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There is an old joke, either created by Frank Rizzo or at least constantly repeated by him: A conservative is a liberal who got mugged. The joke came to mind as I read a recent column by Solomon Jones, who contributes columns to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which means he is
Guns
I don’t want to sprain my arm patting myself on the back, but I did see this one coming. You know about Sanctuary Cities (and counties and even a whole state, California). That’s where the muddle-headed politicians have created their own immigration law, and welcome everyone who arrives,
Guns
As with some other large cities — Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, St. Louis — Philadelphia is experiencing what could be called an epidemic of gun crime. While Philly crime has been halved over the past couple of decades, homicides here are climbing. Attaboy, Mayor Jim Kenney, D.A. Larry Krasner and former
Hate crimes
The declaration of this weekend — show up for Shabbat — as a memorial to the slaughter of Pittsburgh Jews reminds me of a column I wrote following that unspeakable tragedy. The thing that distinguishes the Pittsburgh attack from, say, Nazi Germany, is that in America, churches and mosques also have been