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Beards Are Sexy (Especially When Jon Hamm Has One)

Yesterday, while preparing to write a blog about gun violence, I got distracted by this other very important headline: “Women REALLY Don’t Like Beards”, which […]

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Could a Morality Pill Have Saved Kevin Kless?

The timing of the piece in the The New York Times Sunday about conscience couldn’t have been more relevant to Philadelphians: The same week a […]

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Philadelphia Flights Forced To Land For Fuel

As if flying via Philadelphia International Airport didn’t already suck enough, now word comes of an increase in unscheduled refueling stops for supposedly nonstop transatlantic […]

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Children Will Suffer If Rick Santorum Is President

Rick Santorum is the best friend an orphanage ever had. It’s clear he hates gay marriage, no news there for Pennsylvania’s most famous disdainer of […]

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Rick Santorum Wants Public Schools to Die

Yet another study has come out proving that online “virtual” schools run by private management companies are lousy at educating students. While enrollment in these […]

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It’s OK to Do Drugs (That’s How We Read a New Study)

“Is Illicit Drug Use Harmful to Cognitive Functioning in the Midadult Years?” That’s the title of a recent report from the American Journal of Epidemiology. […]

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Rats Are Probably More Compassionate Than You

A recent study at the University of Chicago proved that rats—lowly, disease-carrying, dreaded rats—would turn their back on food in order to free another rat […]