Today I was privileged to appear on AM560 Chicago’s Morning Answer with hosts Amy Jacobsen and Dan Proft. The topic was the upcoming trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for allegedly killing George Floyd. As usual, Amy and Dan came prepared. They were well-informed and asked good and challenging questions. To watch the interview, click on the picture below. As for the picture above, it is from the movie adaptation of Harper Lee’s evocative novel To Kill a Mockingbird. I offer it as a metaphorical depiction of what is about to happen to Derek Chauvin if he’s forced...
Hope you had a happy and harmonious (i.e., politics-free) Thanksgiving. This year, for the first time in decades, my bride and I sheltered in place instead of joining the nationwide mass migration to visit kids, grandkids and relatives. We skipped the home-cooked turkey, too, and dined out on professionally-prepared Thanksgiving cuisine. Not exactly a Norman-Rockwell-Hallmark-Channel family event, but not bad. Meanwhile, The American Spectator published my article about the Office of Inspector General’s report on the many deficiencies of the FBI’s faux program for validating the reliability of its confidential informants. You can access it by clicking this link. Or...
Pictured above are two extraordinarily courageous and remarkable women. Linda Schellenger, in grey, is the mother of a young man who was stabbed to death in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square. Maureen Faulkner, in black, is the widow of Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner who was brutally murdered in 1981 by leftist icon Mumia Abu-Jamal. Both women are victims of Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s progressive District Attorney, who was elected with a $1.7 million campaign contribution from George Soros. The picture was taken earlier this week at Lodge 5 of the Fraternal Order of Police, which represents Philadelphia police officers, shortly after Maureen...
Kevin Ferris, my friend and former editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and a cadre of other intelligent and energetic people have founded Broad + Liberty, an independent source of news and opinion for Philadelphia and the nation. This is a bold and audacious undertaking intended to offer an alternative to the mind-numbingly monotone political and social commentary purveyed by the legacy media. Here, taken from Broad + Liberty‘s website, are the biographies of this intrepid band: Albert Eisenberg is a rising conservative star in digital media and political communications who has been published in multiple national media outlets, including Real...