Money
The Stoner’s Guide to Investing in Pot Stocks
It’s seven months after marijuana’s biggest election, and the momentum just refuses to die down. In the past month, we’ve seen Vermont pass a decriminalization […]
Saving $25K the “Easy” Way
Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Do you have enough money in the bank to handle an emergency? Could you come up with a thousand […]
The Unpaid Internship Era Is Finally Coming to an End
If you were to come into the Philly Mag offices today, you’d find that the editorial side of things is lousy with interns. They sit […]
Chip Kelly Is Ninth Highest-Paid Coach in America
Chip Kelly, who has won as many games for the Eagles as you have, is the ninth highest-paid coach in all of American sports. CBS […]
Million-Dollar Powerball Ticket Sold in Montgomery County
CBS Philly reports: While the winning ticket for the nearly $600 million Powerball jackpot was sold in Florida, a lottery player who bought a ticket […]
Rich Manhattan Moms Are The Worst People In The World
The New York Post is an execrable hype machine most days. Some days, it’s one of America’s most valuable resources. Today is one of the […]
It Doesn’t Matter That Al Gore Is “Romney-Rich”
It appears Al Gore is now “Romney-rich.” That was the phrase used in a piece earlier this week by Bloomberg News, and repeated in […]
The Price of Cheap Clothes
For years I’ve practiced a little ritual when I shop for clothes. I got it from watching my father, who, like his father before him, […]
Wall Street Journal: Male Golfers Want Clothes That Won’t Embarrass Them
Thank God for weekends. If there weren’t weekends, my house would never get clean. I’d never get to the post office. And I’d never get […]
What Comcast Paid Brian Roberts and Steve Burke Last Year
The numbers are in: Here’s what Philadelphia’s most beloved corporate overlords made last year. Brian Roberts, Comcast CEO: $29 million, up 8% from 2011 Steve […]
Here’s The Store Where You’re Guaranteed* To Buy A Winning Lottery Ticket
MyFoxPhilly reports that the Hess Express on Route 309 in Lehigh County has sold three winning lottery tickets during the last three months: A $371,000 […]
Presidents: They’re Just Like Us! Obama Taking a 5% Pay Cut
In an act of solidarity with the thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed or had their pay slashed, Barack Obama has voluntarily accepted […]
Did Jersey Guy Lie About Winning Powerball Ticket?
And we have a winner! Another winner, that is. Sunday, a dude claimed claimed he had bought the winning Powerball ticket (jackpot: $338 million, 4th-largest […]
Another One Bites the Dust: Lenfest Foundation to Cease Grant Giving
One of Philadelphia’s mega-philanthropies is willingly winding down its operations, after more than a decade of mega-giving. The Lenfest Foundation, which was founded by billionaire […]
Occupy Philly Protesters Acquitted in Bank Sit-In
The Inquirer reports: “A Common Pleas Court jury today acquitted 12 Occupy Philadelphia demonstrators arrested in a 2011 sit-in in a Wells Fargo Bank branch in […]