Today is the 306th birthday of the most popular man in Philadelphia history: Ben Franklin. And while everyone’s heard about the kite experiment and bifocals, […]
Music producer and DJ RJD2, born Ramble John Krohn, may not be a household name, but if you are one of the millions who watch […]
I was young and knew as much about politics as Arlene Ackerman appears to know about simple decency when I volunteered to help George McGovern […]
In Philly Mag’s current “List Issue,” there is the “Ultimate Philly Cocktail Party,” to which I somehow got an invite. (My friends are convinced that […]
In distinguishing liberal Democrats from conservative Republicans, far-right-winger Ann Coulter recently said, “Our blacks are so much better than their blacks,” and “we have very […]
Philadelphia’s expensive “XOXO” tourism ads are clever, and I’m certain they’ll win awards, but they don’t give anyone a compelling reason to visit our city. […]
Last week the internet was abuzz with news that Pat Croce was manning a team of divers in search of the body of Sir Francis […]
August 21, 2011 is the 180th anniversary of Nat Turner’s revolution. It was in Southampton County, Virginia where he and others killed 55 persons to […]
May 19th will be the 86th birthday of Malcolm X. Born Malcolm Little, he eventually changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He’s known by […]
What do you get when you turn 260? Well, if you’re Pennsylvania Hospital, you serve cake to your employees in the caf. Two centuries and […]
Today, May 9th, is the 211th birthday of Harpers Ferry hero John Brown. When he was five years old, his pro-Bible, anti-slavery family moved to […]
Lenny Dykstra and Darren Daulton probably do not have fond memories of this day in 1991. After attending a party, Dykstra slammed his red Mercedes […]
This town has developed a bad habit of blotting our collective memory. Philadelphia’s an aging railroad and industrial city struggling to evolve into the place […]
Last Tuesday was the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and southern apologists and revisionists continue their rewriting of American history by […]
It started out as a solid plan. We would take our houseguest on a tour of historic Philadelphia on a Saturday afternoon. I love the […]
