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On the second anniversary of the start of this column, I am reprising the first one, so that people who were not here for the first know where I am coming from, and what they can expect. (This should have posted Thursday, but tech problems prevented that.) Welcome. If you
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Sometimes, without meaning to, Philadelphia’s city government stumbles into doing something right. One thing last week was the approval of a new citizens advisory board to oversee the police department. Philly has had one for a while, but it was underfunded, understaffed, and had few teeth for enforcement. It
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It is very rare, in Philadelphia, for a district attorney’s race to catch fire. It has this year and the outcome is of national interest. Why? Because far-left Democratic incumbent Larry Krasner, 60, is one of “George’s Boys” — a clutch of D.A.’s (not all male), who
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For reasons known only to him and his handlers, President Joe Biden decided to not call it the State of the Union, but something like an address to a joint session of Congress. (Yawn.) And, thus, Democrats kill another tradition.. Why? So I decide to throttle another — my analysis of
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President Joe Biden, sitting on a fragile 54% approval rating, you will deliver your State of the Union message tonight, which traditionally is upbeat, positive and confident. Although your approval rating is low — better only than Donald J. Trump’s at this stage of his presidency, meaning both of you
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The Census Bureau has released numbers from the 2020 count — remember that one? — and Axios is leading the pack with numbers. Numbers, and the interpretation. Axios headlines that five states that voted for Joe Biden — New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, and California — had slow population growth and lost one representative
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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
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Most Democrats, especially those in the North, are averse to guns, which are officially known as firearms. Far fewer Democrats (18%) own shooting irons than Republicans (50%), according to statista.com. Included in the 18% of Democrats who own guns are West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, former D.A. Lynne
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This is the kind of person he is. When running for reelection in 2019, Mayor Jim Kenney refused to debate Republican candidate Billy Ciangalini, basically sticking his thumb in the eye of critics who said he owed the concept of democracy a little show. In a city that hasn’t
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A strong Democratic friend of mine texted that he was glad President Donald J. Trump would not (as looks likely) attend Joe Biden’s inauguration. The inauguration is likely to be the least-attended in memory because of COVID-19 protocols, which Biden is more likely to observe than hypocrites such as
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It was nice, hearing my friends across the country (Democratic friends that is) thank me because my city, and my state, “delivered the election for Joe Biden.” That’s like thanking me for saying, “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat!” That was
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“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. . . “ — Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Speech, 1865, with the war