Contrarian: Attack of the Blogs!
In the weeks after an obscure Philadelphiablogmeister rocked the cable news world by shaming it into covering the disappearance of a young West Philadelphia mother-to-be, […]
Power: It’s Not Easy Being the Greens
Firstrust started to play hardball. In early March, Gadget Boy was fired, and Marla tried to close her Legacy account at Firstrust. But the manager […]
Suburbia: We Can’t Work It Out
Whatever happens in the zero sum game of development-or-nothing, the real losers will be the store owners. And the truth is, there are a lot […]
Features: The 20 Greatest Philly Movies: Movie Irv’s Philly Filmography
The Age of Innocence (1993). Martin Scorsese adapts Edith Wharton, with Philly standing in for New York. bbb Arnold’s Wrecking Co. (1973). An early effort […]
Exit Interview: Ed McMahon
EM: Very rarely. We were just in tune with each other. One night he was doing some material that wasn’t working. I very bravely picked […]
Features: The Ultimate Philadelphia Dream House: I Love It, It’s Perfect, Now Change It
With the kitchen set up, the power and cable working, the boys happily jamming on guitars, and a fully functional family room and dining room […]
Features: The Ultimate Philadelphia Dream House: Get That Special Touch
Metal Filippi Brothers, Inc., 7722 Winston Road, Chestnut Hill; 215-247-5973 SPECIALTY: For more than 50 years, they’ve been perfecting their craft, brought over from Italy—ornate […]
Features: The Democratic Party’s Worst Nightmare
For all the attention focused on the relationship he and other African-American ministers have with Bush — and the enormous possibility they represent for the […]
Miss Popularity
JENNIFER WEINER’S NEW novel, Goodnight Nobody, is a mystery set in Connecticut, in a town remarkably like Simsbury, her hometown. "I always wanted to make […]
Feature: They Have No Choice
South Jersey’s most powerful political boss, Commerce Bank executive George Norcross, has a certain style: You’re either part of his machine, or you get crushed […]