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
D.A. Larry Krasner
Some days you really have to work hard on this job, to do hard digging, research, and interviews. Other days, it just drops into your lap. (Following are stats from the 22nd Police District. Citywide was not available) Such as the day tone deaf Philadelphia progressive D.A. Larry Krasner
Christmas
I sometimes think I am the last person in the world who sends out Christmas cards (also Hanukkah cards). But since I get cards from friends and relatives, I know that’s not true. Christmas is the largest “card time” of the year, with about 2 billion being sent. That’
Television
Jake Tapper let me down on Sunday. The guy who grew up in Center City, and broke through into the national consciousness after he wrote about a date with Monica Lewinsky before she became a national disgrace celebrity, has usually been an honest broker on his Sunday-morning CNN show State
Abortion
In reality, both sides have valid arguments. About abortion. The two sides are pro-abortion or anti-abortion, but since the A for abortion is something of a scarlet letter, the two sides organize themselves as pro-life or pro-choice. Because being pro sounds better than anti. The problem is another A-word — absolutes.
Philadelphia
I’m an old-fashioned kind of guy, the kind of a guy who researches facts before forming an opinion, and before I start writing. Yes, there are a few of us left. I also have something of great value to reporters -- a bullshit detector. Not to brag, but not
Journalism
It only took a fraction of a second during the Eagles post-game news conference last week, but it caught my ear. Star running back Miles Sanders had returned after a few weeks out with an injury, and the first question was this: “What was it like, the last few weeks,
ACCT Philly
First, the good news: Over the years, the number of animals being euthanized at the city animal shelter has dropped dramatically. The ACCT Philly “save rate” has increased from the 20% when it was known as PACCA 20 years ago, to (briefly) 92% for dogs and cats in January. (It
Press Card
Here’s a gift idea for your favorite journalist, aspiring journalist, or anyone interested in a good yarn. Those supply-chain problems you’ve been hearing about don’t affect me. My first novel, “Press Card,” was written and printed in the U.S.A. and I have a good supply
Marcus Perez
After spending 31 of his 51 years as a defendant, and a prisoner, Marcus Perez has just filed suit against two men he alleges wrongfully kept him behind bars. I have done almost a dozen columns over almost a decade about Perez’s case, in which he was wrongly sentenced
Culture
Big surprise at Acme Thursday morning -- the supermarket is charging for paper bags, which have been free since Methuselah was a teenager. I was surprised only because a couple of weeks ago, after it had banned single-use plastic bags, Acme had nothing but the usual brown paper bags, two
Family
It’s my general rule to want to help new entertainment ventures when I can, so here I draw your attention to “Game Day,” which received its premiere Saturday in Chester. That it made its debut in Chester, tells you it has heavy local connections. It is entirely local. That