Township, New Jersey has been charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and other crimes. Deputy […]

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LGBT groups send a message

After yesterday’s to-do over Philly.com removing a gossip video about Governor Corbett’s daughter because said daughter — a Deputy Attorney General in Philadelphia — called […]