Humor
This is today’s Sunday Funny. You know the rules here: If it makes me laugh, it gets used. Jokes don’t have to be true, but this one gets pretty close to the truth. The man once known — thanks to his stellar performance in the wake of 9/11
D.A. Larry Krasner
In Tuesday’s column I took a long look at Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner’s controversial record. It turns out I was joined by Bill Heeney, and by Krasner himself. Let’s start with Heeney, the one of us least known to the public. Heeney, 60, is a Republican
Crime
Larry, Larry, Larry. Larry Krasner is the District Attorney of Philadelphia, a man unsuited by temperament and experience for the job to which he was elected, but he is loving it. The people he should be serving and protecting? Not so much. Where to start? With the latest example of
Crime
You’ve heard that the United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country. The Left keeps telling you that. It is a fraud that is parroted endlessly, but not subjected to scrutiny. The same Left wails that the United States has more gun homicides than any other
Politics
I like this cartoon, even if I don’t agree with its theme — that Republicans and Democrats are interchangeable. They are not. What I will say is this: If the Democrats manage to remove President Trump, they will get President Pence. They don’t get the White House, as the
D-Day
My D-Day mission, which started last April in Normandy, France, ended last week in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It was brought to a close over lunch at the Kutztown Tavern with Camille De Marco, the niece of a hero buried in the American cemetery above Omaha Beach. I had adopted him
Animals
Barbara Pearl Houten calls it the silence of the lambs, which is catchy, but not entirely accurate. But it is done in a good cause — saving lives. Not human lives — nine animal lives. As a vegan, Houten, 67, sees a life as a life. She believes in the universal desire
Uncategorized
Indulge the ramblings of a disloyal Democrat today. I am a disloyal Democrat because I never vote the straight D line. I cannot believe Democrats always have the best candidates and the jails are full of Democratic politicians who prove my point. Over the years I have voted for Republicans
Uncategorized
Is your job fun? Does it pay enough? Would you do it if you didn’t have to? Kind of interesting that the most creative jobs pay the least, unless you are a rock star. I saw one poll that said most Americans are satisfied with their jobs, but another
Politics
This column is rated R The talking heads can’t even agree on what a favor is. Does it require reciprocity? If a “favor” requires payback, is it still a “favor”? That’s not how I roll. But I am not President Trump, who actually used the word “reciprocal” in
Politics
I went to college for “free” (meaning free to me) decades before Bernie Sanders put it on the national kitchen table for discussion. I was educated at Brooklyn College, where Bernie was enrolled for a year before he transferred to the University of Chicago. I believe we were there at
Humor
As I’ve said before, from time to time I will use my personal Area 51 to post things I think are funny. Hopefully, you will, too, but humor is very subjective. It is never my intent to hurt anyone’s feelings, but if it makes me laugh that is