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Loco Parentis: Creature From the Third-Floor Bedroom

My son Jake’s sneakers are ratty, so we’re at the mall, in Schuylkill Valley Sports, which I like because we get 10 percent off if […]

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Passions

Vince Fumo “I build LEGOS during long and protracted budget negotiations, to give me relief from the tensions and B.S.,” State Senator Vince Fumo says. […]

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A Different Drummer

Just days after Benedict XVI took his place in the Pope-mobile, Ahmir Thompson sits in his dressing room, grappling with temptation of -near Biblical proportions. […]

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The Jock and the Madman

Red Colt fascinated Adam Bruckner from the moment they first met. Bruckner handed him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. “Why, thank you, Adam,” Red […]

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Feature: Abner Comes Home

In a landscape of simple white farmhouses, this one stood apart. Simple, yes. White, yes. Farmhouse. But the flashy snowmobile out front hinted at something […]

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Soapbox: Does Black Philadelphia Need a White Mayor?

On February, on the first day of the trial of Janice Renee­ Knight — along with for-mer city treasurer Corey Kemp and three others implicated […]

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Contrarian: Flood the Courts!

When April showers flooded out New Hope, Yardley and Trenton this spring, the scenes of ruined homes and shell-shocked victims were what you might only […]

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Is Wharton Ruining American Business?

The sun had just begun to set on the verdant acres of the Iroquois Springs Camp in Rock Hill, New York, and the air had […]

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Girl Power

One night last December, Denim, Rittenhouse Square’s first and only velvet-roped nightclub, hosted the holiday party for Nicole Cashman’s public relations company, Cashman & Associates. […]

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My Philadelphia Story: Larry Kane

I am eligible for Social Security now, which is a weird feeling. There was a time when I regretted not going to the network level, […]

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Exit Interview: Adam McKay

When Malvern’s Adam McKay left Temple University and moved to Chicago, he ran through the American Comedy All-Star Circuit — from Second City and Upright […]

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Members Only

The Racquet Club215 South 16th Street; 215-735-1525 The Racquet Club has always been a younger, swaggering sibling among the city’s clubs. Life here is centered […]

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The Great Days of John Street

As his first public act of 2005, Mayor John F. Street decided to go to prison. Since he was inaugurated in 2000, Street has spent […]

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Loco Parentis: Fear Factor

A few weeks back, my husband went to get his photo taken for his driver’s license renewal. He came home with a booklet: Pennsylvania Driver’s […]

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Contrarian: Reform the Reformers

Late February offered a single bright moment during what was an otherwise embarrassing week for the city. While TV news played wiretaps of the Mayor’s […]