I was stone-cold positive she was going to win Give me brains over brawn all day every day Decency over immorality, stability versus...

My texts runneth over with political panhandlers. I got all juiced over the Democrats convention and coughed up $50 unsolicited. And that...

A good man was buried today A lot of people thought so, crowding the cathedral A devout Catholic, he was honored with a High Mass The...

I don’t remember if I knew JP had his snub-nose .38 with him that day. I can’t say I was surprised he was carrying; I’d seen him do it...

Philadelphia is a city of ethnic neighborhoods. Each with its own culture and problems and political power base. The 39th City Ward in...

It’s a Saturday morning, JP calls his daughter, my wife, to get our two-month-old daughter dressed because he had to do something...

“Well, come on all of you big, strong men Uncle Sam needs your help again Got himself in a terrible jam Way down yonder in Vietnam Put...

I’m going through a divorce. How many times is that? Not me, my stepdaughter. She’ll be able to take it better than you could. I’m having...

“Hey, my man. Is everything alright?” “Things are good, I’m just checking in on the Chairman of the Board.” “I’m feeling ok, best in...

do you own a gun i own two pistols i have never fired a gun we had a shooting range in the basement we had a pool table i was with the...

It was Thanksgiving and Jay’s daughter’s home was full of family and friends, football and food and top shelf liquor fueling honest...

BAMMMMMMMMM. The 93rd Mayor of Philadelphia slams his massive right hand on his massive mahogany desk. “You tell that redneck...

I think I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree With all due respect Mr. Kilmer Most trees are one-trick stumps All leaves and no...

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we will never choose, and that is the path of...