Immigration
Donald J. Trump has a mandate for action, and if Republicans capture the House, in addition to the Senate it now has, he will have a pretty free hand to act. Even CNN’s Van Jones called Trump’s an “avalanche victory.” He will be able to act on illegal
Culture
As you know, I enjoy spirited debate, and even creative name-calling. The election is over. Trump won. Biden and Harris (and Stu) say we will survive this. The level of acrimony is actually keeping other people from commenting. “What kind of friends do you have?” I have been asked more
Politics
Well, ain’t that something. In what I can’t help seeing as a trolling of Mark Cuban, President-Elect Donald J. Trump appointed Susie Wiles to be his chief of staff, the first woman to hold that post for any president. It was his first appointment, and it came fast.
Elections
Has Tom Hanks packed his bags yet? No, because the report that he would leave America if Donald J. Trump won was satire. But there was a long list, even back in 2016, of American assholes entertainers who would rather switch than fight. None of those deep thinkers left. Not
Presidential Election
With 72% of Americans feeling the nation is on the “wrong track,” and Vice President Kamala Harris’ favorable ratings lower than whale shit six months ago, it is miraculous that she was tied with former President Donald J. Trump. Given that he is a convicted felon, guilty of sexual assault,
Elections
On his Friday HBO show, Bill Maher addressed the few remaining “undecideds,” such as me, whom he called “those curious few, bisexuals of the political world.’ It’s OK. He’s a comic. I can take a joke. Then he addressed people like me directly. “You obviously don’t like
Media
I knew it was coming, but it’s hard to take: Longtime TV host and radio anchor Wally Kennedy has died at 76. 6abc carried an unusually short, in my opinion, death report. The on-air TV report said he had left the station, but there was a little more to
Politics
In what appears to be growing desperation, Democrats with access to a microphone or a lens went bonkers trying to draw a parallel between Donald J. Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, and a pro-Nazi rally held at the old Madison Square Garden in 1939. Also at the new Madison
Elections
We hear a lot, righteously, about Republicans who would not vote to certify an election that didn’t turn out their way. I am not suggesting an equivalency between Donald J. Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of a “stolen election” (plus the GOP’s effort to install false electors) with anything
Culture
Many people who know I am from Brooklyn assume I am rooting for the Dodgers. That’s why some say when you assume you make an “ass” out of you and “me.” Well, you. If you follow the World Series at all, you know the last time the Yankees played
Bicycle Lanes
The Inquirer, as it often does, misses the point. Deliberately, I sometimes think. Here is the lead of a story posted Thursday, after City Council pretended to listen to objections to a bill that would prohibit stopping in bike lanes: “Philadelphia lawmakers unanimously passed a measure Thursday to ban motor
Culture
Locked out, that’s what I was Thursday morning, locked out. Locked out of what, you ask? Out of the City Council meeting that was going to hear testimony on the insane idea to ban even momentarily stopping in bicycle lanes, a subject I wrote about it last month. Council