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It ain’t bragging if it’s true
Muhammad Ali actually said it ain’t bragging if you can do it, and he could do it. Boy, could he do it. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate these happy holidays.
Stu Bykofsky
Immigration
‘No one is above the law,’ say Dems, but it’s not true
Democrat after Democrat at the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing said, with great solemnity, “No one is above the law.” No one except illegal immigrants, they meant. The Democratic Party is the party of Sanctuary Cities and Sanctuary Cities = Open Borders. If you refuse to deport anyone, and you accommodate
God
Are you listening to me, God?
Continuing an annual conversation between Your Favorite Columnist and God that stretches back for more than a decade. God: How things goin’, Sonny? YFC: Wha? Oh — it’s you. I don’t like being called Sonny. God: And I don’t like it when you say “God damn it,” so
Guns
And now — gun sanctuaries. (Told you so)
I don’t want to sprain my arm patting myself on the back, but I did see this one coming. You know about Sanctuary Cities (and counties and even a whole state, California). That’s where the muddle-headed politicians have created their own immigration law, and welcome everyone who
Racism
Racism, or juvenile prank?
What had been the annual occasion for most Americans to take pride in the accomplished men and women of our service academies was smeared by apparently racist symbols flashed by a handful of cadets and midshipmen. I am giving them the “apparently” because they could have been playing something called
President Donald Trump
One for the Trumpsters
Well, this is possible, and consider this meme an early Christmas gift. Next week might bring coal.
Culture
Millennials would slay ‘Secret Santa’
Let’s start here: I am no fan of segmenting — or segregating — people by generational cohort, meaning slicing and dicing into Baby Boomers, Millennials, Generation X, Y, Z or whatever academics dream up next. I don’t want to go all Uncle Sam on you, but weren’t we better
Animals
The best thing I ever wrote
“Cats Are Supermodels” is like “Marley & Me” for cats. Like supermodels, cats are beautiful, sleek, self-centered, moody, aloof, usually sleepy, always hungry, but rarely willing to eat what’s put before them. Sometimes worshipped, sometimes reviled, cats combine grace, stealth, agility and cunning to emerge as America’s
Mummers
Something new for the Mummers Parade
While most of us are busy buying gifts for loved ones in the holiday season, several thousand of our neighbors are preparing a gift for Greater Philadelphia — the 120th Mummers Parade. There are about 10,000 people in the parade: Musicians, dancers, merry-makers, marshalls, directors, you name it. Organizing
Politics
Impeach Trump — and he runs again?
Impeachment has barely begun and if you’ve been following it, as I have, you are probably sick of it. In order to wrap my mental arms around it, I turned to a primer by Ellie Silverman, that answered a question I had, one that opens a page to a
Police
The cop who locked up ‘scumbags’ takes a breather
After his daily 4 a.m. gym workout, Mike Chitwood is sipping a cuppa joe at a Hilton Head, S.C., Dunkin’ Donuts when he sees a violation of what the 75-year-old cop calls “community relations 101.” A sheriff’s officer comes in — “vest, gun, taser, handcuffs — who
Cartoon
Bonus for online readers only
Maybe “bonus” is not really the right word, but I do share most of these columns on Facebook — but not all. I am not sharing this one, hence “bonus.” If you are new here, the Bykofsky Rule is this: If it makes me laugh, I use it. No political litmus