Politics
On the fourth anniversary of this blog, I repeat the first one, so readers can understand where I am coming from. Welcome. If you landed here because you were looking for a Russian troll farm, you are free to leave. The rest of you know my name from the Daily
Culture
This is the 3rd anniversary of this blog and I am re-running my first column, because not everyone saw it, and because it states my principles and my intentions. People should know what they are getting. It appears largely unchanged from July 15, 2019. If you landed here because you
Philadelphia
I’m an old-fashioned kind of guy, the kind of a guy who researches facts before forming an opinion, and before I start writing. Yes, there are a few of us left. I also have something of great value to reporters -- a bullshit detector. Not to brag, but not
Coronavirus
Feel like a little nostalgia today? It’s been 25 years since the Bruce Willis action/sci fi drama “Twelve Monkeys” was shot in the city of Brotherly Love — and at its heart was a Philly-launched virus that wiped out 5 billion people, 99% of the earth’s population, driving
Immigration
The nationwide sweep of illegals that was announced to begin on Sunday did not begin on Sunday because it was announced. Arrests were few and far between, according to the media I checked. The targets went to the mattresses. Philadelphia was not one of the chosen cities, maybe because the