What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? - Langston Hughes Let me start with some basic statements of fact. The Hamas attack on Israel is a barbaric event with no justification. It is a war crime. The Israeli bombardment of Gaza and the embargo of food, water, electricity, and medical supplies are barbaric events with [...]

CHINATOWN OLD CITY SOCIETY HILL NEW APARTMENTS AND CONDOS IN IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD JEFFERSON SEPTA STATION PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL PATIENTS, VISITORS AND STAFF THOMAS JEFFERSON MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL PATIENTS, VISITORS AND STAFF WILLS EYE HOSPITAL PATIENTS, VISITORS AND STAFF COMMUTERS THE SOUTH PHILADELPHIA SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THE NONSENSE THE BILLIONAIRE’S CONSULTANTS SPEW OUT ALL OF PHILADELPHIA, WHO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A WORKABLE CITY WHO BENEFITS FROM AN ARENA AT 10TH AND MARKET: ONE SPOILED SUBURBAN BILLIONAIRE WHO DOESN’T LIKE TO PAY RENT. REALLY, THAT’S ALL. YO, PHILLY. WE CAN DO BETTER! [...]

Let’s start with how this idiot judge with little sense of the history of our nation or the conflicts in our Constitution got to think that our nation was colorblind. The judge grew up in a community in which housing deeds had restrictive covenants prohibiting the sale of homes to people of color or to Jews. He was also the son of the chief executive of the Bethlehem Steel plant in his town which gave him considerable social access and a whole bunch of people who wanted stay on the good side of his family. He went off to [...]

The leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion on May 2nd was not a leak. It was an announcement. The 5 most extreme judges of the Court announced to the world that they were in charge and that they would pursue a course of limiting what actually makes our nation great – the expansion of rights and inclusion of those who have been excluded and harmed. May 2nd marks the end of the Roberts court. The 5 simply don’t need him. He can try to fit in, but they are in charge. We need to be clear on who the [...]

Dear Sammy, Didn’t your mother teach you anything? It’s bad enough that you are a right wing extremist who knows nothing of the law or the history of our nation. But now you’ve joined the ranks of the corruption court. Just as an aside, in case your mother forgot to tell you, the Supreme Court is not named supreme because its occupants are supreme but rather because our Constitution framers couldn’t think of a better word for a highest appellate court. Now let’s get down to basic issues. I can’t imagine that your mother didn’t tell you not to [...]

Recently I attempted to write to Brian Fitzpatrick, the U. S. Congressman in the district next to mine. His website is filled with “bipartisan” this and “bipartisan” that and so I thought he might be willing to take a leadership role in preventing the catastrophe of either the United States becoming a deadbeat nation unwilling to pay our debts or a nation that pays its debts by making life harsher for those who need the help of government. Representative Fitzpatrick’s website rejected my note automatically because I have exceeded the 500 character limit he has for communications – that [...]