Gay Street Festivals
The usual gay pride parade and festivities in June are right at my doorstep, but they do not result in the massive street closures of Sunday’s Ourfest.
Russian oil deal
Supporting the enemy of democracy. Unthinkable, right?
Polling
National political polls are generally accurate at measuring overall public sentiment and popular vote trends
Donald J. Trump
Was it a Trump gaffe? No, that is what he intended to say, not a slip of the lip or an unintended expression.
Hamas Terror Attack
The fate of Mideast Jews and Arabs remains in the hands of imperfect, and sometimes atrocious, politicians.
A large part of the book deals with a crisis in office, and one at home, the sum of which drove her into grief counseling — but also into battle. In her memoir, “Walking a Tightrope Backward — in High Heels,” [$32, Wordee publisher, www.wordee.com] former Philadelphia City Councilwoman Blondell
Philadelphia Phillies
Let’s be clear — the cheerleaders would be subordinate and an accessory to the Phanatic, who is #1.
The record shows that teams that win the first game of a three-game wild card series win 15 of 16 times. After Tuesday’s loss to the come-from-behind Braves, the Phillies looked like a dead duck. By winning today, the odds should drop to 50-50, but
For the first 5 years of our lives, there was not too much contact between myself and my kid sister. I was almost 4 years older, and not much of one to play with dolls, which is what Andrea was at the time. We could be coaxed into a shot
Reality determines my political positions, not vice versa
Jones condemned Smith for attacks on Black women such as Kamala Harris, Jasmine Crockett, and Joy Reid. They are all public figures with platforms to defend themselves
He lived beyond the years allotted to his breeds, but still left us too soon. The apartment cries in loneliness at his absence.
In the current debate, I question the widely-held premise that the AI would want to kill or harm its creator. Wouldn’t that be a lot like patricide?
The original draft banned all horse-drawn carriages, but the city’s Law Department felt it was too broad
9/11 was an attack not just on America, but on what America stands for — our western, Judeo-Christian liberal values
“Another reason people underestimate AI is that analogies to the effects of past innovations are misleading. We have no experience with a technology that can be adopted quickly or that can think and move like a human.”
Let’s imagine our Socialist Summer leads to a (peaceful) democratic revolution that in 2028 produces the election of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez as (all together now) our first Latina Socialist President, with a Socialist majority in Congress.
Disgraced Philly union/Democratic Party leader John Dougherty is a free man today. If you know me, you know my North Star is Obey the Law. I am a law and order guy, and crimes must be punished. With that said, after his conviction for disgracefully stealing $600,000 from
Recent violence got so bad that in a highly unusual move, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu issued a public denunciation of the “criminal acts.”
I went to the poll and while I saw there is general, generic support for bike lanes, what I did not see was this question: “Do you want a bike lane installed on your block?”
Long-term efforts at the city’s animal shelter are paying off in saved lives
Inside the head of every member of the bike cult is the feeling of moral superiority because. . . They don’t pollute.
