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Delco Funeral Home’s New AI App Just Wrote My Obituary in Mere Minutes
I’m not sure how many obituary writers are left in this world. But they’re now officially irrelevant, thanks to artificial intelligence. That’s what I learned […]
Features: The Unfinished Symphony
BOB HOLMES RAISED the binoculars to his eyes. He had been a college music teacher for two decades and, after years of living in North […]
The Good Life: Should This Man Be Smiling?
Are you happy, Marty? The Marty in question is Martin E.P. Seligman, who, in this winter week in question, might just be the best-known psychologist […]
Can South Philly Hold On to What’s Always Made It Unique?
In the late summer of 1981, very much against my Catholic mother’s wishes, I had just moved into a rowhouse at 17th and Naudain — […]
Chris Matthews on Growing Up Catholic in Philadelphia
I REMEMBER WHEN “THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH” came to Hunting Park. It really happened. I Googled it. In 1950, the Barnum & Bailey Circus […]
Nightmare on Greenleaf Circle
The first sign of life at 30 Greenleaf Circle came early, on that particular day last summer, when a man stepped out the front door […]
Dennis Alter and the Tragedy of Advanta
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, when tycoon Dennis Alter threw himself a birthday party and decided to fly in Elton John to serenade his guests, the extravagance […]
In Search of Milton Street
It has come to this: sitting in my Chevy Cavalier on a soupy August day, staked out in front of the home of T. Milton […]
I Was a Mouse in the Rat Pack
The bit Joey Bishop had worked up was this: Peter Lawford, the actor whose brother-in-law, JFK, had just been elected president of the United States, […]
How This Philly Occupational Therapist Is Pursuing Wellness While Social Distancing
Welcome to Sweat Diaries, Be Well Philly’s look at the time, energy, and money people invest in pursuit of a healthy lifestyle in Philly. For […]
Philadelphia Magazine’s Fitness Challenge 2010: Jim Schindler
Jim’s Sweat Trainer: Chris Connors and Meghan Anderson Initial assessment: "Jim’s core is very weak. He also needs to work on his cardiovascular and his […]
The Hottest Philadelphia City Neighborhoods
Graduate Hospital Cooler and cheaper than Rittenhouse, G-Ho’s the new go-to for youngish buyers planting roots in Philly. Median home price: $285,500 Increase in number of […]
Inside the Mind of a Genius?
Phillies manager, Charlie Manuel, has kept a bad reputation with fans and media, but do his players feel the same? Sunrise was still an hour […]
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Features: The Warren Commission, The Truth, and Arlen Specter: Part 2
THE AUTOPSY REPORT was sent to the Commission, through the Secret Service, on December 20th. The Commission based its conclusions about the characteristics of Kennedy’s […]