Jim Kenney
Hey, remember when the city gave the homeless encampment on the Parkway until July 17 to leave? Seems like months ago. It was months ago. Today’s question is this: Is the standoff on the Parkway comedy turning into tragedy, or tragedy becoming comedy? Mayor Jim Kenney is in the
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It’s hard to think of a bigger elbow of a number than 19. It’s a number without friends. Friday is the 19th anniversary of 9/11, and something must be said, but I have to hold back the better stuff for next year — the 20th anniversary of the
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As usual, the required explanation: What gets posted here is something that makes me laugh. I don’t care if it is Right, I don’t care if it is Left, I don’t care if it is not Politically Correct. In fact, I prefer that it not be. This
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I have used anonymous sources during my long career in journalism. I also have been an anonymous source. So let’s take a look at it, as regards the anti-Trump hit piece in The Atlantic. It is a hit piece, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. That
Donald J. Trump
Today I am putting on my political advisor hat and will stage an intervention to rescue Donald J. Trump from the law and order mess he has created. (I helped Joe Biden with fracking yesterday.) Part of the problem is of his own making, which is true with most of
Joe Biden
Today I am putting on my political advisor hat and will stage an intervention to rescue Joe Biden from the fracking fracas. Part of the problem is of his own making, when he answered “yes” when asked if he would ban fracking. Here is what he should have said, and
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Happily, a dilemma that I faced has been resolved. In a rare case of do nothingism succeeding, I don’t have to decide whether to keep, or end, my longtime membership in the NAACP. A crisis was ignited in July, when Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson posted a stupid false
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The strange, historic, and pointless sports boycott is a mesmerizing topic. We have to start somewhere, and it will be with L.A. Clippers coach Doc Rivers, whose father was a cop. After the shooting of Jacob Blake, here’s part of what Rivers said: “We’re the ones getting
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On this, his biggest night of the Republican National Convention, the question was which Donald J. Trump would show up — the generous, caring, warm-hearted, person described by his friends and family, or the slashing, bragging, biting, mocking, vain and thin-skinned president we have come to know. Always the showman and
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A long line of testimonials paved the gold brick road that ended with Vice President Mike Pence accepting nomination for another term, and then launched into a list of his boss’ accomplishments. And guess what? After Pence’s speech, out walked Donald J. Trump and Melania. No surprise, Pence didn’
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“He’s not a traditional politician,” said First Lady Melania Trump in her capstone address during the second night of the Republican National Convention. We will count the ways that he is not, but first let’s admire our First Lady, with her regal bearing, light accent, and nervousness as
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Since Donald J. Trump ran for the presidency four years ago as a disrupter, and has spent 3 ½ years upsetting presidential precedents, it’s no surprise that he knocked down tradition in his convention, which began last night, from Charlotte, N.C., and elsewhere. For better or worse, the Republican