Elections
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
Journalism
Some have described it as the inmates taking over the asylum, and since MSNBC hosts had the pole position in the uprising, that’s understandable. But their loud objections caused their boss — remarkably — to do a 180-degree turn, and rescind his hiring of ousted Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel
Immigration
In an ideological 6-3 split, U.S. Supreme Court conservatives had their way in allowing Texas to continue to arrest and deport illegal aliens while the Texas law is being challenged in lower courts. It is a significant ruling because, until now, immigration enforcement has been thought of as a
China
I am in a minority. No, not that. 😁 I am in the minority of Americans who do not use TikTok, the controversial Chinese-owned video-sharing app. Los Angeles-based TikTok is owned by ByteDance, which is based in China, and the accusation against TikTok (aside from its addictive properties) is the China
Military
“Duty, Honor, Country.” That is the motto of the United States Military Academy and it is not changing. You may have gotten a different impression from some conservative voices. It is being removed from West Point’s mission statement, a statement that is changed periodically, according to the Associated Press.
Cherelle Parker
By tradition, the legacy media waits 100 days to assess the performance of a new president, governor, or mayor. I’ll jump the gun with my assessment of Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker who is (say it all together now) the city’s 100th mayor and first female mayor and Black
Israel
By Tunku Varadarajan Many Arab politicians in the Middle East and beyond were equivocal in criticizing Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Not Mansour Abbas. “The massacre,” Mr. Abbas said on Nov. 6, “is against everything we believe in, our religion, our Islam, our nationality, our humanity.” He has
Politics
Former special counsel Robert Hur had to be asking himself, “I got a degree in English and American literature from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford, so why am I subjecting myself to questioning from these partisan pinheads?” I was under the weather Tuesday, so I thought I would
Immigration
Folks, I made a mistake. As you may know — because, sadly, there is video evidence — I was too casual in inviting foreigners to come to the United States, And who wouldn’t want to come here, really? During a 2019 debate, I told those seeking asylum to “surge” our border.
Politics
Let’s give Republicans the benefit of the doubt
Uncategorized
“The Jews didn’t nail Jesus to the cross, but they sold the Romans the wood.” That’s one of the oldest anti-Semitic jokes I know, one that employs two eternal lies about the Jews: That they killed God, and they will do anything for money. Do I have to
Uncategorized
Remember when you were dating, and you got a handshake instead of a kiss? Now imagine you got a handshake instead of $5 million. That’s how some Black San Franciscans are feeling after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors issued a formal apology for slavery, racism, and discrimination, but