Culture
A rally to protest streets being taken over by street-illegal ATVs and dirt bikes, plus street-legal racing cars and motorcycles that are driven illegally, will be held Monday at 4 p.m. on the Art Museum steps. You should attend if possible. There are at least three issues: 1- The
ACCT Philly
[Editor’s note: In November 2021, I reported on Saint, a pit bull mix who was wrongfully destroyed at ACCT Philly, which early on provided false accounts of what happened. When I last wrote, an investigation by police and Pennsylvania SPCA had just begun. Other things happened and I lost
Military
From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli. And from Trenton to Cuba to the Ardennes forest to Tarawa to Leyte Gulf to the Bulge to Inchon to Khe Sanh to Afghanistan to Fallajah to the unknown places fought by our special forces. This is a short list
Politics
I remember midterms when I was in college. Not nearly as terrifying as finals, because finals were, like, final, while if you crashed the midterm, you had time a) to recover before the finals or b) time to drop the course and claim and incomplete rather than an F. In
Anti-Semitism
For those of you who can’t tell from my name, I am Jewish. That is a necessary disclosure for what follows. I am a quietly proud Jew, a secular Jew who notes Jewish holidays as a cultural phenomenon, but observes only Yom Kippur, the most holy Day of Atonement,
Immigration
Like the majority of Americans, I welcome immigrants. Legal immigrants. Always have, always will, as long as they come here in accordance with our law. “Immigrant” was mentioned in two recent news stories. First, the Inquirer carried a story about an electronic billboard in South Philly near the sports complex
Politics
Although it has been tried here and there, a guaranteed annual wage didn’t become a thing until it was raised by 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Wang, who called it a universal basic wage. The guy who liked math proposed giving every American adult $1,000 a month, free
ACCT Philly
For those of you not into animal welfare, skip this one as I indulge myself. I have been using my columns to improve the lives of the unfortunate homeless animals in the city shelter since 2004, when my expose blew up the sheiter, then known as PACCA. I’ve written
Politics
Yes, even before Philadelphians have selected our next governor and U.S. senator, I’m going to look over the horizon and take a stab at figuring out who our next mayor will be. In the words of one of my anonymous political gurus, that election will be strange. Why?
ACCT Philly
Everything old is new again. In the decade since ACCT Philly started operations, I have been in the city animal shelter in Feltonville many times, but not lately. Mainly because of COVID, I had not visited the 27,000-square-foot facility since it took over the 9,000-square-foot city vector space
Politics
The two big questions about the Pennsylvania senatorial debates were: Will Democrat John Fetterman show up in a hoodie, and will the use of closed captioning scramble or slow the debate? It was no hoodie. He wore a baggy charcoal suit. Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz missed the opportunity to
Philadelphia Phillies
Today, the Phillies are heroes. Today, Rob Thomson could be elected mayor. Today, John Middleton could be elected governor. Today, Bryce Harper could be elected U.S. Senator. Except none of them would take the pay cut, and the fame cut. As Tiger Woods said, ““Winning solves everything.” Even before