How Kobe got his name

5 years ago

Before we release Kobe Bryant into the reservoir of our memory, I will share one last story. Christ Dhimitri, restaurateur…

Weinstein’s a pig, but #MeToo asks too much

5 years ago

I have no doubt that movie producer turned inmate Harvey Weinstein is a hedge hog who has had his hands…

Why Palestinians should say yes

5 years ago

“They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity,” said Israeli ambassador Abba Eban about Israel’s Arab neighbors. U.S. President…

A Flyers Cap story – Part two

5 years ago

I left you yesterday at the Palm, with former Municipal Court Judge Georganne Daher asking me to return a Flyers…

A Flyers Cap story – Part one

5 years ago

This is a story about a Flyers cap, but it’s like a Matryoshka Russian nesting doll, with stories hidden within…

When blackface is (a) fine

5 years ago

Using blackface is a sin, in a secular sense, but should it be a crime? No blackface here (Photo: Stu…

Mummers: Ban Democrats

5 years ago

In an exclusive (and satirical) response to Major Jim Kenney’s threat to ban the Mummers Parade, the Mummers have demanded…

The Times whiffs on a choice

5 years ago

Talk about two-faced!  In what it called a “break with convention,” the New York Times editorial board offered a kind-of…

The eyes have it

5 years ago

Having announced I was having eye surgery about a week ago, I feel an obligation to bring you up to…

Make-believe bike security

5 years ago

The first thing you have to understand about the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is that it does not give…