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Columbus statue decision is a victory for all

Last summer, I spent a few days standing in front of the Columbus statute at Marconi Plaza in South Philly. I wasn’t alone. A lot of good folk were there around me, laughing and singing and eating Wawa hoagies.

A COVID booster? Not so fast.

Yeah, I’ll get the booster. I might even ask for a double, just in case. The CDC, which is now running the country, told me I need it and very few, including the media, have the temerity to take on the CDC.

More than ever, we need to live up to their legacy

Reflections on 20 years since 9/11 Over the past few days, I have had an opportunity to chat with several fellow Veterans, Service Members, Military family members, and Gold Star families.

Favoring OPEC over USA to lower gas prices is an insult

As the supply of oil is now being outpaced by the growth of demand, gasoline prices are climbing across the country. Yet, the Biden Administration has asked OPEC – not domestic producers and USA energy workers – for help to supply the U.S. with more oil.

Big memories of Little League

The thwack of a baseball colliding with a bat and the thump of a folded newspaper landing on a porch are sounds I cherish. They’re rewinding for me this month while watching the Little League World Series. As a kid, I played for four years on a team in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Have you thanked a school bus driver lately?

According to CNN, pandemic fears and enhanced unemployment benefits have left the nation facing a serious shortage of qualified school bus drivers. The problem is acute, despite districts implementing recruitment campaigns, offering sign-up bonuses, and even fudging on the standards. (“Question one.

We have a long tradition of gossip

I have a mind’s-eye vision of Jean Gaudet as a crusty old Frenchman, sun-burnt, with dark, work-hardened hands, capable of doing what had to be done to wrest a simple life from the soil. He was probably an independent old cuss.

What’s happening in Afghanistan is a tragedy

I’ve been practicing immigration law for over 25 years, and I speak four languages fluently. I’ve traveled widely outside of the United States, and lived abroad for large stretches in the 1980s and ‘90s. All of this is to say that I am devastated with what’s happening in Afghanistan.

Dumbing down our kids of color

The left is truly dumbing down America’s kids. It’s nothing new. But based on the insane education policy recently implemented by the state of Oregon, it looks like the future of America’s already awful public school system is getting worse. Last month, as the media just learned, Oregon’s Gov.

‘Woke’ cabal must have missed Super Mario

I haven’t weighed in on the whole “cancel culture” business for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is it’s so stupid. First, they came for Aunt Jemima. Then Dr.