Whether you were the hardest of haters or the most loyal of homers, if you stuck to your guns this season, at some point you were right. The Eagles have been awful, and the Eagles have been awesome. Now, with a possibly important, possibly meaningless Dallas game approaching, it seems right to ask: Which are the Eagles really?

by Brian Howard

"The chance of you getting hurt in the Army is probably less than your getting shot or killed in your own neighborhood."

by Bruce Schimmel

What You Say

"Philly is always looking for a champion and someone to hold on to. We really hold close those who help put our city on the map. Rosetta Tharpe is one of those people that we should say, 'she is ours.'"

The benefit of me never eating is that I have superhuman command and eye power. I willed Mikhail Gorbachev to pick me. So I asked him about the necessity for "perestroika" in our times — the new United States under whomever would preside.

Anyone else get the sinking feeling that Bud Selig is going to interrupt the Series replay with a live press conference calling for a do-over?

How the Mummers are dealing with the recession.

by Mike Newall

Depending on which economist you consult, the proposed construction of SugarHouse Casino could stimulate the local economy, or leech $217 million from businesses in Fishtown and Kensington.

When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

by Amy Z. Quinn

Talking to ESPN's Jeff Pearlman about Eagles' loathsome archnemeses.

by E. James Beale

Comedian/designer/virgin expert Doogie Horner is a man of many beards.

by Jimmy Viola

by Mark Cofta

Gregory Nangle: Self-Hip-Gnosis

by Robin Rice

Cherishables | Talk Radio | You Open So Late, You Close So Early | Defending the Caveman | In and Out of Istanbul

Unfortunately, Benjamin's aging process isn't the only thing the movie gets backward. Despite all the care lavished on its execution, it never manages to be about anything more than its own gimmickry.

Eastwood announced that the role of Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino will be his last, and he's left us a doozy to remember him by.

For all of the important questions it may raise, what sticks in the mind is not the movie's self-flagellating second half, but the sexual escapades of its first.

Ten brand-new holiday recordings, all by artists from the greater Philadelphia area

I understand why restaurants continue to be tempted to employ the Italian BYOB model — somehow, after all of these years, it still works. But many Philadelphians are looking for an antidote to the formula. And it's disappointing to see a place that could help to meet that need be diluted by more of the same.

Sunday at Little Fish would be worth every dollar even if it cost a few more.

Wazobia Café | Chifa | The Whitman

Get Out!

by Nikki Volpicelli

Jacob Lawrence's Hiroshima | How Philly Works: Streets as Barometers for Urban Life | Psycodata | Naked | Transformation 6

You sprinkle your popcorn with Baadasssss

by Molly Eichel

Goodbye EchoChic Sale | The Art Shop @ Moore | Joan Shepp Half-Off Sale | 24-Hour Shopping at Macy's

Best of 2008 Diva Revue

by Jimmy Viola

Mike Epps

by A.D. Amorosi

Rebirthing Breath Work

by Campbell States