Guns
Not to pick on the Philadelphia Inquirer, but I will use a recent story to illustrate confirmation bias. The headline of the story read, “The LGBTQ people buying guns for self-defense,” and the top of the story makes its position clear when it quote a 23-year-old trans woman identified only
Kamala Harris
It’s not in my nature to be indecisive. A bad decision is better than no decision. Maybe I am making one here, about the presidential election three weeks from today. My mail-in ballot has been sitting on my desk, all filled in, except for the choice for President. That
Politics
Tim Walz got the premier closing slot at Wednesday’s Democratic National Convention, and he did a lot with it, in only 16 minutes. I note some media outlets were calling it “coach’s night,” rather than “teachers night” or “National Guard night” or “governor’s night.” When a writer
Joe Biden
At the risk of alienating my (few) progressive friends, I have diagrammed an end-around play to save Joe Biden’s floundering presidential campaign. He needs to create a Sister Souljah moment: Kick the Squad and the extreme Left to the curb, occupy the center and double down on unqualified support
Immigration
Permit me to gloat. Months ago, when I read that some dastardly Republican governors were bussing illegal undocument “migrants” from their overwhelmed border towns to Sanctuary Cities in the North, such as New York, Chicago and Washington, I complained that Philadelphia was being overlooked. I wrote an Open Letter to
Abortion
Cards on the table: While I find abortion to be awful, I would not ban it. Can any rational person “like” it? Going back to the 1992 Bill Clinton dictum, it should be safe, rare, and legal. That was brilliantly crafted as an umbrella to include pro-choicers, alongside those who
Immigration
Let’s talk about lies, and where some lead. “There are three types of lies,” said Benjamin Disraeli, “lies, damn lies, and statistics.” I disagree, at least as far as the media is concerned. I think there are black lies, white lies and casual lies, the last being the most
Immigration
Even if moderate Democrats won’t admit it -- because they may not even know it -- the facts speak loud and clear: the Democratic Party leadership wants Open Borders. Fact: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered no enforcement against illegal immigrants who are not violent criminals, or
Israel
For the record, editorial cartoons are not obligated to be accurate or fair. It’s better, maybe, when they are, but those virtues are not required. The idea is to take a simple idea and drive it home. I try to not blow my stack when I disagree with them,
Israel
The current turmoil in the Middle East is, as usual, a Goddamn shame, and some Americans, including Leftist Jews such as Bernie Sanders (not a practicing Jew) are urging the U.S. to take an “evenhanded approach” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To which I reply — why? Create an equivalency between
Politics
I did not vote for Donald J. Trump. He was my president. I did not vote for Joe Biden. He is my president. The person who we elect as president of the United States is president of all the States — the Blue, the Red, the Purple, and all who live
Uncategorized
The Democrats rolled out the second night of their unconventional convention, and — Spoiler Alert! — Joe Biden received the nomination for president. That came during the roll call of states — you know, that cornball process where someone from the state, usually in a dumb hat or dress, gets up to bellow