Book Review
The knives came out after Biden botched debate
Who were the villains and the loyal politicians?
Guns
A targeted report about guns, gays, and confirmation bias
Not to pick on the Philadelphia Inquirer, but I will use a recent story to illustrate confirmation bias. The headline of the story read, “The LGBTQ people buying guns for self-defense,” and the top of the story makes its position clear when it quote a 23-year-old trans woman identified only
Kamala Harris
What are Kamala Harris’ core values?
It’s not in my nature to be indecisive. A bad decision is better than no decision. Maybe I am making one here, about the presidential election three weeks from today. My mail-in ballot has been sitting on my desk, all filled in, except for the choice for President. That
Politics
The coach gets to be the quarterback for 1 night
Tim Walz got the premier closing slot at Wednesday’s Democratic National Convention, and he did a lot with it, in only 16 minutes. I note some media outlets were calling it “coach’s night,” rather than “teachers night” or “National Guard night” or “governor’s night.” When a writer
Joe Biden
Joe Biden needs a Sister Souljah moment
At the risk of alienating my (few) progressive friends, I have diagrammed an end-around play to save Joe Biden’s floundering presidential campaign. He needs to create a Sister Souljah moment: Kick the Squad and the extreme Left to the curb, occupy the center and double down on unqualified support
Immigration
My illegals-to-Philly wish comes true
Permit me to gloat. Months ago, when I read that some dastardly Republican governors were bussing illegal undocument “migrants” from their overwhelmed border towns to Sanctuary Cities in the North, such as New York, Chicago and Washington, I complained that Philadelphia was being overlooked. I wrote an Open Letter to
Abortion
Abortion will not disappear from America
Cards on the table: While I find abortion to be awful, I would not ban it. Can any rational person “like” it? Going back to the 1992 Bill Clinton dictum, it should be safe, rare, and legal. That was brilliantly crafted as an umbrella to include pro-choicers, alongside those who
Immigration
Democratic leaders are loco over borders
Let’s talk about lies, and where some lead. “There are three types of lies,” said Benjamin Disraeli, “lies, damn lies, and statistics.” I disagree, at least as far as the media is concerned. I think there are black lies, white lies and casual lies, the last being the most
Immigration
Hey! Remember when Dems opposed Open Borders?
Even if moderate Democrats won’t admit it -- because they may not even know it -- the facts speak loud and clear: the Democratic Party leadership wants Open Borders. Fact: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered no enforcement against illegal immigrants who are not violent criminals, or
Israel
Cartoons don’t have to be fair, and this wasn’t
For the record, editorial cartoons are not obligated to be accurate or fair. It’s better, maybe, when they are, but those virtues are not required. The idea is to take a simple idea and drive it home. I try to not blow my stack when I disagree with them,
Israel
“Evenhanded” in the Mideast is moronic
The current turmoil in the Middle East is, as usual, a Goddamn shame, and some Americans, including Leftist Jews such as Bernie Sanders (not a practicing Jew) are urging the U.S. to take an “evenhanded approach” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To which I reply — why? Create an equivalency between
Politics
The absurdity of “not my president”
I did not vote for Donald J. Trump. He was my president. I did not vote for Joe Biden. He is my president. The person who we elect as president of the United States is president of all the States — the Blue, the Red, the Purple, and all who live