God is here, and he’s listening

4 years ago

Continuing a tradition of Your Favorite Columnist having an annual conversation with God, sort of like Moses. YFC: Well, you…

Christmas cards, anyone?

4 years ago

Do you send out Christmas cards? To whom? How many? Why? No one sends cards any more, right? You tweet,…

Supremes spring surprises

4 years ago

I haven’t seen many progressives thank the U.S. Supreme Court for its back-of-hand ruling against Texas’ wild idea that it…

D.A. candidate Vega was raised on work ethic

4 years ago

Almost immediately after newly-elected D.A. Larry Krasner arrived at his 3 Penn Square office in 2018, he went ballistic, firing…

We need a new D.A., and here he is

4 years ago

He will do it not for himself, but for the victims, he says. He is Carlos Vega, 64, who prosecuted…

Here comes Hanukkah, no matter how you spell it

4 years ago

The religious scholars tell us (Jews) that Hanukkah (the holiday formerly known as Chanukah) is not among the important holidays…

Remembering the day of infamy

4 years ago

It’s hard to imagine a less memorable anniversary than the 79th, which is today’s for Pearl Harbor Day, the infamous…

City sued over gun law practices

4 years ago

In a city on a glide path to the greatest number of homicides in decades, here’s an unusual holiday gift:…

Politicians who make you feel ashamed

4 years ago

A strong Democratic friend of mine texted that he was glad President Donald J. Trump would not (as looks likely)…

Why I reject “systemic racism”

4 years ago

The moment of my real race awakening came in 1955 with the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi for supposedly…