Ben Ohanesian

Husband | Brother | Friend | Business owner | Avid Traveler | More avid golfer | Philly Sports Fan | @myrwu alum | Live, work, & play in the Philly Suburbs

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@SpikeEskin Says the hater... so yeah, let's take your word for it!

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@philrosenn Right ... of course it is

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@CrossingBroad Sounds like he's a bit of a control freak if your conclusion is correct (if). Whatever - does anyone really care what his take on that is, regardless?

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@JohnKincade @DylanFMackinnon @Eagles @975TheFanatic Yes - but it will host Super Bowls and Final Fours - which are the main 2 reasons Lurie/ownership wants to do it. I am a season ticket holder - and have taken 2 surveys (from Eagles) on it in past year. It's clear that is the direction they are going

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The irony of Republicans controlling all branches of government while

bankrupting the country, starting a war, sending money to fraudulent programs, violating the Constitution, giving corporations immunity...

but arguing that the biggest problem we have is “stolen elections.”

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@MikeSielski @Kevin_Kinkead Yes - a rival's loss is always fun ... but no one really cares about the Knicks. They have been mostly irrelevant since the 90s. Maybe there are a fringe group who 'hate' them or (more likely) dislike their fans. Did I root for SA, yes -- did I care by Sunday AM, No.

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@APompliano What a joke/clown show.

[Bob Elder @southernphd]

I never met Gordon Wood, but I have a story about him.

In one of my grad school seminars, we read Wood’s Creation of the American Republic. The sheer erudition and evidentiary depth of the book bowled me over.

Back then, before kids and before life accelerated to warp speed, I used to call my mother every Sunday to catch up. Lots of times, we ended up talking about what I was reading that week in my grad seminars or for leisure. Mom had an omnivorous mind, and she was always looking for something else to read. She was a true intellectual—curious about almost everything, always eager to integrate new arguments or ideas into her existing schemas of how the world worked or to have those schemas challenged and changed.

When we talked that particular Sunday, I think I tried to describe to her part of Wood’s argument about the relationship between the state constitutions during the Articles of Confederation era and the federal Constitution. Maybe I was tired, maybe I didn’t completely understand her questions, but the end result of the conversation was that Mom had questions about Wood’s argument that I didn’t answer satisfactorily. I told her that she should probably just read the book, and we said goodbye.

She did eventually read the book, but the next Sunday, Mom started our conversation by saying, “Well, I had a lovely conversation with Gordon Wood this week.” For a split second, I thought she was joking, but then I remembered who I was dealing with. I started to sweat. “How?” I asked. A whole variety of unlikely scenarios in which the foremost historian of the American Revolution and my mother, who lived in Wichita, Kansas, might have met ran through my mind. “Oh, I just looked up his office phone number on Brown’s website and called, and he picked up!” Mom said. I decided I would have to find another profession.

As it ended up, Gordon Wood spent about an hour on the phone with my mother answering her questions about the Constitution. Ever since, I’ve had a soft spot for the man when I imagine him picking up the phone in Providence and finding Becky Elder from Wichita on the other end of the line. His generosity in that moment spoke very well of him.

Rest in peace, professor.

[Ben Ohanesian @BenOhan]

@SpikeEskin Ever the hater ... Who is everyone by the way? The 5% of total NBA analysts that happen to be in your twitter feed? Stop making up angles - just admit you are a hater.

[Pedro Martinez @45PedroMartinez]

Playing in Philly is like playing a postseason game everywhere else…even when it's just a regular-season game.

That’s how fun it is! @Phillies #mlbontbs

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The President’s Big Beautiful Bill, the Iran War, and Republican spending bills will create a $2 trillion budget DEFICIT in 2026.

Financing just the new debt costs more than all federal road & bridge projects, and we will be making those new interest payments each year, forever.

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@LangmanVince LOL! 🐏🤡🤡🐏

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@WIPMiddayShow You are this desperate for ratings, clicks, listeners?

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@KevinCooney ... they have interesting off-season questions and the fans minds have no doubt shifted from 'do whatever it takes to move on from Embiid and maybe even PG too' ... to 'How do we add a few bench pieces to build around this core' ... Fascinating!

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@KevinCooney Like the Sixers column. I mostly agree. I think this was a narrative-altering postseason for Embiid (already, playing just 4 games!). It is not, yet, the same for the team/org as a whole...they need to beat the Knicks for that! Even if they lose (assuming competitive series)...

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@BenStiller BRING IT! Let's go 76ers!

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@stephenasmith @sixers @celtics @FCHWPO 76ers in 6 games over your NYK. Knicks have home court and more depth/bench scoring. The 76ers are more talented 1 thru 5. Assuming full health all around (always a fun assumption for we 76ers fans)...76ers are just better. Let's get it on!

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@stoolpresidente Waaaahh... Tatum hurt, let's cry about losing our top guy for a game. We had our top guy out the first 3 games. Your team choked a 3-1 series lead away...they are getting good at that!