MOVE: The tragedy that did not change Philly

4 years ago

I am preparing myself for the orgy of guilt and finger-pointing that will lead up to the 35th anniversary of…

Health dictators and the law

4 years ago

The answer came too late for a column in which I questioned where the mayor gets the legal authority to…

Re-open protest fizzles in the rain

4 years ago

The Re-Open PA protestors who wanted to circle City Hall from noon-3 on Friday had two problems, and the light…

Protest is fine, but law is the law

4 years ago

Today, I am “open” to suggestions. At noon on Friday, a motorcade of cars are scheduled to circle City Hall,…

Why Joe Biden will go crazy left

4 years ago

Before the pandemic that turned America upside down, the bag of squirrels that was the Democratic presidential campaign presented a…

Pandemic is a plus for homeless animals

4 years ago

I hope this doesn’t come across as a desperate attempt to find a silver lining in a dark cloud, meaning…

What? The Right opposes law and order?

4 years ago

Does society have a right to institute rules and laws to protect its citizens from preventable harm? Self-evident, isn’t it?…

I don’t believe any woman

4 years ago

I believe nothing a woman says, ever. I didn’t even believe my mother when she said she loved me. Myka…

Is our New Normal permanent?

4 years ago

One of my friends is an optimist. No, really. He’s also moderately liberal, but hates Hillary Clinton almost as much…

Sanity returns, cops will enforce the law

4 years ago

About six weeks after Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced the wrong-headed policy that Philadelphia cops would not arrest and take…