Cartoon
Today’s toon
You know the rules. As long as I find it funny, it goes up. A pretty low bar, I will admit. Room
Stu Bykofsky
Police
I don’t blame Outlaw for this screwup
I am no fan of Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, who has been in over her head since Day One, because “progressive” Mayor Jim Kenney wanted to prove his Wokeness by hiring a Black female who had commanded a police force one-sixth the size of Philly’s. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Politics
David Oh plans a workout on the Gym
This never-published column was written he night before the mayoral primary in fear of a Helen Gym victory. It would have been published Tuesday morning, once the margin of victory was announced. To my relief, there was no victory, but the observations remain true. It’s not the outcome I
Politics
David Oh plots a course to victory
There is a path to victory, Republican mayoral candidate David Oh was explaining to about 100 supporters at a fund-raiser Tuesday night in the stately Lincolncentric Union League on Broad Street. David Oh (left) joined by supporters Marina Kats, Tom Caramanico, Matt Wolfe The road will be as long and
Culture
Indian group wants Redskins back in D.C.
A group of Native Americans have hit the warpath — figuratively, and no insult intended — asking the Washington NFL franchise to restore the name Redskins. The group is the Native Americans Guardians Association, which describes itself as a nonprofit “advocating for increased education about Native Americans, especially in public educational institutions,
Politics
Georgia D.A.’s lack of curiosity is, well, curious
Irrespective of how you feel about the downpour of indictments on former President Donald J. Trump, are you the slightest bit troubled by the utter lack of curiosity on the part of Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis? During a brief Q&A period Monday night, when she was
Politics
This counsel hardly seems special
I’m not a fisherman, but I know when something smells fishy. I’m neither a Constitutional scholar nor a lawyer, but there is something really strange about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s elevation of U.S. Attorney David Weiss to special counsel to continue the investigation of Presidential Son,
Politics
I want to see Hurd on debate stage
I am a registered Democrat, although a disloyal Democrat because I vote for the best person, not the party. The “best” person is often a Democrat, but not always. In the last two local general elections, I did not vote for Jim Kenney for mayor, nor Larry Krasner for D.
Philadelphia Phillies
Philly Boo Birds did the unthinkable with Trea Turner
I had the Phillies game on, but I wasn’t paying much attention, partly because they were trailing again. Being predictably unpredictable. The season is winding down fast and the team had just returned from a road trip on which they had underperformed. Trea Turner homered and doubled to break
Politics
What the Brits’ Labour can teach U.S. Democrats
I was happy and relieved by some recent statements by Keir Starmer, who leads Labour, the Left party that hasn’t governed Great Britain since 2010. Labour leader Keir Starmer embraces patriotism (Photo: Financial Times) His predecessor was a Labourite given to making anti-Semitic statements, not too unusual in a
Immigration
Mayor Adams: Can Philly help relieve your migrant mess?
Open letter to New York City Mayor Eric Adams: Dear Mayor Adams: Are you enjoying life in the Dumpster? New York Mayor Eric Adams has his hands full of migrants (Photo: New York Magazine) By Dumpster, I mean the catastrophic invasion of your city, thanks to your virtue-signaling Sanctuary status.
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Guest essay: The symbolism of 1 dead Ukrainian soldier
By Trudy Rubin TORKIV, Ukraine — At the entrance to the village cemetery, where they buried Vasyl Pushkar, stands a tall, gray stone marker. The stone is engraved with an Orthodox cross and the words “Holodomor, 1932-33,” a memorial to the four million or more Ukrainian peasants who were starved to