Kamala Harris
It’s not in my nature to be indecisive. A bad decision is better than no decision. Maybe I am making one here, about the presidential election three weeks from today. My mail-in ballot has been sitting on my desk, all filled in, except for the choice for President. That
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After a brief, just-for-show strike, Atlantic and Gulf coast longshoremen returned to work, having agreed to an almost 62% pay hike(!) over 6 years, but leaving unresolved their real fears about automation. These will be discussed in January. Their fears are not unfounded. This is way more than you need
Israel
I am not sure how many people Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Philly’s most radical chic rabbi, represents, but I am sure I speak for more Jews than she does. I have known about her brainless “good works” for decades. She heads the Jewish “Blame Israel First” brigade of Suicide Jews.
Philadelphia Phillies
It’s hard to believe in the long history of baseball, this is the first time the Philadelphia Phillies are facing the New York Metropolitans, and the Philies are slight favorites to win the best-of-five series. I don't like it. We play better as underdogs. It presents a
Culture
The gray clouds hanging around City Hall Friday noon could do nothing to dispel Mayor Cherelle Parker’s PA-enforced cheerfulness as she announced the start of LGBTQ+ Pride Month (October), plus National Coming Out Day (Oct. ll.) Pride Month is designed to make gays feel good about themselves, and for
Culture
Ah, the Inquirer’s crank case is at it again, spewing and spinning her anti-auto paranoia into a myopic mess built on wishful thinking rather than on reality. It’s like that with cranks, and Inkster Inga Saffron is at the head of the parade, this time inveighing against a
Politics
For me, the highlight of Tuesday night’s one-and-only vice presidential debate was when each admitted he was kind of a schmuck. This was a highlight in relief from a 90-minute game of dodgeball played by a couple of serious, courteous men trying to be liked by the folks at
Race reltions
I have long been on record as rejecting the idea that America suffers from “systemic racism.” Do we suffer from some racism? Yes. But does the system — meaning our laws — support it? No. But some governments do practice racism, and they are not always in the South. And the victims
Education
You’ve got to wonder about “science” that puts its weight behind an experiment to determine if monkeys looking at pictures of candidates can predict an election’s outcome. A story carried in the Daily Mail says the idea may seem ludicrous, but . . . No, stop right there. It is ludicrous
Bicycle Lanes
Well, they are at it again, pinheads proposing legislation that would do minimum good with maximum harm. Even for Philly, this one’s hard to believe. It’s a bill from Councilmembers Kenyatta Johnson, once a moderate, and Jamie Gauthier, a happy progressive, to prohibit stopping in bike lanes. Sixteen
Entertainment
“I am a Swiftie,” my 30ish restaurant server was surprised to hear me say, after the meal had concluded and we were having a brief chat, which was joined by a couple of other young women standing nearby. “What’s not to like?” I asked. A couple of days later
Politics
At 2:30 this afternoon at WHYY, Vice President Kamala Harris will be interviewed by members of the National Association of Black Journalists, whom the Inquirer did not name. I expect it will be much more friendly than the group’s interview with Donald J. Trump, in which he made