The Church responds
It wasn't sad enough that last week the grand jury issued its blistering report of the sexual abuse of children in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. It wasn't sad enough that a cover up of the...
‘Tis autumn
When you are young, the end of summer is a sad thing. But youth feels there is a lifetime of summers stretching out endlessly that will return each year. Youth looks at the leaves...
Accentuate the positive
Uncle Nunzi tells me I've been too negative lately. For as long as I can remember, my Mom liked to sing a line from an old song: "You've got to accentuate the positive and...
Stuff happens
We really shouldn't be surprised by the looting and chaos in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We've seen it all before when the Bushies are in charge, just not here in America. W. might...
25 things I learned this summer
1-You can't peddle pot in America, but you can backpeddle on the war.
2-When Pat Robertson talks about "taking you out," it could mean he wants to treat you to dinner or he wants you...
Two tales of bigotry
It was just your normal morning on WIP. Angelo Cataldi was interviewing a babe whose main claim to fame, given Angelo's audible drooling on the microphone, was her bust size. Since I had tuned...
Clearing the brush
Our presidents' hobbies set a tone for the times in which they serve. Truman played the piano. Eisenhower loved golf. Kennedy relaxed by sailing and by playing touch football with the family. Even Bill...
It’s been a good summer
I understand Michael Jackson has been busy this summer. He apparently has changed the name of Neverland to Sin City. You know it turns out the jurors on the Jackson trial are nuttier than...
Philadelphia melodrama
"So what's gonna happen with T.O.?"
You can't escape the question. It comes up in every conversation. You could be visiting your 92-year-old grandmother and she'll ask you what you think is going to...
Science and religion
It was a long time ago when I was a kid in public school. Back then we had no problem reconciling evolution with religion. We were taught Darwin's theory of evolution did not have...
