Philadelphia 76ers
You think the Sixers have a problem getting a green light for a new arena in the Old Gallery (now the Fashion District), and getting point guard James Harden to quit doing his Ben Simmons imitation? (In case you don’t follow basketball, the aging Harden has announced he won’
Journalism
It’s been more than two months since anchor Janelle Burrell vanished from the CBS3 noon news. Yet I know she’s still at the station. Janelle Burrell (right), without wedding band, anchors with Jim Donovan Where is she?, I wondered. Since what TV calls “talent” (I call them journalists)
Cartoon
You know the rules. As long as I find it funny, it goes up. A pretty low bar, I will admit. Room
Police
I am no fan of Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, who has been in over her head since Day One, because “progressive” Mayor Jim Kenney wanted to prove his Wokeness by hiring a Black female who had commanded a police force one-sixth the size of Philly’s. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Politics
This never-published column was written he night before the mayoral primary in fear of a Helen Gym victory. It would have been published Tuesday morning, once the margin of victory was announced. To my relief, there was no victory, but the observations remain true. It’s not the outcome I
Politics
There is a path to victory, Republican mayoral candidate David Oh was explaining to about 100 supporters at a fund-raiser Tuesday night in the stately Lincolncentric Union League on Broad Street. David Oh (left) joined by supporters Marina Kats, Tom Caramanico, Matt Wolfe The road will be as long and
Culture
A group of Native Americans have hit the warpath — figuratively, and no insult intended — asking the Washington NFL franchise to restore the name Redskins. The group is the Native Americans Guardians Association, which describes itself as a nonprofit “advocating for increased education about Native Americans, especially in public educational institutions,
Politics
Irrespective of how you feel about the downpour of indictments on former President Donald J. Trump, are you the slightest bit troubled by the utter lack of curiosity on the part of Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis? During a brief Q&A period Monday night, when she was
Politics
I’m not a fisherman, but I know when something smells fishy. I’m neither a Constitutional scholar nor a lawyer, but there is something really strange about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s elevation of U.S. Attorney David Weiss to special counsel to continue the investigation of Presidential Son,
Politics
I am a registered Democrat, although a disloyal Democrat because I vote for the best person, not the party. The “best” person is often a Democrat, but not always. In the last two local general elections, I did not vote for Jim Kenney for mayor, nor Larry Krasner for D.
Philadelphia Phillies
I had the Phillies game on, but I wasn’t paying much attention, partly because they were trailing again. Being predictably unpredictable. The season is winding down fast and the team had just returned from a road trip on which they had underperformed. Trea Turner homered and doubled to break
Politics
I was happy and relieved by some recent statements by Keir Starmer, who leads Labour, the Left party that hasn’t governed Great Britain since 2010. Labour leader Keir Starmer embraces patriotism (Photo: Financial Times) His predecessor was a Labourite given to making anti-Semitic statements, not too unusual in a