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Someone (it was Sigmund Freud) once asked, what do women want? The answer is not shoes — and an even harder question is what do city residents want, or at least what do they like and dislike. Philadelphia surveyed 20,000 residents last year — I was one of them — and the
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Tuesday I enter the world-famous Wills Eye Hospital for surgery on my left eye, to be followed in two weeks by surgery on my right eye. Cataracts. I am told I will be in the hospital for a few hours and that I will be able to function later. Whether
Political Correctness
No kidding. I posted this on Facebook and it was taken down for violating “community standards.” The only thing I added was a caption that said, “Just like a man,” as a j-o-k-e, of course, because the lioness was doing all the work. I appealed the decision to Facebook and
Homelessness
Homelessness is not just a Philadelphia problem, it’s a national problem and worse where 1) the weather is mild and 2) there is little political will to do anything about it — looking at you L.A. and San Francisco. At the outset, the homeless are citizens and they do
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It sounded almost comical, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — announcing a Declaration of Independence — they would “step back” as senior Royals, which comes close to abdicating their Royalty. Call it a Megxit in which they would seek to become financially independent and carve out
Culture
Yeah, I watched the Golden Globes, which are more “honest” in the fandom of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than are the Oscars of the (clearing my throat) American Motion Picture Association. The Oscars pretend to award quality, while massive lobbying belies that. Globes generally go to actors the reporters
Humor
I don’t have much to say about this — you either get it, or you don’t, you can agree with it or not. The usual rules apply — if it makes me laigh, I will use it, irrespective of the political point of view. And now — go Eagles!
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In the early ‘60s, on the threshold of the sexual revolution, young Lynne Abraham and a female classmate, Polly Cohen, were routinely harassed in their classes at Temple Law. Not just by the 133 male students in their 1965 graduating class, but by the profs, most of whom seemed to
Mummers Parade
In my most recent post, I broke one of my general principles and embarrassed myself. The general principle is to avoid using the term “racist,” which is thrown about too casually, unless I was sure. I withhold it because I regard it to be a serious, toxic accusation. My reticence
Culture
(A portion of this story has been retracted. See later post.) Audiences were sparse at Wednesday’s Mummers Parade — the largest spontaneous folk celebration of American racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and peanut allergies. What I just wrote is sarcasm, directed to those, mostly among the young(er), who
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I love calling what comes next the Roaring 20s, so much smarter than the little-used Teens we are leaving behind. Kind of a stinky decade, on balance, but it made a minority of Americans very happy. I am talking about President Donald Trump's followers, and that happy minority
Philadelphia Eagles
With a lame 9-7 record, the Eagles have stumbled into victory in the NFL East, which once was a premiere football division. Can you remember that far back? Yeah, me neither. I write this as an Eagles fan, but not a homer drone. I root for them even when they