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This won’t take long. Two current incidents create a portrait of why an IQ test ought to be mandatory for public office, in addition to age and citizenship requirements. Or a passing grade in logic. The two incidents are the unfortunate death of Walter Wallace Jr. and the misplaced
Halloween
Saturday is Halloween, and for the first time since 1968 it will happen in Philadelphia without a major party hosted by Henri David. Just one more piece of fun that has been destroyed by COVID-19. Halloween will still live, in attenuated form, but what about Henri, once celebrated as the
Looting
Here it is Wednesday evening and the city of Philadelphia has announced a curfew from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. No, it’s not because of a hurricane or blizzard. It’s because of another “natural” disaster — a fraction of our citizens who believe they are free to
Supreme Court
I rarely do two consecutive columns on the same subject, but there was something uniquely unAmerican about the nature of the attacks against (now) Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Yesterday I commented on a vile racial attack from a so-called Black intellectual. Today, it’s the far Left and
Supreme Court
The ill-starred assassination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett by Democrats failed, as it should have. The ill-starred assassination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh by Democrats failed, as it should have. The ill-based assassination of Judge Merrick Garland by Republicans succeeded, and shouldn’t have. Taking the last first, we’ll never
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With the real World Series taking the night off, a lot of America tuned into Game 7 of the World Series of Politics, the last mano a mano event of the 2020 presidential season. Neither was the home team, but the GOP suited up the Good Donald J. Trump, the
Marcus Perez
As regular readers know, I have major differences with Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner, especially with his non-enforcement or light enforcement on selected defendants. Whether they get potential first-degree homicide charges greatly knocked down or gun charges that should result in jail being brushed off, they catch undeserved breaks. Lady
Supreme Court
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, one of the last truth-telling moderate Democrats, analyzed some of his colleagues' hankering to pack the U.S. Supreme Court on Bill Hemmer’s show on (gasp) Fox News Channel. Why the gasp? Well, admitting I watch Fox, and that Rendell would appear there.
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Thursday night, two networks offered a choice at 8 p.m.: Town halls with former Vice President Joe Biden on ABC; and with President Donald J. Trump on NBC. If you could watch only one, which would it be? Me? Trump, of course, to maximize the chance of seeing or
Face masks
Let’s admit there is something about face mask requirements that really doesn’t add up. Some of you won’t agree, but most people understand that masks offer some degree of protection. You can argue about how much, but would you be happy if your surgeon and OR staff
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Nyet to Donald J. Trump. No man, to Joe Biden. I can’t vote for either of them. In fact, I didn’t. I voted by mail and passed on the males. Why? Trump? I don’t have all day to list the reasons. Here are a few off the
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I’ve got to confess: For safety’s sake I set up a plexiglass shield between me and the TV. OK — that’s a joke, but so were the oval barriers between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris. Although the set was the same as for the last