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Creating the New City: Part Three

By Ada Kulesza» We continue our Cover Story series on young Philadelphians who are making a difference with profiles of a young entrepreneur with new ideas on ways to get kids to love education -- through partying; an illegal immigrant who is working to hep other undocumented residents; and an energetic woman who heads a network of young professionals. (Comments)

The Phillies Factor

It is the first week of October, the election is just one month away, and people are getting excited about the big races.Not the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races. Those are distant thunder I am talking about the Phillies and... (Comments)

The Same Old Game

By Tom Ferrick Jr. An old City Editor of mine once opined that there are no new stories, only new reporters. I thought of that adage in reading the piece in the Sunday (Aug. 15) Inquirer about the staffing... (Comments)

Dumb & Dumber

By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L. Young Somebody needs to check Pennsylvania's water supply. Perhaps it's something those guys are drinking -- or maybe smoking-- that explains the faux pas outbreak spreading in the Keystone State. Either way,... (Comments)

The eHarmony Blues

By Tara Jo Quinn Three weeks before Dan and I got engaged we signed up for an online dating service.  It was a game, you see.   One afternoon, while we were watching baseball highlights, a commercial for eHarmony came... (Comments)