Race Relations
Thank you, Gold Medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock, for providing me with the most indelible image of the delayed 2020 Olympics. Yeah, I know it is not over yet, but nothing, nothing can top the interview she gave after becoming the first African-American woman to win gold for freestyle wrestling. If you
Democratic Party
It's fun being right. It’s even more fun proving an adversary is wrong. A rift between fellow Philly Democrats Congressman Kevin Boyle and city Councilman Isaiah Thomas presents an opportunity to confound my enemies. Well, at least the jackasses who claim I am racist (cough, cough, Helen
Sexual Assault
Did I get this right? New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s defense against groping at least 11 women is, “It can’t be sexual assault — I do it to everyone.” He seems to be saying he’s just friendly. I hate to go there, but this guy is the
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Philadelphia’s The Big Talker has a smallish mouth, but that’s OK with the bosses who have signed off on significant changes at our region’s leading conservative broadcaster. Bigger isn’t always better, they say. WPHT/1210-AM knew change was coming for a while. We all did, after
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Because of a saboteur in my mailing list, the company that sends out notifications of a new post is suspending service while the tech crew tries to identify and eliminate the culprit. That means you will have to check in on your own. I am sorry for the inconvenience.
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Baseball is boring, that’s one reason I like it. It is slow moving, and doesn’t require much concentration. If you don’t believe me, watch the Phillies play, or listen to TV color man John Kruk. They barely seem to be paying attention. The Phllies lose track of
Crime
A local lawyer, a frenemy, told me he had written a book about the death penalty, and asked if I would read it. It was anti-death penalty, a dozen essays opposing the penalty rather than a book with a singular narrative thread. I told him I would read it if
Homelessness
Nothing. Imagine having nothing. Imagine being a survivor of the Surfside, FL., condo collapse. You have been out of your home for 11 days, and have just learned Champlain Towers South must be demolished. That happened Sunday night. This is not to diminish the immense loss of life, which is
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No joke. The company that handles my mail alerts tells me it is overwhelmed by reports from my subscribers that this is spam. God knows I’ve been called worse, but everyone on this list did what you did and signed up. Two weeks ago, I received an email from
MOVE
Goodbye, Dr. Tom Farley, we hardly knew ye. Philadelphia’s bland, soft-spoken Health Commissioner was fired when Philadelphia’s famously woke Jim Kenney learned that Farley had made a mistake, a terrible mistake, but one that actually hurt no one physically, but did hurt some feelings. Wait! I want to
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Most political endorsements, to repeat John Nance Garner’s infamous quote about the vice presidency, are “not worth a bucket of warm piss.” Ed Rendell’s is different. He surprised everyone Tuesday with his endorsement of Carlos Vega for district attorney. Why is it different? The majority of Philadelphia, friend
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Are you watching “Mare of Easttown,” the new HBO limited series on Sunday night? I was — until episode 4. I’m a writer, and although my forte is nonfiction, I know when fiction writers are just pulling it out of their ass. And “Mare’s” writers already have hit the