Democratic Party
It's fun being right. It’s even more fun proving an adversary is wrong. A rift between fellow Philly Democrats Congressman Kevin Boyle and city Councilman Isaiah Thomas presents an opportunity to confound my enemies. Well, at least the jackasses who claim I am racist (cough, cough, Helen
Sexual Assault
Did I get this right? New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s defense against groping at least 11 women is, “It can’t be sexual assault — I do it to everyone.” He seems to be saying he’s just friendly. I hate to go there, but this guy is the
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Philadelphia’s The Big Talker has a smallish mouth, but that’s OK with the bosses who have signed off on significant changes at our region’s leading conservative broadcaster. Bigger isn’t always better, they say. WPHT/1210-AM knew change was coming for a while. We all did, after
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Because of a saboteur in my mailing list, the company that sends out notifications of a new post is suspending service while the tech crew tries to identify and eliminate the culprit. That means you will have to check in on your own. I am sorry for the inconvenience.
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Baseball is boring, that’s one reason I like it. It is slow moving, and doesn’t require much concentration. If you don’t believe me, watch the Phillies play, or listen to TV color man John Kruk. They barely seem to be paying attention. The Phllies lose track of
Crime
A local lawyer, a frenemy, told me he had written a book about the death penalty, and asked if I would read it. It was anti-death penalty, a dozen essays opposing the penalty rather than a book with a singular narrative thread. I told him I would read it if
Coronavirus
Sometimes I am almost too willing to compromise. That will come as a surprise to some who know me, but it's true. Sometimes. In my last column, I said I was willing to mask up again, in light of the delta version of COVID-19 sweeping the nation. In
Coronavirus
With the city now recommending that even vaccinated people, like me, wear masks indoors and in crowds, I had some questions, which I put to the city Health Department. Here are my questions and edited versions of the replies from the Health Department's Matt Rankin. Q: I am
Jim Kenney
Ernest Owens is a smart guy, very smart. He’s probably smarter than I am. I know he is better educated. He got a full ride to the University of Pennsylvania. I know that because he has written about it, about how Penn is racist, and Penn is homophobic. Owens
Chuck Peruto
During his decades-long career as a lawyer, which included outrageous stunts in the courtroom and gossip column-worthy affairs outside of it, there is one thing that enemies will use to smear A. Charles Peruto Jr., known to friend and foe as Chuck. In May 2013, while Chuck was downashore in
Racism
Do Democrats understand how much they hurt themselves when they say it’s racist to want to have people present photo ID in order to vote? A recent Monmouth University poll, consistent with earlier polls, reported that an overwhelming 80% of Americans support presenting photo ID in order to be
Politics
On the second anniversary of the start of this column, I am reprising the first one, so that people who were not here for the first know where I am coming from, and what they can expect. (This should have posted Thursday, but tech problems prevented that.) Welcome. If you