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Today’s inspirational affirmation
Thank you, return to what you were doing.
Stu Bykofsky
Politics
Trash talking in Chester
The conventional wisdom, among Left-leaning journalists, was that Jeff Brown committed an unforced error in a response to a question about Philly’s use of a trash-to-energy plant in Chester, an armpit along the Delaware. The chattering class had their say, followed by an op-ed Monday in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Culture
Falling hard for Dylan Mulvaney
ME: Thanks for seeing me on such short notice, doctor. Dr. PROBER: It seems like you were in crisis, Mr. Bykofsky. ME: I was. I am. And you can call me Stu. Dr. PROBER: Very well, and you may call me Dr. Prober. ME: Sure thing. My problem is I
Journalism
Tucker, Tucker, pants on fire
The Fox News prime-time distortionist, Tucker Carlson, is at it again -- pushing the lies that U.S. forces are actively engaging Russian troops in combat in Ukraine. “Briefing slides prepared by the U.S. government,” he said, “began to show up, among other places, on Twitter. And the slides
Politics
Derek goes down, Parker gets a boost
Over at Cherelle Parker’s headquarters, they started playing “Oh Happy Day” as soon as they heard Derek Green had dropped out, unable to compete with the flood of money and deep-pocket endorsements captured by the front runners. Green told me he had no regrets, and he had not made
Politics
The great debate wasn’t, but it was revealing
The highlight of Tuesday night’s mayoral debate carried by Fox 29, came around the mid-point when the bon homme slipped and candidates slapped at each other. By my count, supermarket CEO Jeff Brown took four shots, uber progressive Helen Gym got slapped twice, Allan Domb once, not counting reporter
Politics
A Page One Top 3 enough to make you gag
The front page of Tuesday’s Philadelphia Inquirer provided ammunition for those who feel politics and politicians are residents of -- dare I say it? -- the swamp. Here’s a link to one of the stories, https://www.inquirer.com/news/rochelle-bilal-philadelphia-sheriff-budget-funding-raise-20230411.html but I know if you are
Politics
Green means go and Derek is trying
There’s a truism around City Hall, that Allan Domb was the only member of City Council with experience at running a business. Like many other political truisms, it is false. Well, it was false until Derek Green resigned from Council to run for mayor. Before running for Council, Green
Politics
The Tennessee Three are instigators, not victims
Either I’m missing something, or most of the media and other observers, such as Barack Obama, are missing something about why the Tennessee Three got spanked, creating such a national crisis that Vice President Kamala Harris was sent to Nashville to administer first aid. Here are the facts as
Politics
The grocer stocks up on City Hall leadership
Jeff Brown is a hugger. He got that from his father, along with the family business. Like his father, he is a grocer, an unapologetic businessman, straight up. Like his father, he sees business as a way to make money, sure, but also to help people. The help his ShopRite
Racism
City sculpture job: Whites need not apply
Let’s go crazy for a minute and imagine the city wants to honor Mayor Jim Kenney by commissioning a statue. Maybe bronze, maybe marble, maybe Crisco, whatever. Now let’s imagine a handful of sculptors were invited to present their ideas. And let’s further imagine that all of
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“Safe injection” sites are not safe, nor wanted
I’m not going to say the majority is always right. There is sufficient evidence to show that is incorrect. Still, elected officials are put in office to represent the wishes of the majority of those who elected them, with some limited exceptions -- such as wanting measures that violate