ACCT Philly
The other shoe has dropped on ACCT Philly, the city’s animal control agency, with a suit filed by Tiffany LaVelle, described as the heart-broken owner of Saint, a 5-year-old dog that was wrongfully euthanized by the city-funded agency. I first reported the case back in Novemberand in Philadelphia Weekly.
God
Continuing an annual conversation between Your Favorite Columnist and God that stretches back almost two decades. Stu: God, you are getting on my last nerve. God: What’s got your shorts in a bunch, Sonny? Stu: Don’t call me Sonny. We soldiered through COVID-19, your 2020 “gift” to humanity,
Christmas
Merry Christmas! Really? With Omicron raging, backing up Delta, with homicides exploding, authoritarianism gaining ground here and there, our racial crisis still unresolved, with its parallel effect — woke notions that merit and math are racist. Yes, even with that. Not for families who have lost a loved one, but that
Larry Krasner
In a rare story critical of D.A. Larry Krasner, the Philadelphia Inquirer produced a report that has his own staff indicting Larry, a legal action to which he seems averse when it comes to criminals. I’ve written many times about Let ‘em Loose Larry. You know how I
Culture
If Andrew Wyeth decided to paint “Christina’s World” again, doing it exactly the same except for changing the color of her pastel dress, would it still be a masterpiece? And would redoing it have been worth the effort? That brings us to “West Side Story - Redux,” a remake
Crime
The Inquirer had a Page One story Friday that reminds me of a column I did in 2019 that started with mail being stolen from U.S. Postal Service mail boxes, but ended with stolen checks being “washed” with chemicals. Your ink is removed, and the counterfeiters fill in a
Crime
You’ve probably heard that journalism is the first draft of history. The first draft, not the last, and it is often flawed for several reasons. Reporters are rarely eyewitnesses to breaking news events, such as crime. They gather information from witnesses, and from authorities, such as police. Reporters might
Crime
Update: 6 ABC reported Wednesday night police took three suspects into custody in the armed robberies. The family took no notice as they passed the gray Honda Accord parked at 19th & Cuthbert in Center City, but the occupants of the car took notice of them. Drew Williams, his parents,
Crime
It’s 40 years and counting, and it won’t go away -- because supporters of cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal won’t let it. Not because their cause is right, but because it is left. Decades before defunding the police, we had dishonoring the police. One of the more famous celebrity
Crime
After hearing on Action News Friday there had been eight point-of-gun robberies in Center City in recent weeks, I asked the Philadelphia Police Department for the dates and locations of the six not detailed by the TV station -- 2300 Sansom and 18th and Cuthbert. The cops told me they
Culture
It’s been a long time since I was a TV critic (Daily News, 1980-’85), but I like to follow the “art” form, and I especially like to keep eye on shows with a Philly slant. I did that with “Mare of Easttown” and wasn’t particularly impressed. More
The Good News: All you subscribers here may be seeing more posts from me in the weeks ahead. Why? The Bad News: I have been kicked off Facebook for 30 days for violating its mysterious “community standards.” Take a look at this: Can you read the comment? It followed an