Elections
We hear a lot, righteously, about Republicans who would not vote to certify an election that didn’t turn out their way. I am not suggesting an equivalency between Donald J. Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of a “stolen election” (plus the GOP’s effort to install false electors) with anything
Culture
Many people who know I am from Brooklyn assume I am rooting for the Dodgers. That’s why some say when you assume you make an “ass” out of you and “me.” Well, you. If you follow the World Series at all, you know the last time the Yankees played
Bicycle Lanes
The Inquirer, as it often does, misses the point. Deliberately, I sometimes think. Here is the lead of a story posted Thursday, after City Council pretended to listen to objections to a bill that would prohibit stopping in bike lanes: “Philadelphia lawmakers unanimously passed a measure Thursday to ban motor
Politics
Thirty-two supposedly undecided voters gathered in Aston to hear Kamala Harris try to win them over. I am undecided. Partially. I am decided against Donald J. Trump, but not in favor of Kamala. I don’t know about the 32, but she moved me in her direction. She was calm,
Politics
A press conference I wish Kamala Harris would give Good morning. I called this rare press conference in order to address an important issue to all of us, and when I say all of us, I mean me. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. You haven’t heard that laugh for
Education
This is an open letter to the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College, from Benjamin Schwartz, class of 2006, concerning anti-Semitism on campus. To Swarthmore's Board of Managers: A year ago I wrote a letter to my children. I needed to explain to them what was happening because
Kamala Harris
It’s not in my nature to be indecisive. A bad decision is better than no decision. Maybe I am making one here, about the presidential election three weeks from today. My mail-in ballot has been sitting on my desk, all filled in, except for the choice for President. That
Uncategorized
After a brief, just-for-show strike, Atlantic and Gulf coast longshoremen returned to work, having agreed to an almost 62% pay hike(!) over 6 years, but leaving unresolved their real fears about automation. These will be discussed in January. Their fears are not unfounded. This is way more than you need
Israel
I am not sure how many people Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Philly’s most radical chic rabbi, represents, but I am sure I speak for more Jews than she does. I have known about her brainless “good works” for decades. She heads the Jewish “Blame Israel First” brigade of Suicide Jews.
Philadelphia Phillies
It’s hard to believe in the long history of baseball, this is the first time the Philadelphia Phillies are facing the New York Metropolitans, and the Philies are slight favorites to win the best-of-five series. I don't like it. We play better as underdogs. It presents a
Culture
Ah, the Inquirer’s crank case is at it again, spewing and spinning her anti-auto paranoia into a myopic mess built on wishful thinking rather than on reality. It’s like that with cranks, and Inkster Inga Saffron is at the head of the parade, this time inveighing against a
Race reltions
I have long been on record as rejecting the idea that America suffers from “systemic racism.” Do we suffer from some racism? Yes. But does the system — meaning our laws — support it? No. But some governments do practice racism, and they are not always in the South. And the victims