Elmer Smith

Elmer Smith is a member of the Daily News Editorial Board.

Email Elmer at smithel@phillynews.com

Elmer Smith

Guillen exercised right to be stupid

04/11/2012

Elmer Smith: The flogging of Ozzie Guillen over comments on Castro was hard to watch.

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Writing's been a job, but hardly work 09/23/2011: After 22 years of being a columnist, Elmer Smith says goodbye to a job that he says is, "too much fun to call it work."
Nutter offers faint praise to exiting SRC members 09/20/2011: Elmer Smith: In a cozy corner of school district headquarters, Archie, state Rep. Dwight Evans, a representative of Mosaica and then-deputy superintendent Leroy Nunery held their own meeting
The balls bounce different ways 09/16/2011: THERE IS a tacit agreement between a man and a woman when he takes her out for the evening. The implied contract is that, no matter how the date goes, he will return her safely. We learn it as boys, hopefully before our first date.
On Labor Day, don't forget the movement 09/02/2011: A PANEL of experts spent an hour of TV time last month debating this weighty issue: Is organized labor really a special interest?
Time for Ackerman to get specific with her accusations 08/26/2011: Elmer Smith: In an interview on Thursday, Arlene Ackerman said she had "been asked to do things that are totally unconscionable."
Ackerman's gone, but problems - and SRC - remain 08/23/2011: Elmer Smith: The School Reform Comission couldn't dismiss Arlene Ackerman for cause without implicating themselves.
To Obama: Rest up, then fight back 08/19/2011: TODAY'S reader-poll question is whether President Obama should be taking a vacation while so many Americans are out of work.
Playing the racist/not a racist game 08/05/2011: Elmer Smith: Another public figure is hauled before the people's court for an arguably racist remark.
Freedom from public education? 07/29/2011: STATE REP. Mark Longietti shuffled through his sheaf of papers and pulled up the study that summed up his concerns about expanding school choice.
News of Butch Lewis' passing packs a punch 07/26/2011: Elmer Smith: He was the original little big man, a fierce boardroom brawler who'd strip you clean in a bargaining session, then become your most trusted partner when the deal was done.