http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin RSS Feed for Inq Col Daniel Rubin en-us Mon, 28 May 2012 09:26:05 GMT 2012-05-28T09:26:05Z en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120528_A_tale_of_gangsters_and_hazing_and_Atlantic_City.html ATLANTIC CITY — James Rahn swings the Honda Accord to the side of North Maine Avenue so he can sniff the ocean air."It’s nice, right?" he says, a gravel-voiced question, technically, but not one that awaits an answer. His stories are big on smell. His book Bloodnight, a collection of semifictionalized memories of growing up tough in this forlorn city, begins with a fifth-grade trauma. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:26:05 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120528_A_tale_of_gangsters_and_hazing_and_Atlantic_City.html 2012-05-28T09:26:05Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120524_A_message_from_the_past.html We had a Purge Party at the paper Monday. Think free pizza, not Joseph Stalin. Management is encouraging us to cull our belongings so we have hopes of squeezing into the ladies garment department at Strawbridge’s. In preparation for next month’s move, reporters — notorious hoarders all — have been tossing treasured 1997 city budgets, primitive modems, maps from when the Iron Curtain still stood. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:33:57 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120524_A_message_from_the_past.html 2012-05-24T17:33:57Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120521_The_river_drives_rsquo__popularity_crowding_out_some_fans.html Looks to be a busy summer along the Schuylkill, where stalwarts can work up a sweat for such causes as the Strides for Stroke 5K Run/Walk, the Run For Your Life, and the Undy 5000, which sounds racier than it is — a fund-raiser to fight colon cancer. For each activity — 16 are planned for Saturday and Sundays between now and the end of September — the city hands over Martin Luther King Drive, which it already closes to cars on weekends. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:30 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120521_The_river_drives_rsquo__popularity_crowding_out_some_fans.html 2012-05-21T18:09:30Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120517_WWII_soldier_rsquo_s_family_fights_for_his_honor.html The souvenirs Tony DiNardo saved from the war were parceled into five lockboxes he stashed around his South Philadelphia rowhouse. This week, when those chests were pried open, DiNardo’s family learned a little more about a life he’d only hinted at. He kept a copy of the Evening Bulletin from Dec. 8, 1941, with its banner headline, “Bombers Attack Hawaii Twice,” and its bookend, the victory edition from nearly four years later that trumpeted, “The War Is Over.” Thu, 17 May 2012 13:27:19 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120517_WWII_soldier_rsquo_s_family_fights_for_his_honor.html 2012-05-17T13:27:19Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120514_Daniel_Rubin__Pink-ribbon_racers_honor_survivors__recall_funding_flap.html Five years ago, as soon as her breast-cancer treatment ended, Mindy Cohen put on the pink. She e-mailed everyone she knew, asking whether they'd walk in her name at the annual Race for the Cure. By that first race day, Team Mindy was already a juggernaut. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:31:52 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120514_Daniel_Rubin__Pink-ribbon_racers_honor_survivors__recall_funding_flap.html 2012-05-14T10:31:52Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120513_Racers_unite_against_breast_cancer_amid_mixed_feelings_about_Komen.html Five years ago, as soon as her breast cancer treatment ended, Mindy Saifer Cohen put on the pink. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:25:02 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120513_Racers_unite_against_breast_cancer_amid_mixed_feelings_about_Komen.html 2012-05-14T19:25:02Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120123_Daniel_Rubin__For_couple_in_need_of_health_insurance__good_news_and_bad.html A year has passed since Pennsylvania informed about 40,000 working poor people it was dumping them from the health-insurance program called adultBasic. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:30:04 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120123_Daniel_Rubin__For_couple_in_need_of_health_insurance__good_news_and_bad.html 2012-01-23T20:30:04Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120102_Daniel_Rubin__Checking_back_on_notable_folks_from_2011.html Another year, another 85 columns, which raises the question: Where are they now? Keith Fenimore's efforts to own the world's most recognizable face have not netted success, if you measure his mug against that of, say Muhammad Ali or Angelina Jolie. Or even James Fenimore Cooper. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120102_Daniel_Rubin__Checking_back_on_notable_folks_from_2011.html 2012-01-02T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20111229_Daniel_Rubin__Farewell_to_everything_we_d_rather_forget_about_2011.html Around lunchtime Wednesday in Times Square, a crowd gathered to feed bad memories into a shredder. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:37:52 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20111229_Daniel_Rubin__Farewell_to_everything_we_d_rather_forget_about_2011.html 2011-12-29T18:37:52Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20111226_Daniel_Rubin__New_state_law_trumps_Philadelphia_s_ban_against_phoning_while_driving.html Could it be that after two years and 29,418 citations, Philadelphians are learning not to drive with cellphones pressed to their ears? Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:02:14 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20111226_Daniel_Rubin__New_state_law_trumps_Philadelphia_s_ban_against_phoning_while_driving.html 2011-12-26T21:02:14Z