Fun With Lists
Forbes: Atlantic City Among Best Places for Business and Careers
And the hits just keep on coming for good old Atlantic City. Yesterday, I reported that Conde Nast Traveler had declared A.C. to be one […]
Conde Nast: Atlantic City One Of World’s Most Unfriendly Places
Atlantic City may have the cheapest airport in the country and some of the most authentic Vietnamese food around, but it’s also one of the […]
The List: 5 Recent CNN Fails, In Chronological Order
Jon Stewart famously called CNN “The Human Centipede of News” and “The Most Busted Name in News” after the channel broke inaccurate information in the […]
Top 10 Philadelphia PSAs on YouTube
When I was a little kid, all the Saturday cartoon characters got together to tell me not to do drugs. They did it in Cartoon […]
The List: 5 Things That Are Totally Different About Philly Since Vince Fumo Went to Prison
Today is get-out-of-jail day for former State Sen. Vince Fumo. He’s scheduled to spend six months in a halfway house before returning to his Green Street […]
One Philly Firm Makes “Best Law Firms For Women” List
Philadelphia Business Journal reports: “For the second year in a row, Duane Morris was the lone Philadelphia-based representative included in the annual 50 Best Law […]
The List: 5 Phillies Who Must Go, In Order
Now that the Phillies season is toast, thanks to the team’s current 1-13 wipe-out, it’s time think about next year… and beyond. The non-waiver trade […]
Penn Not Happy With Buzzfeed’s Inevitable Penn List
Buzzfeed publish a list (of course) about Penn called “19 Signs You Went to Penn.” Including: The list was apparently too obvious for Under the […]
So Forbes Just Ranked Swarthmore Higher Than Harvard
Forbes is out with its 6th annual college rankings, which are calculated in a unique way. Rather than judge by SAT scores and selectivity, like […]
Slate’s “Scientific” Study Ranks Philly Drivers 2nd-Worst in Country
Slate is tired of unscientific, totally subjective studies about the country’s “worst” drivers? (I am too: My hometown of Boston always seems to wind up […]
The Quasi-Definitive Ranking of Philly’s Sports Arenas
Stadium Journey, a publication of the utmost repute, has ranked Philadelphia’s top 19 sports venues. The Wells Fargo Center, which the publication previously ranked the sixth […]
4 Mega-Rich Philadelphians Make “Top Art Collectors” List
The moment you’ve all been waiting for: The annual release of ArtNews’s Top 200 art collectors in the world. Inquirer classical music critic Peter Dobin […]
Attending One Local College Is “Second-Worst Investment” in the Country
Do you or a loved one attend Valley Forge Christian College? We’re so sorry. A study by PayScale.com has ranked the formerly non-accredited Phoenixville school […]
Travel + Leisure Ranks Philly the Nation’s 14th Snobbiest City
Forget the narrative of Philly as a blue-collar city, appreciative of little more than effort, cheap booze and chip-on-our-shoulder emotional displays. Turns out, at least […]
America’s Most Wanted Zoo Animals
When Rusty the red panda took to the streets of D.C. on Monday, it captured the imagination — an adorable, real-life Paddington Bear enjoying his […]