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Has Tom Hanks packed his bags yet? No, because the report that he would leave America if Donald J. Trump won was satire. But there was a long list, even back in 2016, of American assholes entertainers who would rather switch than fight. None of those deep thinkers left. Not
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On his Friday HBO show, Bill Maher addressed the few remaining “undecideds,” such as me, whom he called “those curious few, bisexuals of the political world.’ It’s OK. He’s a comic. I can take a joke. Then he addressed people like me directly. “You obviously don’t like
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We hear a lot, righteously, about Republicans who would not vote to certify an election that didn’t turn out their way. I am not suggesting an equivalency between Donald J. Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of a “stolen election” (plus the GOP’s effort to install false electors) with anything
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As a fellow columnist, Tom Ferrick, used to say about being a columnist, Often wrong, but always certain. He said it in Latin, because he went to parochial school, but that’s not important. To be successful as a columnist, you must have clear, sharp opinions. Some think that makes
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Tuesday, November 7th will be the most important election of your life. Naaah. It won’t, and don’t you get tired of hearing that every damn year? I sure do. This 11/7 is mostly a local election for Philadelphians, and the outcome is unlikely to change your life
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There seems to be a hole, plus unanswered questions, in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s much ballyhooed Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) policy, an updated version of what’s been called motor voter. City Commissioner Lisa Deeley couldn’t come to the phone The policy states that any eligible person obtaining a
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Pardon me while I scratch an itch. With D.A. Larry Krasner under fire from a state committee, I keep reading or hearing he was “overwhelmingly re-elected” last year. I am underwhelmed. Here’s why: Turn ‘em Loose Larry did beat Republican opponent Chuck Peruto by 113,308 to 50,
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There is no computer that can’t be hacked, there is no web site that can’t be cracked. If that is true -- and it is -- why would we ever put our voting process and electoral returns online? When we do that, we make ourselves vulnerable. What follows
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In Philadelphia, 2021 is what’s known as an “off-year” election because no mayor or governor candidates are heading the ticket. In Philly, the top lines are D.A., and Controller, as if those offices were not important. It is a shame, a pity and a scandal that off-year elections
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Claiming a need for “equity,” a committee person is asking for drop boxes in every neighborhood. We already have them. They are called mail boxes. Unguarded drop boxes is just begging for trouble.
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The spotlight is on Philadelphia Democrats on Tuesday, with former star prosecutor Carlos Vega making a strong move to dethrone former defense attorney Larry Krasner as district attorney, an office he has no business holding. Krasner is salt in the sugar bowl. The prime directive of the D.A. is
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Are we happy with mail ballots? I mean, really happy? I am not — and I am not speaking in support of Donald J. Trump, who probably has done more to undermine faith in elections than anyone since Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. But that does not mean his complaint about “non-requested’