After a year, FOPS is still fighting a broken bike promise

The city broke its word when it passed the idiotic no-stopping ordinance.

The Epstein emails: So far, no smoking gun

Does this mean Trump knew of sex trafficking? It does not.

Having a political chat with ChatGPT

Its first draft was complete, factual, and nonpartisan, giving arguments from both sides of the aisle, and the differing sides within the Democratic caucus, which is a fancy name for a street gang. 

On assault, judge gets it right, jury gets it wrong

If hitting an officer with a sandwich is OK, how about a paper cup? How about an empty plastic water bottle? How about a full water bottle?

The story behind a shutdown joke

“A fool and his money are soon elected.”

Democrats clean up, even the evil ones

The tighter a Republican candidate is to President Donald J. Trump, the worse they will do in a moderate state.

If it’s Halloween, it’s time for Henri David to shine

“Don’t come as you are, come as you want to be.”

Director Bigelow flinched at taking the final step

By genre, this is ticking-bomb stuff. In 18 minutes something catastrophic will happen, can we dodge the bullet, so to speak?

NYTimes preaches moderation to Democrats

American politics today can seem to be dominated by extremes. President Trump is carrying out far-right policies, while some of the country’s highest-profile Democrats identify as democratic socialists. Moderation sometimes feels outdated. It is not.

Another curious news call by the Inquirer

In more than 40 paragraphs, several pro-trans people are quoted, while only one mention of opposition to “rights” of trans people

My life as a Mafia outsider

I covered the mob from the edges, but I had a couple of advantages

K + K kind of a krappy experience

The restaurant’s logo is a rooster, for some reason. Maybe it’s the cock in kocktails.