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My Ride-Along With the Police Commissioner
Anyone who’s read my work here over the years knows where I stand on law enforcement: Like so many members of the Black community in […]
What Will Become of Philly’s Vacant Office Space?
Dropped by your office lately? I haven’t. This magazine gave up its offices on Washington Square in January of this year. And Philly Mag may […]
Can Keith Jones Lead the Flyers Out of the Wilderness?
When Keith Jones and Steve Coates, retired hockey players turned Flyers broadcasters, used to fly on the team plane, Jones liked to pull out a […]
Rich Lazer Would Like You to Love the PPA. No, Seriously.
The sidewalk on the 1800 block of Fishtown’s Blair Street was just like that alongside many Philly streets, and by that, we mean it was […]
Will Wind Power Save the Shore, or Ruin It Forever?
There was a whale on the beach of Ocean City. Black and white, of average height and stocky build; its mouth was agape, revealing a […]
When Did Halloween Become an Endurance Test?
The best Halloween costume I ever made for either of my kids was the year Luke was three. We teased and sprayed his blond curls, […]
What the Hell Is Happening With the Mütter Museum?
In 1873, a year before retiring from the University of Vienna, Joseph Hyrtl composed a letter to a surgeon in Philadelphia named Thomas Hewson Bache. […]
Howie Roseman’s Unlikely Journey to Becoming the Best Exec in the NFL
Howie Roseman sat onstage at Villanova University’s Sports Law Symposium in March, just a few weeks removed from narrowly losing the Super Bowl. The Eagles […]
Psyched Up: Inside the Weird Minds of Eagles Fans
By now, the tales about us are legend. We boo Santa. We throw snowballs at opponents. Our head coach put bounties out to encourage maiming […]
How Much Turmoil Can Temple University Take?
It was a momentous day at Temple University. Jason Wingard, the first Black president in the school’s 138-year history, was being inaugurated. Owing to the […]
Why Are We So Obsessed With Wegmans?
What the hell is wrong with people, including me? A new supermarket is coming to Lower Makefield, and folks are losing their minds, like we […]
These Are the Golden Years? On Retirement and Chicken Piccata
My husband is cooking dinner in the kitchen — the kitchen that for the past three-plus years has also been my home office. He’s making […]
Gretchen Harrington, a Delco Pastor, and the End of Innocence
On Saturday, August 16, 1975, in the pre-dawn hours, a police sergeant in a suburb near Salt Lake City, Utah, pulled over a tan Volkswagen […]
Unlikely Affinity: The Beauty of Vacation Friends
Almost exactly one year ago, my husband took me on a surprise vacation for my 40th birthday: a four-day jaunt to Key West, Florida. We […]
The Battle for 76 Place: One Year Later, Where Things Stand With the Sixers’ Controversial Arena Project
“Holy shit, this is what I’m building.” David Adelman and I are walking around outside TD Garden before the May 9th Sixers-Celtics playoff game. The […]