Politics
Just minutes after I learned the Sixers Arena deal had collapsed like the team’s playoff hopes, I posted this on Facebook. I had no facts, just a half century of living in Philadelphia, and decades of covering Philadelphia politics. I was busy with other issues and decided to pass
Animals
Buzz Miller was 64 when he had an epiphany. He was a top tax and real-estate lawyer, very successful, very wealthy, but …. “I can’t see myself doing this another year,” he heard himself saying. “I’m tired. I’m bored. I don’t like some of the people I
Immigration
This is a slightly edited republication of a March 2022 column on solutions to solve the illegal immigrant crisis. The polling mentioned here is less favorable to illegals today than it was three years ago. I present the reprint as reasonable, hopeful that you will join me in supporting it.
Crime
Does the name Yolanda Saldivar ring a bell? She was convicted of the 1995 first-degree murder of Tejano music star Selena, who was 23. A Texas jury sentenced Saldivar to life in prison. Life in prison. She is now eligible for parole, 30 years after she killed the star, who
Culture
Your home is in danger. Police have issued a mandatory evacuation order. You can bring one small suitcase, the size of a carryon. What three things do you bring with you? I suspect there will be some disagreement on this, linked to age, I also suspect. Me? 1- Important papers,
Culture
I’m having a chuckle about a couple of chuckleheads from the Left — the Inquirer’s Will Bunch, Salon’s Amanda Marcotte — coming out with the, um, imaginative theory that the New Orleans and Las Vegas whack jobs who committed unrelated and dissimilar crimes were linked by a common motive
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I have a moderately positive view of Josh Shapiro, as a moderate Democrat. He’s pretty much a straight shooter, a guy (like former Gov. Ed Rendell) who’s usually willing to concede the other guy (meaning Republicans) might have a valid opinion or policy. During the campaign, however, he
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I love Jason Kelce. I don’t know any Philadelphian who doesn’t love Jason Kelce, the retired Philadelphia Eagles All- Pro center, and leader. He knows football. He’s spent most of his life playing it. I know show business. I have spent much of my life reporting on
Culture
Questions asked by a journalist of other journalists about the terror attack in New Orleans.: First, yes, enough is known by now to call it “terror.” My first question is why almost every news report identified the attacker as a U.S. Army veteran. He was. That is true. How
Culture
So the ball has dropped, the hugs are given, the kisses are taken, and the canyons of midtown Manhattan reverberate with music. Times Square is very traditional. My music, meaning music of my generation. On CNN, hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen mercifully ceased their inane banter to allow the
Politics
His book, “War,” says Bob Woodward, “presents the efforts and decisions to try to prevent war, and where war came, to avoid escalation.” Really, the book should be titled “Wars,” because while the central focus is Ukraine, the war provoked by Russian wannabe Czar Vladimir Putin, much of the book
Immigration
I was watching an MSNBC discussion show Friday morning, with all four panelists agreeing, vociferously, that Donald J. Trump was “anti immigrant” and his deportation plan would inevitably lead to “separation of families.” This can get deep fast because the courts have ruled that while adult illegals can be held