Politics
It is very easy, too easy, as you can see in this Washington Post column, to frame presidential contests involving Donald J. Trump as white supremacy versus racial tolerance. Columnist Perry Bacon, Jr., who is Black, actually wrote, “And because white people are likely to be the majority of voters
Israel
It’s time for another installment of Lie Busters. The first chapter, a few weeks back, reported on the Three Great Palestinian Lies, and two smaller ones. We’re back now because most of the pro-Palestine crowd, which includes the pro-Hamas clods, may not be productive at much, but they
Cartoon
Well, technically speaking, it’s not a cartoon, but it is close enough to fulfill the promise of the headline. (That’s journo talk.) Yes, it is politically incorrect. You know my rule — if it makes me laugh, I use it. It should go without saying, but just in case
Culture
Here’s what I am not thankful about: The generational change in this country that may have catastrophic results, at least for traditional, moderate Americans such as myself. A few days ago, a poll reported that 30% of Americans, 18-34, get their news from Tik Tok. “News” and “Tik Tok”
Culture
Wow, Thanksgiving crept up on me. So many other things are going on I nearly missed the annual column to celebrate Turkey Day. (Not much to celebrate if you are a turkey, the noble bird Ben Franklin wanted to be our national emblem, rather than the scavenging, thieving bald eagle.
Crime
If you were alive and were of at least school age, you remember where you were on Nov. 22, 1963, a day that America lost its innocence when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. When word flashed across America — by radio and television, there was no social media
Fire Safety
What we have here is a solution in pursuit of a problem. A bill in a City Council committee would require the retrofitting of all high-rise residences in Philadelphia with automated water sprinklers at great cost with virtually no safety benefit. If residents of high-rises won’t benefit, who will?
Middle East
Two stories came together, reminding me of a third story, and the importance of education. Ignorance is a lack of good information. Stupidity is ignoring good information. Education can cure ignorance, I’m not so sure about stupidity, which can be willful and deliberate. People who believe the 2020 election
9/11
The Talk of the Day Thursday was the breaking story that some 25-year-old Left Coast “influencer” had discovered a tape of Osama bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America” and posted it on Tik Tok, and received thousands of “likes” and positive statements from ignorant sheep viewers, mostly young. This
Israel
I hate Hamas and Hezbollah. I try not to hate all Palestinians, or Arabs and Muslims, which is what “Palestinians” are. In a brilliant stroke of rebranding, terrorist leader Yasir Arafat appropriated “Palestinians” to replace the previously used term of “Arabs.” Prior to that, both peoples living between the river
Culture
The Woke just won’t quit, you’ve got to hand them that much. We’ve learned the grammar is racist, and math is racist, now it’s birds. Yes, birds. Or their names, anyway. That’s the latest front in the culture wars. The American Ornithological Society, claiming it
Politics
I don’t know a lot about Don Samuels, but what I do know — I like. He is a candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s 5th District. And you are thinking, “Stu, you care about this, why?” He is a Democrat running against U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar, one member