ICE screw-ups corrode the public’s trust
In a 1993 case, conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote, “it is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings.”
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Guest essay: Pick your favorite reason Dems lost to Trump
It’s hard to win if you don’t know why you lost
Just what did Tesla do to YOU?
When Leftists damage Tesla cars, they are more likely to be hurting a Democrat than a Republican.
And now, it’s Trump versus the courts
Established law “entitles aliens to due process,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Guest essay: 1st Amendment protects even speech we abhor
But protest alone is not grounds by itself for a Title VI violation.
It’s sad when Dems root for a recession
Cheering for a recession suggests you have no better arguments, and there is something to that.
Trump creates alternate reality for his TAS cult
It is indisputable to any thinking person that Russia is a foe of the U.S.
D.A. Larry Krasner is no reformer, says Judge Dugan
“Larry always says, ‘F around and find out’ when he’s talking about Trump. How about ‘F around and find out’ to the people running around here with AK 47s?”
FactCheck: Dictator, missing money and other Trump lies
Three times this week, Trump said that the U.S. had given Ukraine “$350 billion,” about double the actual amount of U.S. aid for the country.
Standing up for Ukraine and President Trump
Do not boycott, as some are planning to do. That is leaving the field of battle.
How can I be sanguine with Trump in the White House?
I am not sticking my neck out too far to predict Trump, with a three-vote majority, will lose the House in the next election, effectively tying his hands.
Dems continue to marginalize themselves with Woke ideas
Think of how that would change the wording on cards on Mother’s Day
Notice something new?
Dear Reader: You are noticing a difference in the layout of my blog. It’s not just the layout. After five years, with increasing difficulty and expense of using my previous platform, I have changed to one called Ghost. Make up your own jokes. I don’t why it’s
Philadelphia Inquirer
Is Philadelphia a “Black city”?
This column was written three years ago, following the Philadelphia Inquirer’s journey into discovering its imagined racist history. I withheld it then because I was suing, and being sued by, the Inquirer. I won my defamation suit against them, they dropped their retaliatory suit against me. I publish this
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Americans awake to the reality of President Trump
That’s according to a Washington Post – Ipsos poll that mirrors findings in other recent polls taking America’s temperature when it comes to the reign of Donald J. Trump. Before digging into the stats, regular followers may recall that I said #47 would go too far (it is in
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Scorecard: The first 4 weeks of Trump II
There hasn’t been such an activist rookie* President since Franklin D. Roosevelt. I used the * because Donald J. Trump is a rookie in his second term, so he’s different from FDR in that way. But not in his ambitions. Not in his desire to expand the powers of
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Should trans people get equal rights to gays in Philly?
Philadelphia should be an LGBTQ sanctuary city. That was the interesting idea proposed by longtime LGBTQ activist Kathleen Padilla. (It sorta already is, more in a moment.) She also suggested the same for Pennsylvania, but that won’t happen — yet — in a state that (as James Carville described it) is
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Unfair criticism and what Trump needs to learn
“Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.” That’s what candidate Donald J. Trump said in August while stumping in Montana. By now you know the Consumer Price Index increased 3% in January over a year
Cherelle Parker
Nonprofit launches to fight City Hall on no-stop bike lanes
The other shoe has dropped, with an all-too-predictable thud, on city streets. In order to patch its idiotic law that prohibits even momentary stops in bicycle lanes, the city is proposing to create loading zones by eliminating 5-6 parking spaces on every block between Front and 22nd streets. That’s
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Cry baby Dems need to pick their fights with whirlwind Trump
Wrecking ball, bull in a China shop, disrupter, Constitution-buster — choose your own metaphor. Just about everything President Donald J. Trump has unleashed in the first three weeks of his second term is what he said he would unleash. He was not kidding. He was prepared. Call it shock and awe,
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Welcome to the Cherelle Parker hiring hall for disgraced Dems
She has designated herself as employer of last resort for damaged Dems. Call it the Parker Picks Employment Agency. Latest example is the Parker Picks hiring of seven-term former State Rep Kevin Boyle, 45, as a deputy director of external affairs in the managing director’s office, with a $110,
Cherelle Parker
Welcome to the Cherelle Parker hiring hall for disgraced Dems
Mayor Cherelle Parker has an odd taste in hiring — showing a preference for felons and mental cases, just as long as they are Democrats. She has designated herself as employer of last resort for damaged Dems. Call it the Parker Picks Employment Agency. Latest example is the Parker Picks hiring
Bicycle Lanes
Nonprofit launches to fight City Hall on no-stop bike lanes
The other shoe has dropped, with an all-too-predictable thud, on city streets. In order to patch its idiotic law that prohibits even momentary stops in bicycle lanes, the city is proposing to create loading zones by eliminating 5-6 parking spaces on every block between Front and 22nd streets. That’s
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Trump’s Gaza takeover seems crazy, but maybe . . .
Among a plethora of ideas flowing from the hyperactive mind of President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. “owning” Gaza is among the worst. Before I continue, to calm the MAGA wolves who are baring their fangs, here is a partial list of things he has done right: Enforce the