Segment of our youth have their head up their anus

4 months ago

Stereotypes are usually wrong, including this one, but what the hell is going on with American young people? Does this…

God quiet about Eagles during annual chat

4 months ago

Continuing a conversation that has been going on for more than two decades between Your Favorite Columnist and the Almighty. …

Kenney’s somewhat dented crowning achievement

5 months ago

It’s a jolly time of the year and the holiday spirit infuses the Philadelphia Inquirer’s series evaluating Jim Kenney, Philadelphia’s…

Nickel and diming means you pay 15 cents per paper bag

5 months ago

Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying nothing is certain except death and taxes. (He was talking about the viability of…

Slavery did not end with the Civil War

5 months ago

I’m not sure why Michael Days recommended I read the Pulitzer Prize-winning, “Slavery by Another Name,” by Southern journalist Douglas…

Viewing collegiate anti-Semitism as new history

5 months ago

Journalism is the first draft of history, they say. Written fast, with deadlines bearing down on the reporter, those drafts…

Was this police stop legit — or profiling?

5 months ago

Update: Ramon Lawrence waived his preliminary hearing; the judge put him into an Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition program. Lawrence will take…

The attack on Goldie’s was anti-Semitism

5 months ago

With their anti-Semitic attack on Goldie’s on Sansom Street, the Philly Palestine Coalition has revealed (again) its true colors, which…

The white vote? Democrats lost it a long time ago

5 months ago

It is very easy, too easy, as you can see in this Washington Post column, to frame presidential contests involving…

DeSantis goes on the offense in Red-Blue debate

5 months ago

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSanctis came swinging against Democratic California Gov. Gaven Newsom, but did not muss his well-lubricated hair.…