Russia
Willy Joseph Cancel, a former Marine, is believed to be the first American to die while assisting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. He leaves a young wife and toddler daughter. This link takes you to a verified GoFundMe page. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-raise-funds-for-willy-joseph-cancels-family?utm_source=customer&
Race
The recent approval of the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court led me to reflect on her “privilege,” meaning two caring parents who valued education, the gift of high IQ, plus her determination and her quality education at Harvard. I imagine she had a
Cartoon
Who is at the wheel of this bus?
Freedom of Speech
I am in Facebook jail again, so that’s good news to subscribers here. Without that massive platform, I will be pouring more work into this outlet. Can I hear an amen? This is at least the fourth time my privileges have been revoked by Team Zuckerberg, which makes me
Politics
I get on a lot of strange email mailing lists, maybe because I support candidates from a range of political parties — Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Natural Law. I have been getting fund-raising appeals from Louisiana U.S. Senator John Kennedy, no relation to the former president. He’s on talk shows
Politics
The man with the raised fist is not angry. He is Al Robles, and he is being emphatic. Emphatic about his platform, which has three legs: Solidarity, Pragmatism, Prosperity, he said during his candidacy announcement Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by supporters. He is running for the state house in Pennsylvania'
Culture
You know the adage about not tearing down a wall until after you know why it was built? Hearing about the latest Florida law, this one “banning” some math books, has me wondering. What could be in math books that would be objectionable? At the same time, I remembered that
Entertainment
South Philadelphia’s Bobby Rydell, who would have turned 80 on April 26, died April 5 of noncovid pneumonia at Jefferson Abington, his wife Linda Hoffman tells me. Services were private and his ashes will be divided between his first wife’s grave — that would be his beloved Camille — and,
Politics
I’m man enough to admit — not brag — that I am the one who does the grocery shopping in our family, because Half-Pint works at a real job, while I entertain the world with my blog. My basic shopping list is about 10 staples, and I don’t know what
Russia
In addition to proving to be amazing warriors, Ukrainians are demonstrating a grim sense of humor. They just released this stamp, signifying the Ukrainian soldiers' response to a Russian warship’s demand they surrender. “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.” By an accident of timing, on Friday it was learned
Race
I was moved by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s remarks after Senate confirmation of her nomination. Here they are in their entirety, with portions I particularly liked in boldface. Thank you so much, Mr. President. It is the greatest honor of my life to be here with you at this
Politics
One reason I like Michael Smerconish’s Saturday morning CNN show is that I almost always learn something I didn’t know. That’s something I try to provide on Stubykofsky.com — something you don’t know. This past week, Smerconish did a segment on college debt forgiveness, which I