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Watching the Veterans Parade Sunday on 6ABC was disappointing, and reminded me that until 2015, Philadelphia didn’t have one at all. And never had. That October I wrote a piece for the Daily News that gave credit to the guy who got it off the ground —Navy veteran Scott
Journalism
Here’s a two-fer freebie: Meet up with Stu (and real crabs) at a special open-to-the-public event on Wednesday, 7-9 p.m. This is a Philadelphia Weekly deal at the not-yet-opened Fin Restaurant and bar at 1000 Frankford Avenue, in blooming Fishtown. Free munchies will be offered. Free parking in
Immigration
Even if moderate Democrats won’t admit it -- because they may not even know it -- the facts speak loud and clear: the Democratic Party leadership wants Open Borders. Fact: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered no enforcement against illegal immigrants who are not violent criminals, or
Politics
Election Night, generally speaking, was good for traditional Americans, not so good for the woke. In a huge upset, Republican Glenn Youngkin, riding a wave of parental opposition to Critical Race Theory, beat former governor Terry McAullife, a former Democratic National Committee chair, and a real smarmy piece of work.
Race
I had a rare treat Monday -- lunch at the Oregon Diner with the man who had been my dentist for 40 years. While we were both working, we never had time for a leisurely lunch, but we had lots of laughs with me in the chair. His name is
Political Correctness
“Master” bedroom is heading for the scrap heap -- ostensibly because it reminded some lunkheads of slavery(!) -- joining other words and terms that the PC a/k/a woke have imagined to be offensive. Such as, well, “politically correct” itself. That’s under fire. Also “lame,” “gyp,” “retarded,” “colored,
Culture
Long ago -- when Halloween was for kids, not infantile adults — costumes were home-made, at least in my low-income South Bronx neighborhood. No one had money for store-bought costumes, had they existed. At most you could get a cardboard face mask — a witch or a goblin or a ghoul or
Police
It looks like “bait and switch.” What started out as Philadelphia City Councilman Isaiah Thomas’ “driving equality” bill was castrated, transitioning before passage into a “break the law with impunity” bill. The original bill, written in 2020, had language about how so-called “secondary offenses” -- such as expired registration stickers,
Jim Kenney
If this report on a lack of diversity in hiring had put a Republican mayor in the spotlight, I believe the Billy Penn headline would have been, “Controller’s report proves mayor is a racist.” But since Mayor Jim Kenney is a Democratic, and a weepy, woke one at that,
Culture
Adding to California's reputation as America’s nut basket, a new law requires large retailers to create neutral gender sections within toy departments. It seems to be another move on the part of pin-headed progressives to erase differences between the sexes, despite us knowing many differences are hard
Elections
In Philadelphia, 2021 is what’s known as an “off-year” election because no mayor or governor candidates are heading the ticket. In Philly, the top lines are D.A., and Controller, as if those offices were not important. It is a shame, a pity and a scandal that off-year elections
ACCT Philly
America elects people to the House of Representatives every two years, and Philadelphia selects a leader for ACCT Philly on about the same schedule. Aurora Velazquez was the fifth executive director of the city animal shelter, at 111 W. Hunting Park Avenue in the Feltonville section, since 2012. She has