Coronavirus
Does society have a right to institute rules and laws to protect its citizens from preventable harm? Self-evident, isn’t it? Especially in democracies where the laws are written by representatives of the people. Are we on the same page so far? Is this something both liberals and conservatives agree
Coronavirus
Here’s proof that almost every gray cloud has a silver lining. Philadelphia Police Department statistics show that during the first week of restricted movement in the city, crime was down. In an unrelated development, no NBA games were played. That’s another causal effect. A study of city stats
Coronavirus
More than a week into turning your home into a jail rather than a castle, I am (happily) surprised by the docility of the American people. As far as I can tell, aside from the thin edge of chuckleheads, most Americans are doing what is asked of them, and with
Crime
The jury has spoken, and I accept it. The verdict on Michael White, I mean, acquitted of voluntary manslaughter. I accept it, but that doesn’t mean I like it. The same with O.J. Simpson, George Zimmerman and other questionable jury results. Our decision-by-jury process is imperfect, but better
D.A. Larry Krasner
In Tuesday’s column I took a long look at Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner’s controversial record. It turns out I was joined by Bill Heeney, and by Krasner himself. Let’s start with Heeney, the one of us least known to the public. Heeney, 60, is a Republican
Crime
Larry, Larry, Larry. Larry Krasner is the District Attorney of Philadelphia, a man unsuited by temperament and experience for the job to which he was elected, but he is loving it. The people he should be serving and protecting? Not so much. Where to start? With the latest example of
Crime
You’ve heard that the United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country. The Left keeps telling you that. It is a fraud that is parroted endlessly, but not subjected to scrutiny. The same Left wails that the United States has more gun homicides than any other
Crime
On the fifth anniversary of the death — note that word — of make-believe martyr Michael Brown, two Democratic presidential candidates chose to go willfully insane and trash the facts of the infamous case that gave rise to the fallacious “Hands up, don’t shoot” rallying cry. That’s quite a mouthful.
Crime
Now we add the blood-splattered walls of an El Paso, Texas, Walmart and the blood-splattered sidewalks of an outdoor fun zone in Dayton, Ohio, to our List of Gun Horrors, which is more accurately the List of White Male Horrors. The alleged shooters in these two cases are white males
Crime
What is the result of handcuffing cops? Saturday evening a group of more than 100 motorcycles came roaring up Broad Street, blasting through red lights, like a funeral procession, but with the stiffs on handlebars instead of in the hearse. I caught them on video stopping westbound cars on Spruce,