Health Care
I guess I went about 60 years before ever visiting (interesting word choice) a dermatologist, a.k.a. skin doctor. That was at the recommendation of my GP, a.k.a. General Practitioner, or my family doctor, located deep in South Philly, where I lived for a decade. This was
Joe Biden
About now, with the U.S. out of Afghanistan, some Bidenite is filing nomination papers for the Nobel Peace Prize. And if Joe Biden were Black, he’d win. Barack Obama won with no peace achievements, just a bunch of promises, some kept, some not. Kept: He pulled troops out
Dogs
As you guys were moving into the sixth heat wave of the year, we were moving into a red Ford Edge loaner to get us 5 hours away, to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Mountains = cooler temps. But the long-weekend vacation was only partially weather-motivated. The major motivation was to
Immigration
Imagine running for your life, from your life in Afghanistan, being able to take only what fits in a knapsack, or a wheeled suitcase. Look at this picture. Everything of value is in the pitifully small carry ons they were permitted to bring. Maybe some money and valuables, but little
Joe Biden
Despite Americans’ fabulously short memories, Joe Biden’s presidency is riding on his ability to do what he sort-of promised by August 31. And that was, unquestionably, the evacuation of all Americans who want to leave the hellhole of Afghanistan, plus the desire to rescue Afghans a) who worked with
Press Card
As an author, there’s nothing like receiving a box ‘o books to end the gestation period. It is sort of like birth, but there will be no gender reveal. Those books are already in the mail. A second printing has been ordered. After six decades of writing journalistic nonfiction,
Sports
The big pink chair will be empty this Eagles’ season. It was Uncle Curt’s chair for Eagles daytime games, when he walked over from his Center City apartment to mine, two blocks away. Two things were certain: Uncle Curt brought a half-gallon of Diet Pepsi that he bought in
Uncategorized
I like what we used to call the post office, back in the days when its unofficial motto meant something. “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Well, that was then. Now, they miss many days
Philadelphia Inquirer
They say when you are a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Since the Inquirer announced, in a stunning letter from its publisher, that it would henceforth be “anti-racist” (suggesting it had been racist until then), it has found new ways to promote its creed. Like a story, which
I was put in Facebook jail for three days for posting this: which those chuckleheads seemed to think was ENDORSING terrorism. I would share this on Facebook, except I can’t. 🙁
Joe Biden
President Joe Biden stepped on the booby trap that collapsed Afghanistan in on itself, but the trap had been set by his predecessor, President Donald J. Trump. The author of The Art of the Deal (assuming he wrote it himself) set the trap by “dealing” with the religious fanatical Taliban,
Press Card
CNN host S.E. Cupp has just copped to high anxiety as she comments on the news of the world. This is her reality, but she mimics a character in my new novel, Press Card, that was just released. The sample chapter on the website concerns a Philadelphia anchor who