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
Richard met Marla Meltzer, a street-smart Mount Airy native seven years his junior, at Élan, the nightclub at the Warwick Hotel, in 1985. Although they […]
Suburbia: We Can’t Work It Out
But none of this can happen, Manko knows, without some prodding. “We’re going to have to step up and play the role of the spark,” […]
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
“What about that place?” said John, pointing to a white stucco house one day later that week, as we sped along with the Buffers, as […]
Features: The Ultimate Philadelphia Dream House: Get That Special Touch
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Features: The Democratic Party’s Worst Nightmare
At the time, the political establishment viewed his endeavors with weary skepticism. “People were always talking about the programs they were going to start in […]
Miss Popularity
Good in Bed set up the smart-vs.-popular formula that the rest of Weiner’s books follow: A smart, sarcastic woman — the reader surrogate — is […]
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 […]