Culture
Your home is in danger. Police have issued a mandatory evacuation order. You can bring one small suitcase, the size of a carryon. What three things do you bring with you? I suspect there will be some disagreement on this, linked to age, I also suspect. Me? 1- Important papers,
Culture
I’m having a chuckle about a couple of chuckleheads from the Left — the Inquirer’s Will Bunch, Salon’s Amanda Marcotte — coming out with the, um, imaginative theory that the New Orleans and Las Vegas whack jobs who committed unrelated and dissimilar crimes were linked by a common motive
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I have a moderately positive view of Josh Shapiro, as a moderate Democrat. He’s pretty much a straight shooter, a guy (like former Gov. Ed Rendell) who’s usually willing to concede the other guy (meaning Republicans) might have a valid opinion or policy. During the campaign, however, he
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I love Jason Kelce. I don’t know any Philadelphian who doesn’t love Jason Kelce, the retired Philadelphia Eagles All- Pro center, and leader. He knows football. He’s spent most of his life playing it. I know show business. I have spent much of my life reporting on
Culture
Questions asked by a journalist of other journalists about the terror attack in New Orleans.: First, yes, enough is known by now to call it “terror.” My first question is why almost every news report identified the attacker as a U.S. Army veteran. He was. That is true. How
Culture
So the ball has dropped, the hugs are given, the kisses are taken, and the canyons of midtown Manhattan reverberate with music. Times Square is very traditional. My music, meaning music of my generation. On CNN, hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen mercifully ceased their inane banter to allow the
Politics
His book, “War,” says Bob Woodward, “presents the efforts and decisions to try to prevent war, and where war came, to avoid escalation.” Really, the book should be titled “Wars,” because while the central focus is Ukraine, the war provoked by Russian wannabe Czar Vladimir Putin, much of the book
Immigration
I was watching an MSNBC discussion show Friday morning, with all four panelists agreeing, vociferously, that Donald J. Trump was “anti immigrant” and his deportation plan would inevitably lead to “separation of families.” This can get deep fast because the courts have ruled that while adult illegals can be held
Culture
President Joe Biden seems determined to torch his legacy as the grains of sand run down the hourglass of his historic presidency. Historic? Yes, for two reasons. First, his accomplishments. I would say action to prevent a depression during the Covid lockdown may be No. 1, but there are many
Humor
Continuing with a conversation with God going back a quarter of a century. Your Favorite Columnist: Let’s start with the biggest topic in the news. God: Saquon Barkley? He’s a God-send to the Eagles, I know. You’re welcome, and I don’t even give him an extra
Anti-Semitism
I once wrote, with sincerity, that Philadelphians divide their time between bragging about Philly, and trashing it. As a columnist, I’ve done more of the latter. Because problems seem to have a longer lifetime than achievements. Some columnists, like the famous Herb Caen, wrote what he called a series
Immigration
As part of my continuing scoreboard on Inquirer corruption of journalist norms, the Thursday edition carried yet another Open Border editorial mildly disguised as a new story. The piece runs 23 paragraphs, it quotes four supporters of illegal immigration, although it never ever uses the word “illegal,” and offers not