In Philadelphia, July 4th isn’t just a single day for fireworks. Each year in late May, as cool spring days […]
About: Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Fathers and sons
It was April 21, 1790, when nearly 28,000 people marched down the streets of Philadelphia. This wasn’t a riot. It […]
Dire wolves in Philadelphia? Well, maybe.
Imagine this, Philadelphians. You venture across an ocean in the 17th and 18th century to make your home in the […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: And to the earth we shall return
Of all of Philadelphia’s old churches — some dating back to the very start of European colonization around the resource-rich […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Philadelphia’s college basketball team that might have won it all
The story of the 1968–69 La Salle Explorers begins in an unexpected place. It doesn’t begin with the story of Tom Gola […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Saying goodbye to the cheesesteak — but only because I have to
It’s been over 85 years that Philadelphia has proudly called the cheesesteak its own. If you were fortunate enough to grow up […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Packers want to ban the Brotherly Shove — they should just learn to stop it.
You knew that it was only a matter of time, Philadelphia. The love and appreciation that was evident from around […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: When disaster strikes closer to home
I thought that I knew disaster preparedness before. That mental reassurance didn’t derive from personal experience. After all — I’ve lived my whole live […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Big Play Slay, we salute you
We got you, Big Play. It’s Slay. Not Darius. After what you’ve done for us — pick any name that you want. […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: How will Deepseek AI-R affect Philadelphia?
If you sat last month nearly spilling your under-cooked TV dinner wondering what in the world is this announcement about […]