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We were happy to hear from @vboykis in the comments of yesterday's inaugural Twiitterist post. But we know that there are a lot more of you out there with your own Twitter account.

The New York Times' Travel section ran a piece today that calls Philadelphia a "destination city"—something we could have told them years ago. We're happy that The Times has finally decided to show the City of Brotherly Love a little affection (instead of that Sixth Borough crap from a few years ago), but we'd like to point out that their recommended schedule is almost as improbable as the route of the Rocky run.

In part, Barack Obama’s speech at Constitution Center denounced comments made by Reverend Jeremiah Wright in a 2003 sermon. The Illinois senator also tried to redeem his own credibility as a political figure, as well as the credibility of his church as a legitimate religious institution. Framed by a historical overview of the events and policies which inform lingering racial resentment, his speech provided a brilliant assessment of race relations in the United States. Here's a brief overview of some reactions to the controversy:

The Defense Department contracts various corporations to provide services in Iraq, from security detail to U.S. ambassadors and government officials, to rebuilding roads, power grids, schools, and general infrastructure. But last year the role of private firms in Iraq was questioned after Blackwater USA, a private security firm, was accused of firing openly on civilians in Baghdad on multiple occasions. We look now at more recent news from the defense contracting sector and how it has provoked considerable controversy.

Yesterday's ran a rather long piece called "How Do You Prove You're a Jew?", and while it may seem an unconventional topic for a manners column, I'd like to expound a bit upon it. Have no fear: even if you don't have the time or the inclination to read the original Gershom Gorenberg essay, I'm only using it as a jumping-off point for this column, and I promise not to allude to anything that would only be understood if you did read it.

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Often when Americans think of whom to vote for both in primaries and in presidential elections, we forget to consider the candidates’ lives before they were candidates. Here are some lesser-known bits about the presidential hopefuls:

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As none other than the New York Times recently reported, Philadelphia's newspaper situation is experiencing a bit of an upswing, or at least a comfortable plateau, compared to the state of things during the vomit-inducing dissipation of Knight-Ridder's ability to hang on to the Inquirer and the Daily News, not to mention the 30 other papers it was forced to sell off last year. Publisher Brian Tierney, whose Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC acquired the Philly...

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The New York Times has an interesting article about a little device known as the cell phone jammer. (Via Jill) Yahoo! gives us a run-down of Video Game VIPs. Pretty good picks, but if you can't tell the difference between Ryu and Ken, you're not really a video game fan. (Via Ross) If there's anything weird going on in the world,...

For a band with only a three-song EP to its name, Vampire Weekend sure has polarized the indie rock blogs. It’s like a cage match between hype and backlash: on one side you’ve got a long line of critics and fans hailing the New York band’s refreshingly polyrhythmic, Afro-pop sensibilities, while on the other, there are just as many people resenting the mounting hype or their sunny tunes or both. (You can sample some of that criticism, which ranges from “What’s the big deal about this band?” to “They’re the Jimmy Buffetts of indie rock,” here.)

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Okay, so this error isn't actually Philly-related. But it was submitted to us by Phillyist reader Christina, and it comes from this article in . We know we're not infallible (which you commenters don't hesitate to point out to us!), so it's comforting to know that the "big dogs" sometimes have trouble with little things like subject-verb agreement.

Tomorrow night, The Slip, New England's quickest-rising stars (not named Matsuzaka), are hitting Philly for a headlining show at World Cafe Live. If you're a fan of bands like Umphreys McGee, you'll be blown away by these three dudes.

...Cry-Baby: Umm... They ain't your personal belongings if they don't belong to you! (Via The Superficial.)

While everyone else was writing about this yesterday, I was too busy working [read: getting a tattoo of Barbaro on my shoulder while listening to Bad Brains].

We try to make sure that at least one night out of every seven is an "off" night—a night for us to do our laundry, watch some of the TV we've been missing. We haven't had one of those nights in quite some time. Oh well. Maybe next week!

Philly’s classical music scene is really in full swing this week, only taking a break off for Halloween (but who isn’t?). Stay tuned for Phillyist’s review of La Bohème, which continues at the Academy of Music through Sunday.

(Jo Strømgren Kompani) (No future performances).

You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater.

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