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Who Gets Coal for Christmas?

From Lower Merion product Kobe Bryant’s alleged infidelities (fail) to the Eagles all but promising us a Super Bowl (let’s be honest: epic fail), Santa […]

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But Honey, All Presidents Cheat on Their Wives

Anyone who knows me knows I’m no fan of Herman Cain. And that’s because I have a brain. Even diehard Republicans must admit that they […]

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Raheem Brock Charged With DUI

Word just came out of Seattle’s King County prosecutor’s office that former Philadelphia Eagle Raheem Brock, who now plays for the Seattle Seahawks, has been […]

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UPDATED: Raheem Brock Pulled an Allen Iverson on Police

Last week, while reporting on Seattle Seahawk (and former Eagle) Raheem Brock’s theft conviction in Philadelphia, I remembered his well-publicized 2010 arrest in Seattle on […]

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Prepped for Pervs

It was just another ripple in the wave of stories about pedophiles that’s been washing over us: a local man, Kenneth Schneider, 46, founder of […]

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Privacy Is Evil

The tabloid hacking scandal in Britain is beginning to put a new spin on Janet Malcolm’s neat little thesis on journalistic ethics. Malcolm is the […]

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The Haverford School’s “A” for Hypocrisy

There’s a lovely, heart-warming story in today’s Inquirer about Tao Xu, a new junior at the Main Line’s upper-crusty Haverford School. Xu, who’s 18, was […]

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Axl Rose Shows Up at His Own Concert in Camden

The last time 11 p.m. rolled around at a Philly-area Guns N’ Roses show with no sign of Guns N’ Roses, unrest was in the […]

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Propping Up Liars and Cheaters

In an operation that must have been quite thrilling to the bean-counters at the Government Accountability Office, GAO investigators infiltrated the murky world of for-profit […]

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Penn State’s Rap Sheet Way Longer Than Sandusky Scandal

Perhaps Penn State never was all it was cracked up to be. Joe Paterno talked a noble game, but everything the university stood for—the Grand […]

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Penn State’s Rap Sheet Way Longer Than Sandusky Scandal

Perhaps Penn State never was all it was cracked up to be. Joe Paterno talked a noble game, but everything the university stood for—the Grand […]

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Coming Soon: Reality TV Magazine

The New York Times has reported that American Media Inc., which publishes such formidable journalistic bastions as the National Enquirer and Star, is adding to […]

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Occupy Hollywood: Why Kim Kardashian’s Divorce Proves It’s Necessary

Last week, I saw two separate op-eds—one on The Huffington Post and one on Salon—that suggested that now, in the age of Occupy Wall Street, […]

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Ruth Madoff Should Keep Her Millions

Ruth Madoff has been all over the TV lately, ostensibly begging for redemption but, in reality, pitching a new book, Truth and Consequences: Life Inside […]

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Too Much Hype Over Penn Doc’s Weighty Comments

Chris Christie owes a big thank you to Penn orthopedic surgeon John Kelly IV. A box of chocolates would be nice. With Dr. Kelly getting, […]