Inside Jim Kenney’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
When he was first elected in 2015, Jim Kenney seemed like the perfect mayor for the moment. Then COVID struck, and the moment changed. Will the pandemic ruin what’s left of his legacy, or is there still time for him to bounce back?
No Jail for Gay Bashers?
Kruger: If the victims are OK with it, so am I. But it takes work.
The SS United States Is a Rusting Money Pit
Kruger: It’s time for one of the longest bon voyages in modern Philadelphia history to finally end.
Last Night, I Wanted to Bash the Gay-Bashers
Kruger: A similar experience I had 10 years ago fueled my own, personal rush to judgment.
Ferguson and America’s Never-Healing Race Wound
Kruger: America has a serious problem with police treatment of people of color. This needs to stop immediately.
I’m HIV-Positive, and I Have No Interest in News About HIV Cures
Kruger: There is already a way to eradicate HIV/AIDS, and Pa. is pretty good at it.
Philly Is Way Too Happy Living in a Surveillance State
Kruger: One year later, have we learned nothing from Edward Snowden?
How About an Executive Order to Decriminalize Marijuana?
Kruger: When it comes to the mayor’s bully pulpit, are gross injustices against African Americans not on the menu?
Park Smoking Ban Is Pointless Nanny-State Grandstanding
Kruger: Don’t smokers already put up with enough BS from non-smokers?