Politics
This never-published column was written he night before the mayoral primary in fear of a Helen Gym victory. It would have been published Tuesday morning, once the margin of victory was announced. To my relief, there was no victory, but the observations remain true. It’s not the outcome I
Politics
He never voted until he was 30, former City Councilman David Oh tells me, sheepishly, as he sits for an interview in Chinatown’s EMei restaurant. Voting wasn’t a thing in Southwest Philadelphia where he grew up, he says, adding that he was intimidated by the voting procedures. His
God
Continuing a tradition of annual chats with God stretching back two decades (that’s 20 years, Millennials.) Stu: Anyone home? There’s no one on the throne. God: (Voice from outside): I’m out in the yard. I’m feeding the animals in the creche. The camel is a real
Politics
Almost everyone agrees that single-party Democratic rule, like the Republican rule that preceded it, is bad for democracy, is bad for Philadelphia, and is bad for the party itself. Britain’s Lord Acton said it best: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Long decades of Republican excesses