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Can Keith Jones Lead the Flyers Out of the Wilderness?
When Keith Jones and Steve Coates, retired hockey players turned Flyers broadcasters, used to fly on the team plane, Jones liked to pull out a […]
Sins of the Father
WHILE THE FAITHFUL and holy gather in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Art Baselice stands outside, bearing witness in his own way. […]
20-Something Invasion
The Center City civic leaders and business elite who talk apocalyptically about Philadelphia's brain drain might feel differently about the matter had they left their […]
The Secret Life of Chip Kelly
I am in pursuit. It’s late May, and I’m spending a few days driving all over the southeastern corner of New Hampshire, that plug of […]
My Autistic Child Might Know More About What’s Important and How to Live Than I Do
My son Sam is on the autism spectrum, with Asperger’s. He now sees that as a gift, and Sam is becoming the focal point of […]
The Tragedy of Madison Holleran and Suicides at Penn
Doors were beginning to open for Madison Holleran. She racked up straight As, ran track, and pushed her Northern Highlands Regional High School soccer team […]
An Excerpt From The Cape
THE FIRST WHITE MAN to see the mainland of what would later be New Jersey, and especially the southern end of it, was one Estevão […]
The Anthropologist
Dick Hayne went shopping a couple years back. It was spring, and Hayne, an avid vegetable gardener, needed seeds. He also needed some tomato plants, […]
Howie Roseman’s Unlikely Journey to Becoming the Best Exec in the NFL
Howie Roseman sat onstage at Villanova University’s Sports Law Symposium in March, just a few weeks removed from narrowly losing the Super Bowl. The Eagles […]
Love in the Time of Paranoia
You could say Demy and Christi were an odd couple. Most people did. They made a striking pair: Christi, a petite Korean-American with beautiful waist-length […]
Fight Like a Girl: The New Wave of High-School Wrestling
The first thing that hits me when I walk into the high-school gym is the smell, an acrid mix of stale sweat, dirty feet and […]
Who Am I to Decide How Long My Ninetysomething Mother Lives?
Sitting in my car one night a few months ago as I waited for a to-go dinner to be cooked at McMenamin’s in Mount Airy, […]
How the Pandemic Brought Campbell’s Soup Back From the Brink
Campbell’s Soup was in hot water. The venerable company, born just across the river from Philadelphia in the city of Camden, was due to celebrate […]
The D.A. Candidate Who Threw His Hat in the Ring at the Last Possible Second
Jack O’Neill kicked off his campaign for district attorney at the last possible minute. Literally. The first time the 35-year-old Democrat was described as a candidate […]
What Happened After My Kidnapping
Hello, my name is Brad Pearson. In March 2006, you were one of three people who kidnapped me in West Philadelphia. I’m writing this letter […]