Presidential Election
With 72% of Americans feeling the nation is on the “wrong track,” and Vice President Kamala Harris’ favorable ratings lower than whale shit six months ago, it is miraculous that she was tied with former President Donald J. Trump. Given that he is a convicted felon, guilty of sexual assault,
Elections
On his Friday HBO show, Bill Maher addressed the few remaining “undecideds,” such as me, whom he called “those curious few, bisexuals of the political world.’ It’s OK. He’s a comic. I can take a joke. Then he addressed people like me directly. “You obviously don’t like
Media
I knew it was coming, but it’s hard to take: Longtime TV host and radio anchor Wally Kennedy has died at 76. 6abc carried an unusually short, in my opinion, death report. The on-air TV report said he had left the station, but there was a little more to
Politics
In what appears to be growing desperation, Democrats with access to a microphone or a lens went bonkers trying to draw a parallel between Donald J. Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, and a pro-Nazi rally held at the old Madison Square Garden in 1939. Also at the new Madison
Elections
We hear a lot, righteously, about Republicans who would not vote to certify an election that didn’t turn out their way. I am not suggesting an equivalency between Donald J. Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of a “stolen election” (plus the GOP’s effort to install false electors) with anything
Culture
Many people who know I am from Brooklyn assume I am rooting for the Dodgers. That’s why some say when you assume you make an “ass” out of you and “me.” Well, you. If you follow the World Series at all, you know the last time the Yankees played
Bicycle Lanes
The Inquirer, as it often does, misses the point. Deliberately, I sometimes think. Here is the lead of a story posted Thursday, after City Council pretended to listen to objections to a bill that would prohibit stopping in bike lanes: “Philadelphia lawmakers unanimously passed a measure Thursday to ban motor
Culture
Locked out, that’s what I was Thursday morning, locked out. Locked out of what, you ask? Out of the City Council meeting that was going to hear testimony on the insane idea to ban even momentarily stopping in bicycle lanes, a subject I wrote about it last month. Council
Politics
Thirty-two supposedly undecided voters gathered in Aston to hear Kamala Harris try to win them over. I am undecided. Partially. I am decided against Donald J. Trump, but not in favor of Kamala. I don’t know about the 32, but she moved me in her direction. She was calm,
Politics
A press conference I wish Kamala Harris would give Good morning. I called this rare press conference in order to address an important issue to all of us, and when I say all of us, I mean me. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. You haven’t heard that laugh for
Education
This is an open letter to the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College, from Benjamin Schwartz, class of 2006, concerning anti-Semitism on campus. To Swarthmore's Board of Managers: A year ago I wrote a letter to my children. I needed to explain to them what was happening because
Politics
If you tuned into Fox News for a big helping of word salad, you left hungry. Vice President Kamala Harris sat coolly, calmly, and turned away all of the sometimes hostile questions from anchor Bret Baier, who interrupted her at least a dozen times, which is uncharacteristic of him. I