http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/fatimah_ali RSS Feed for Fatimah Ali en-us Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:43:29 GMT http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/fatimah_ali/20091028_Fatimah_Ali__Comedy__with_a_Cos.html PHILADELPHIA is a tough nut, and if people here don't like you, they let you know it in a loud and boisterous voice. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/fatimah_ali/20091013_Fatimah_Ali__Saving_the_Derrions___the_Rolands.html HUNDREDS of young people are murdered every year across the nation by angry young black men who are lost. Like the four teens accused in the senseless beating death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert, the honors student caught in a turf war on his way home from school in Chicago last month, the perpetrators of these crimes have no regard for life. Minister Louis F http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/fatimah_ali/20090929_Fatimah_Ali__Earth_Mother.html IHAD A nightmare a few weeks ago where I was flying around like the Rocketeer, trying to escape people who were chasing me. Earlier in the day, I'd run into a local pol who'd berated me about what felt was the negativity of several columns I'd written. I haven't written anything mean about you, I shot back, defensively. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/fatimah_ali/20090915_Fatimah_Ali__Americans_behaving_badly.html WHETHER it's South Carolina GOP Rep. Joe Wilson's angry outburst during President Obama's address to Congress last week, or Serena Williams' ouster from the U.S. Open for cussing out an official or Kanye West's meltdown at the MTV awards, Americans are losing their cool. And although it makes great headlines here, we have a very bad rap internationally. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/fatimah_ali/20090825_Fatimah_Ali__A_welcome_Obama_timeout.html IT'S A GOOD thing President Obama is using this week to rejuvenate in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. His vacation comes just as his lovefest with the media seems to be over.