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Why I Fightnew

Mixed martial arts has hit the mainstream; I get my ass kicked investigating the sport's burgeoning popularity.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steve Volk | 06-19-2007 | Sports

Tags: sports & fitness

Lush Life: The Pint of No Returnnew

Got peanut butter, wild bacteria or triple hops in your beer?

Philadelphia Weekly | Mara Zepeda | 06-04-2007 | Food+Drink

From the Market: Hog Wildnew

Some bacon can be eaten with a clear conscience -- even if you're Jewish.

Philadelphia Weekly | Mara Zepeda | 05-14-2007 | Food+Drink

This Election Is Murder: Does Voting Offer Any Hope?new

I no longer live in Philadelphia -- I live in The Wire, The Corner and Baghdad, all at the same time. Which mayoral candidate is going to save this city and the people who suffer in it?

Philadelphia Weekly | Kia Gregory | 05-07-2007 | Commentary

Guns & Mental Illness Are a Lethal Combonew

I could get a gun more easily than I could adopt a dog from most animal shelters; so could a lot of people like me -- sad, angry, desperate, but smiling and going out to dinner and seeing a movie and talking to friends.

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 05-07-2007 | Commentary

What's Really Great About America?new

Stop any 300 million Americans in the street and ask them what's great about America and they'd all say exactly the same thing: "liberty." Except they'd pronounce it "liberdy" -- which is so cute.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 04-30-2007 | Comedy

Tags: humor & satire

Grow Your Own Chives in Thyme for Summernew

Growing your own herbs is the only way to go.

Philadelphia Weekly | Mara Zepeda | 04-16-2007 | Food+Drink

Fly Like an Eagletonnew

Remembering Sen. Thomas Eagleton, whose vice presidential aspirations were dashed by shock treatments.

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 03-19-2007 | Commentary

The Prometheus Radio Project Takes Low-Power to Kenyanew

Prometheus strives to be an antidote to the consolidation of money-driven mass media, to put the "local" back in local radio -- even if that means a 10-watt station, running on a shoestring budget, that can broadcast to only a few square miles.

Philadelphia Weekly | G.W. Miller III | 03-12-2007 | Media

Tags: radio

Archeology of Pervsnew

An archaeological investigation underway sheds some light on what life might've been like for Philadelphia’s debtors and drinkers.

Philadelphia Weekly | Sarah Wilson | 03-05-2007 | History

Tags: history

FON: Turning Rebellion into Moneynew

The Madrid-based Wi-Fi "community" will pay you $1 for each customer you help steal from Starbucks and give you a free wireless router if you live next to a branch of the coffee chain -- but what's behind the revolutionary rhetoric?

Philadelphia Weekly | Jean Luc Renault | 03-05-2007 | Tech

Tags: computers & technology