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Drexel University President, Constantine (Taki) Papadakis died on Sunday. He was 63. Papadakis had been president of Drexel for 13 years. During that time, he built Drexel into a comprehensive research…

Congrats to lounge co-host Al Brophy and other Carolina fans, whose Tarheels routed the Michigan State Spartans last night to capture their fifth NCAA men’s basketball championship (and the second…

I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, in South Shore, but spent a ton of time in nearby Hyde Park.  I went shopping with my mom at the…

The FX drama, “Damages,” wrapped up its second season last week.  The series stars actress Glenn Close as litigator Patty Hewes, a lawyer revered by some, reviled by many.  Last…

Updated with Florida and Illinois salaries on 6/25/09 This may be controversial, but I'm going to take the plunge.  As a unrepentant aggregator, I think that one goal of blogging…

Andy Kroll has a very good piece arguing that average families must spend increasingly impossible percentages of their household income if they want to send their kids to college: Simply to ...

I love archives and one of the most amazing things about this digital era is the radically improved accessibility of many archival collections.  I was procrastinating a bit Friday and…

It's good to know that everything can be ranked.  The top 50 "most influential" rabbis are here.  The top 25 "most vibrant" synagogues are here.  Losers will surely lick their…