See below for some link-worthy pieces.
News and features:
“How Was I Even Able to do What I Did?” - A story of guns and money in Philadelphia. 7/1/10
Jack Wagner’s Big Idea - Become Governor, overhaul Harrisburg. 5/6/10
See No Evil - In a deposition, PPD Commissioner Charles Ramsey pleads ignorance to disciplinary problems. 4/1/10
Disturbing the Peace - In Philadelphia, the cops will arrest you for taking pictures of them arresting people. 2/17/10
Who Polices the Philly Police? - They do. That’s the problem. 2/4/10
Grumpy Old Men - Want to criticize Jack Kelly during a political campaign? Be careful. He’ll sue. 1/20/1o
Old Salt - A West Chester University scientist finds ancient DNA - and new hope for the search on life on other plants. 1/20/10
You Can’t Fight City Hall - Disappointed in Michael Nutter, good-government activist Brett Mandel checks out of Philly politics. 12/17/09
Party’s Over - Don’t even think about having any fun near Councilman Darrell Clarke’s house. 11/19/09
No Good Deed - Antoinette Marie Johnson cleaned up a park. So why are people pissed at her? 10/22/09
Avenue on Ice - Can a teen-run water ice stand help Point Breeze remember its entrepreneurial past?
Too Cool for Shul - Rabbi/band leader Menachem Schmidt has seen Philly’s Lubavitch community grow to new heights. But is its progressive orthodoxy too good to be true? 8/27/09
Organic No-Op - It’s not easy opening a co-op in Strawberry Mansion. 7/09/09
Lush With Cash - Can e3 put the green back in banking? 4/24/09
Too Much Too Soon - The life and death of a highly touted youth violence prevention program. Philadelphia City paper, 3/25/09
Isle Be Damned - A local architect wants to put land masses in the middle of the Delaware River. Philadelphia City Paper, 2/05/09
SugarHouse, Sugar Daddy? - Would the casino’s “point-redemption” program benefit local businesses? Philadelphia City Paper, 12/12/08
Charity Case - Can the city fill budget gaps with private fundraising? Philadelphia City Paper, 11/20/08
You Gonna Use That? - A neighborhood debates how best to develop abandoned property. Philadelphia City Paper, 11/13/08
They Said, He Said - A group of activists says the mayor promised to get Philly “out of the nursing home business.” The mayor believes he was misunderstood - Philadelphia City Paper, 9/3/08
This is Not a Game - Anti-casino activists prepare to go nuclear. With beach toys. Philadelphia City Paper, 8/12/08
Ad Heaven - Should companies be allowed to put their logos on skyscrapers? Philadelphia City Paper, 7/16/08
Beyond Green - The broad mission of Philly’s incoming sustainability director. Philadelphia City Paper, 6/26/08
Arts and Entertainment:
Lofty Aspirations - Architects envision more than condos when they look at Philly’s industrial bones. 2/2/10
Freak Flags - Stewart Ebersole is searching for the meaning of your tattoos. 9/16/09
Starving Sculptors - To be a derby star, you must sacrifice. 5/13/09
Sick Like Me - I let a stranger photograph my illness. 5/13/09
Shad About You - Fishtown celebrates its eponymous animal. 4/23/09
Okie Noodling 2 - Fishing poles are for pussies. Philadelphia City Paper, 11/05/08
Rise Up With Fists - Stewart Ebersole’s plywood street art makes a statement — or five. Philadelphia City Paper, 11/23/08
Cart Blanche - How an ex-addict’s art changed his world — even if the galleries won’t bite. Philadelphia City Paper, 8/12/08
Aesthetes in the Making - The Americans for the Arts convention hits Philadelphia. Philadelphia City Paper, 6/19/08
When cities are too generous - 5/27/09
Muncipal bonds: a delicate balance - 5/1/2009
Bailing out Flint, but not the Big Three - 4/7/09
The Gay Travel Boom - and Boon - 3/23/09
When City Governments Outsource, Who Wins? - Next American City, 2/23/09
Will Vince Fumo’s light prison sentence benefit Chris Wright? - 08/07/09
Is there ever a good place to put an alternative school for troubled kids? - 08/03/09
Farmer’s Rap - Weaver’s Way helps start high schools farms. 6/1/09
Will Play For Food - Philly raconteurs Hoots & Hellmouth promote local farms on tour. 5/1/2009
Feeling the war, a continent away (See page 3) - Palo Alto Weekly, 8/25/06
Harvesting Dreams (Cover story) - Palo Alto Weekly, 8/02/06
A Miracle in Metal - Palo Alto Weekly, 6/30/06
A Universe of Possibilities - Palo Alto Weekly, 6/21/06