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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The National Review & Research: A Sad Story
Kevin Williamson

Kevin Williamson, the founding editor in 2004 of the conservative leaning Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, writes an article in the current National Review entitled "The Sad Philadelphia Story."  Williamson, who left the Bulletin in 2006, starts his sad story like this: "Philadelphia is famous for two things: cheesesteaks and murder."  [No link is available, NRO requires an online subscription.]

Williamson goes on for three magazine pages listing the problems of "A failed city government" and "a culture of chaos."  To make his point, he brings up the May murder of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, who was gunned down with an SKS semiautomatic rifle while trying to stop a bank robbery.  Williamson complains that the Daily News later ran a graphic about the SKS with the headline: "Should this gun be legal?"  To hear Williamson tell it, nobody here bothered to question why the alleged bank robbers were on the streets despite long criminal histories.

"It's a question that needs asking, but Philadelphia's news media, clergy, and civic leaders won't start that conversation," writes Williamson, who must have missed this during his research.  Or this.  And this.  Oh and this, this, this and this.

Posted by Chris Brennan @ 1:05 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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Posted 04:53 PM, 06/25/2008
parrishbrown
rob zombie edited the new bulletin? no wonder it's so badass!
Posted 08:21 PM, 06/25/2008
Fredclaims
Don't you guys get it? Conservatives make things up (lie). Reality is not a concept they understand. We would still be singing God save the Queen if conservatives were a majority in the 1770's.
Posted 02:31 AM, 06/26/2008
yobill626
Guys like Williamson are horses' a$$es. They will pontificate about how we have to do better by our police in every area except doing the one thing most police groups want --- reduce the availability of the number & types of guns available.
Posted 11:53 PM, 10/29/2009
Yoshiman180
All your links lead to "page not found"... fail.
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
PhillyClout
Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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