Open Letter To Joey Vento: WE’RE LIVID! [Philebrity]
Geno’s Steaks proprietor Joey Vento is annoyed because the city wants him to take down his sign stating that you cannot order at his establishment unless you speak English.
Unfortunately, conservative commentator Michael Smerconish hails from here so he has an opinion over at the Daily News.

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East Falls School Mural Ruined By Racist Graffiti [cbs3.com]
The vandalism at the Thomas Mifflin School in the city’s East Falls neighborhood was discovered Wednesday morning. School district spokesman Vincent Thompson says the faces of the black children on a mural depicting diversity were marked out. Also, swastikas and other racist markings were painted on the […]

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Phils hurled insults at the ‘noble experiment’ [Inquirer]

“I have to admit that this day,” Robinson wrote in 1972 of his first encounter with the [Philadelphia Phillies] - April 22, 1947 - “of all the unpleasant days of my life brought me nearer to cracking up than I have ever been. For one wild and rage-crazed […]

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