http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists RSS Feed for P-com Columnists en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:01:17 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Jenice_Armstrong__Michelle_s_family_tree_is_multi-hued_-_like_so_many_others.html FIRST LADY Michelle Obama's white cousins? Oh, my gosh! Can you believe it? Well, yeah. Just about every black American I know has white relatives. And I'd venture to say that many white Americans have black relatives, too, somewhere in their family tree. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Karen_Heller__The_lesson_from_the_streets__Big_money_is_not_the_answer.html Friends, what have we learned this past week? Plenty. Pundits will tell you that Chris Christie won New Jersey's gubernatorial race and Jon Corzine lost it because there's a backlash against President Obama's agenda. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Supporters_of_Dougherty___North_find_a_frustrating_parade_of_Q_s_withoutA_s.html BEFORE MASS began this past Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul, a seminarian asked the congregation if we'd consider supporting St. Charles Borromeo Seminary with a financial gift. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Dan_Gross__A_bachelor_party_in_A_C__for_Victorino_.html SHANE VICTORINO and Ryan Howard were in a small party that stopped by Dusk, inside Caesars Atlantic City, on Saturday night. Could it have been a bachelor party? On Saturday, the Phillies outfielder marries Melissa Smith in Hawaii. The couple live in Las Vegas during the off-season and have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Kali'a. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Les_Bowen__The_bottom_line_after_Eagles__loss_to_Cowboys.html IF YOU'RE still looking for a good explanation for that fourth-down spot that turned Sunday night's game around, an explanation beyond the silly stuff like official blindness, bias or some sort of massive conspiracy involving Freemasonry and Tom Hanks, I got nothing for ya. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Phil_Jasner__Iverson_might_be_out_of_excuses__and_teams.html IT'S LIONEL HOLLINS' fault. It must be. Hollins is the coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, and he won't put Allen Iverson in the starting lineup. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Sam_Donnellon__Eagles_always_taking__the_next_step__but_going_in_circles.html Nov. 9, 2009 - Eagles head coach Andy Reid blamed himself for Sunday's debilitating, 20-16 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys, saying, "It is my responsibility to make sure that we win those games. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Harry_Gross__An_alert_about__free_seminars_.html Dear Harry: Back in April, my wife and I attended a meeting of a "travel club." Afterward, we received a card for a three-day, two-night trip to anywhere in the United States. In order to "validate" the trip, we had to send a $100 mone http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Elmer_Smith__Pointless_search_for_Fort_Hood_massacre_s__real_reason_.html A CONGRESSIONAL committee has joined that posse searching for the "real reason" that Nidal Malik Hassan went berserk and allegedly killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20091110_Bill_Conlin__All_Feliz_ever_did_for_Phillies_was_show_up_for_work_every_day.html WHEN I'M KING of the world . . . The Phillies will give Pedro Feliz a little more respect than being tossed onto the market like a Cash-for-Clunkers auto . . .