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While Phillies fans are understandably out of their minds over the Phillies going to the World Series, I’m a little out of my mind over the Yankees not going to the World Series. I know there is a universal dislike, putting it mildly, in Philadelphia for anything connected to New York. Although, I think we

We’re one month away from the mid-term elections. Candidates have been spending millions of dollars saturating the our television and radio with back to back attack ads for weeks. The choices have never been been this stark or dark. I was shocked to see a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer over weekend on why some

Attorney General Merrick Garland is one of the most important and most scrutinized people in the country. He is under pressure unlike any Attorney General in history. He will make the decision on whether to indict former President Trump on charges ranging from interfering with and trying to overturn the election of 2020 to the

It was the hug that captivated us. Made us tear up and we should all learn from it. It happened on a Little League baseball field in the heat of the Southwest Regional final playoff for a trip to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. Kaiden Shelton was pitching for the Texas team

They’ve taken away a woman’s power over her own body. They’ve allowed just about anyone to carry a concealed weapon in public making us all less safe. They’ve restricted the EPA’s ability to go after carbon emissions and fight climate change. Now, they may be going after the heart of the democracy, our vote. The

Today is the last day of the current session of the US Supreme Court. It’s a day we will long remember and live to regret. Four of the many rulings handed down will touch everyone of us. Of course, the most infamous was the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the right to abortion

It’s not often you witness a one in a million coincidence. My wife and I were working on the lawn at our Jersey shore house when a young man was riding by on a bike about ten feet from the curb. There are three sycamore trees along the sidewalk in front of the house. As

When the January 6th Committee started laying out its case against Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results and stage a coup, there is one thing that is at the center of this dangerous time in our history, truth. It’s something Trump couldn’t handle and he convinced millions of Americans his twisted view

It’s here. Next weekend is Memorial Day. The start of the summer. After two summers of Covid, we’ve all been looking forward to getting back to normal. But what is normal? Inflation is at a forty year high. Everything costs more. Who predicted over $4.50 for a gallon of gasoline? Madman Putin is committing mass

No matter your views on abortion, we have all been shocked by the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion by Justice Alito, supported by five of the conservative justices, that would overturn Roe v. Wade. It would leave it up to states whether to allow abortion or ban it. About twenty states are almost certain