Trans Rights
In more than 40 paragraphs, several pro-trans people are quoted, while only one mention of opposition to “rights” of trans people
Philadelphia Mob
I covered the mob from the edges, but I had a couple of advantages
Kitchen + Kocktails
The restaurant’s logo is a rooster, for some reason. Maybe it’s the cock in kocktails.
Michael Days
This was Michael’s proof of his belief in the marketplace of ideas — to greenlight an opinion he disagreed with.
Zohran Mamdani
The grinning Zohran changes his positions as easily as he changes clothes.
Pentagon Papers
The news organizations said the restrictions are without precedent, and attack core protections offered by the First Amendment.
Philadelphia Art Museum
Sooo, in the name of a “more accessible vibe,” PhAM sliced one word out of its name and designed a new logo, the dragony griffin you see at the top of this column.
illegal Immigration
In the same period, support for the mass deportation promised by Trump declined 9%, from 47% in June 2024, to 38% in June 2025.
Super Bowl
In recent years the Super Bowl has slithered from pop stars such as Carol Channing (twice!), Diana Ross, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker, to what loosely reflects what the players listen to — rap, hip-hop, world beat — whatever is the flavor of the moment.
Reality determines my political positions, not vice versa
“It is a rare event in Philadelphia when 25,000 people that live on the Pine and Spruce corridors are collectively screwed in public, in the City Council’s chambers, in broad daylight,” said FOPS board member Ken Luongo.
It has been a legitimate function of government to determine how many people from what nations are to be admitted. That function has sometimes been biased.
If Hamas refuses, Israel, with the full backing of the U.S., said Trump, can do what it has to do.
Even if illegals are your neighbors, if they are here illegally, they are subject to removal, even if they have committed no additional crime. Illegal presence is enough.
There is no arguing that Trump, as a construction titan, had far more executive experience than Kennedy, whose only executive stint was as the captain of PT-109 which got sunk.
Year after year, over the last 15 years, the percentage of Philadelphians commuting by bike has hovered around 2%, irrespective of the growing number of bike lanes.
Look — when a decision you make is based entirely or mostly on race, it is racist. It’s in the definition.
Some of the Kirk haters jumping for joy — including teachers, airline pilots, first responders — were fired from their jobs as a result of their comments.
Today, I am a homer, a cheerleader.
Only sickos think murder can be justified as some kind of political protest.
If you have a law on the books that is not enforced, it encourages more people to break that law.
I can’t prove that Hanks’ support of Joe Biden, and Hanks being a Democrat, had anything to do with the West Point alumni association's about-face.
