Immigration
I hate to say it, and I have long resisted saying it, but facts don’t lie and I have to conclude that the explosion of illegal and faux migrants pouring across our southern border is the deliberate, political policy of President Joe Biden. Caught, and ready for release, at
Politics
Will Rogers famously remarked, “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Perhaps said in jest, but perhaps true today. NonDemocrat Kendra Brooks (left) got Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro’s endorsement One sign of an organized political party is its ability to maintain discipline
Politics
Here’s a small lesson in massaging the press and the public. Democratic candidate Cherelle Parker tries to pull a fast one. (Photo: Billy Penn) I gave credit yesterday to the Inquirer for smoking out Cherelle Parker, the Democratic candidate for mayor who had been ducking demands that she debate
Politics
I have to give credit to Philadelphia’s favorite only broadsheet, the Philadelphia Inquirer, for calling in a Tuesday editorial for Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker to debate Republican David Oh. David Oh will get to debate Cherelle Parker. (Photo: Billy Penn) Within hours, Parker, who had been dodging demands
Crime
This is a sick and sad story about a crime victim, but it has an unexpected ending. U.S. Rep Mary Gay Scanlon has misplaced sympathy. (Photo: People) The victim was U.S. Rep Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents most of Delaware County, a Philadelphia suburb ranging from blue collar
Politics
Here’s where I give a former colleague credit for joining me in asking hard, appropriate questions about Democratic Mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker. In the Philadelphia Inquirer, columnist Helen Ubinas, a traditional liberal, bravely writes that Parker has a history of opaqueness — not transparency — and a habit of ducking questions
Drugs
Finally, I won one. Well, not the first and not the only, but against my fears that Woke would triumph, Philadelphia City Council overwhelmingly rejected the insanity of so-called “supervised injection sites.” The site of the shooting gallery that was stopped dead by South Philadelphians Well-intentioned but clueless advocates started
Immigration
Andrew S. Hanen of the Federal District Court in Houston has ruled that a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of undocumented young adults from deportation and allowed them to legally work in the United States, is not legal. I disagree with the judge. The judge maintained that President
Guns
Our pathetic excuse for a retired-in-place mayor was given some space on the Philadelphia Inquirer’s letters page to plead (again) for an abridgment of your Constitutional right to own firearms. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral arguments, says Jim Kenney, on Crawford v Commonwealth. “The court will decide
Culture
Two stories on one page of the Philadelphia Inquirer led me to question my sanity. Wait — actually the sanity of America, because these two stories simply could not have existed through most of the long span of my life. In one, the Perkiomen Valley school board is struggling to come
Journalism
Sorry, Cherelle, “pissed and angry” won’t cut it. Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker has a mess. (Photo: The Daily Pennsylvanian) That was what Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker said when the Inquirer revealed emails from her campaign staffers that belittled and were dismissive of reporters. Her staffers made an
Police
When word of Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw’s decision to cut and run was announced, I posted on Facebook that she may not have been an effective commissioner, but she was smart enough to read the writing on the wall. Former Police Commissioners John Timoney (left), Charles Ramsey Meaning the