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It was that personal experience which drew me to this article, in Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer:
How Temple University failed my daughter on her first day of college
We have previously noted the murder of William “Billy” Schmidt over pure stupidity, a street theft of a cell phone. It took the Philadelphia Police a few weeks to identify the killers, but once they were, one of them fled the state. The alleged killers are minors, but now the parents of one of them are in trouble:
Parents accused of driving teen charged in Penn State student’s killing to Colorado ordered to stand trial
The judge’s ruling came after prosecutors presented evidence on how they allegedly helped their son evade capture following the June killing of William “Billy” Schmidt.
We have previously noted The Philadelphia Inquirer’s far left columnist Will Bunch and his adamant support for the rule of law.
Mr Bunch even wrote that he did not “like” President Biden’s final flurry of pardons “at all,” though he claimed that “they were understandable” to protect critics of then-incoming President Trump. Clearly, Mr Bunch believed the Democrats mantra of “no one is above the law,” used when they were trying to throw Mr Trump in prison.
But now? It seems that he doesn’t like the enforcement of our laws even one little bit!
Next-door states banned ICE-cop deals. Why not Pa.? | Will Bunch Newsletter
A homosexual activist named Randon Sprinkle? I just had to check, but as far as I could find, it is his real name.
Ex Democratic staffer sentenced to 10 years for distribution of child sexual abuse material
Gwyndolyn Miles, Richmond Times-Dispatch | Thursday, September 3, 2026
RICHMOND — The former democratic political strategist charged with child sex crimes has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the Department of Justice.
Randon Alexander Sprinkle, 31, of Richmond, was convicted on charges of distribution of child sexual abuse material. The DOJ reported that Sprinkle pled guilty on April 23. Continue reading
The Democrats used a picture of a smiling, robust-looking Joe Biden in their tweet proclaiming President Biden the winner of the debate, but their problem is that he was exposed as not robust, but a faltering and confused elderly man who is visibly sinking into dementia. Even The New York Times couldn’t hide the truth:
A Fumbling Performance, and a Panicking Party
President Biden’s shaky, halting debate performance has Democrats talking about replacing him on the ticket.
by Peter Baker | Thursday, June 27, 2024 | Updated: Friday, June 28, 2024 | 2:35 AM EDT
President Biden hoped to build fresh momentum for his re-election bid by agreeing to debate nearly two months before he is to be formally nominated. Instead, his halting and disjointed performance on Thursday night prompted a wave of panic among Democrats and reopened discussion of whether he should be the nominee at all.
Well, that was then, and this is now, slightly over two years later, and everything has been settled out. Millions of words have been written, including more than a few on this site, as well as Jake Tapper’s and Alex Thompson’s tell-nothing book claiming that they just didn’t know. Continue reading
I have said it before: when we annex Canada, we need to leave Ontario and Quebec out of it!
“Responds by Hitting a Deep Three”: WNBA World Reacts As Sophie Cunningham Gets Booed in Toronto
Chaitanya Sharma | Wednesday, August 19, 2026 | 2:05 AM EDT
The Toronto Tempo hosted the Indiana Fever on Tuesday. The Fever got the better of the home team, who were looking to get back to winning ways after a tough stretch of 10 straight losses. Unfortunately for Toronto, the streak extended to 11 as the Fever won their fifth straight game.
While there were many key contributors for the Fever, the Toronto crowd seemed focused on one opposition player more than others. Sophie Cunningham was the recipient of a special welcome from the Tempo fans and was repeatedly booed over the course of the game. Continue reading
We noted, just two days ago, that, in contrast to foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia, Lexington, Kentucky had seen only four homicides thus far in 2026. Alas! that number will have to be updated:
5 shot, 1 killed at a Lexington park, police say. 4-year-old among those injured
By Karla Ward | Saturday, August 15, 2026 | 8:33 PM EDT | Updated: 10:39 PM EDT
Five people were shot, including one who was killed, in an incident at Lexington’s Charles Young Park Saturday night, according to Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers and Gov. Andy Beshear.
Beshear announced the shooting while speaking at a Kentucky Democratic Party dinner at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Lexington Saturday, but Weathers provided additional information shortly after at the scene of the shooting. Continue reading
Minnesota Lynx head Coach Cheryl Reeve sought to make a political statement during her teams home game against the Indiana Fever by wearing a t-shirt under her open jacket which proclaimed “Trans Kids Belong”. This was seen as a shot at Indiana’s wing guard Sophie Cunningham, who famously stated that males need to be kept out of women’s and girls’ locker rooms and off their sports teams.
Well, to the surprise of absolutely no one, Coach Reeve had a different attitude when it came to coaching.
WNBA coach who supports trans athletes hates that the “W” is hiring male head coaches: “We can’t let this happen”
by Shane Garry Acedera | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | 7:37 PM EDT
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve caused a stir when she wore a shirt that expressed support for transgender athletes during her team’s game against the Indiana Fever last Sunday. Continue reading
Make no mistake about it: the Lexington Herald-Leader is wholly in the bag for Governor Andy Beshear, the Democrat who ordered churches closed and imposed every restriction of which he could think during the COVID-19 panicdemic — no, that’s not a typographical error, but exactly how I saw things — endorsed him in 2019 and again in 2023, after having seen his unconstitutional acts of 2020, and attempts to retain authority to continue them. So, when what my best friend used to call the Herald-Liberal publishes an article like this, you know some bad stuff has happened.
Andy Beshear set out to make drug treatment widely available in Kentucky. Fraud and abuse followed