Whitewashing history
Trump’s whitewash is a stain on U.S. history
For a long time Asians were excluded by law, minorities of all sorts were banned from occupations, colleges, housing communities, even cemeteries.
Media
Jim Gardner’s important signoff
Anchor Jim Gardner had a really good run — 46 years at 6abc, one less than the 47 I logged at the Daily News. During his last turn as anchor on Wednesday he said something about the press that mimicked what I said on my last day, three years earlier. Here’
Race
U.S. needs a Truth Commission on race
After winning his decades-long battle to end apartheid in his homeland, and becoming South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela did a remarkable thing. Instead of seeking vengeance against the white minority that had suffocated the black majority for so long, he established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. to
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus: Put him on trial
Christopher Columbus says, “Don’ta trust you mayor.” He means Mayor Gutless, who has punted the issue of the statue of the Italian explorer/criminal (your choice) to Philadelphia’s Art Commission. “That’sa what he said about the statue of Francesco Rizzo, says Columbus, “but he move it in
Frank Rizzo
Philly has other statues to kill
The statue of former Mayor Frank L. Rizzo joins former superstar Kate Smith in ignominy, disappeared by progressives who would whitewash history rather than learn from it. I wrote the following almost three years ago, and present it today, with minor edits to update it. Dispassionate conversation about Frank Rizzo