Cartoon
Meme of the day
As you know by now, publishing does not (necessarily) mean agreement. It just means it made me laugh, and this one has an unexpected edge.
Latest
Israel
Where the student intifada goes very wrong
“We are Hamas!” You hear it on campuses and elsewhere, but mostly on campus, and it is 2024’s version of “Defund the police!” That backfired on the protesters and their movement . Badly. Let’s be clear: Americans have a right to protest anything. Peacefully. Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo,
Anti-Semitism
Biden makes a muddle with off-the-cuff comment
President Joe Biden got it right on paper -- condemning the surge of U.S. anti-Semitism — but tripped over his tongue in an off-the-cuff remark to a reporter. His critics are calling it his “Charlottesville moment,” but that’s not quite right. The “Charlottesville moment” refers to the statement made
Culture
The response to “death to America” chants in the U.S.
On this first day of Passover, the holiday that commemorates the Jewish peoples’ exodus from slavery in Egypt to establish a new nation that its enemies today deny ever existed, Jews are threatened as never before — here. For centuries, Jews came here to escape lands where they were persecuted. In
Culture
Did you hear about kitty litter in schools for students who identify as cats?
Listening to Kathy Barnette fill in for Dawn Stensland on WPHT-1210/AM one day last week, I nearly drove off the road when I heard her share an anecdote about public education and kitty litter boxes. What she said — and I am paraphrasing — was that a school across from her
Culture
Huck Finn gets banned for one word, and you know which one
Since I care about, and endorse, free expression, I sat down with one of the most banned books in American literature, which at the same time is hailed as an American classic -- “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade),” Mark Twain’s sequel to “The Adventures of Tom
Uncategorized
Let’s admit bike lanes are a failed experiment
I’ve often thought the most entitled white people in America were in the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, which numbers a measly 2,400 members in the 5.7-million five-county area and yet gets politicians to lick its bicycle saddle. Turns out the BCGP has a spinoff group called
Israel
Iran’s futile attack challenges Israel to do less
President Joe Biden told Iran, “Don’t.” Iran not only did attack Israel — but for the first time it attacked Israel directly from its own soil. It was “unprecedented,” many analysts said. We will return to this in a moment. One headline should be written about the unprecedented success of
Politics
Primary day approaches. Here are my picks and analysis
Wow — look at the calendar (providing you haven’t been blinded by the fakakta eclipse). It’s almost Pennsylvania primary day, Tuesday, April 23, when we begin the process of choosing politicians we hope won’t disappoint us. Starting with President, where our primary choice is between two elderly white
Police
Chris Rock got it first: How to NOT get shot by cops
No, I am not blaming the victim. What I am saying is wake the hell up! When a police officer stops you and gives you a command — obey the officer! Yes, even if you feel the stop is unconstitutional, racist or humiliating, just shut the F up and obey the
Culture
Do we want a less competitive Scrabble?
Is Scrabble going Woke? That’s the first thing I thought when I saw a CNN report about Mattel bringing out a version of the popular board game that is less “intimidating.” Less intimidating? Words are now microaggressions? I wanted a tile for Y. The new Scrabble Together is also
Culture
Salon’s feminist Inspector Clouseau attacks MAGA
During the course of a memorable career, I have been an editor of both magazines and a newspaper — notably features editor of the Philadelphia Daily News. In that role, not only did I accept submissions of questionable merit, I actually commissioned some. One that sticks out in my mind was