John Phillips

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Kamala Harris is perfectly prepared to make all of the same mistakes

1 week ago | ocregister.com | John Phillips

Now that we are a half a year removed from the November presidential election, bookstore shelves are full of missives explaining just exactly why President Donald Trump was selected by voters for another term in the White House, and why the Democratic ticket came up short.
Kamala Harris is perfectly prepared to make all of the same mistakes

1 week ago | whittierdailynews.com | John Phillips

Kamala Harris is perfectly prepared to make all of the same mistakes
John Phillips on the Best Odds: Maserati 228/430

2 weeks ago | caranddriver.com | John Phillips

From the May/June 2025 issue of Car and Driver. In the late '80s, David E. Davis Jr. and I drove a Range Rover through the Anza-Borrego Desert, hoping Anza might be the name of a Spanish beauty. As we crested a dune capable of swallowing Larry Bird, the A/C disgorged its refrigerant into the arid air. "I wouldn't drive this thing out here without a chase car," I commented. But Davis adored all things British, including the tweed hunting cape and Turnbull & Asser shirts he'd packed for the trip.
Strong Economy Leads To Increased Union Strength In The Healthcare Industry

1 month ago | mondaq.com | Jesse Coleman |John Phillips

The healthcare industry continues to have greaterunion representation than the private-sector as a whole. And unionshave taken advantage of their stronger position in the healthcaresector to push for increased wages and benefits, as well as lesssubcontracting of work in recent months.
John Phillips: More booze won’t save California’s downtowns

1 month ago | dailybreeze.com | John Phillips

California Assemblyman Matt Haney wants to bring life back to downtowns across the state of California…by allowing bars and nightclubs to serve alcohol until 4 am, two hours past the current cutoff at 2 am. Don’t look now, but I think the assemblyman may have been over-served. The extended times would apply only to venues within locally-defined “hospitality zones” on Fridays, Saturdays, and official state holidays.
John Phillips: More booze won’t save California’s downtowns

1 month ago | dailynews.com | John Phillips

FILE — In this May 10, 2018 file photo a homeless man sits at his street side tent along the Interstate 110 freeway along downtown Los Angeles’ skyline. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, file) UPDATED: April 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM PDTCalifornia Assemblyman Matt Haney wants to bring life back to downtowns across the state of California…by allowing bars and nightclubs to serve alcohol until 4 am, two hours past the current cutoff at 2 am.
The Best Odds: Merkur XR4Ti

2 months ago | caranddriver.com | John Phillips

From the March/April 2025 issue of Car and Driver. To our chaotic shores the Big Three have randomly imported Euro-spec cars. Apart from tear gas, little has more reliably induced regret and schadenfreude. Examples abound: (1) an Opel Astra sold here as a Saturn Astra, (2) an Opel Omega as a Cadillac Catera, (3) a Teutonic Ford Sierra as a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti.Importing the Ford required more balls than are weekly bounced by the Harlem Globetrotters.
Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse ready to tackle tough competition in Class 3A

2 months ago | triblive.com | John Phillips

The Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse team is facing some stiff competition in 2025. After competing in Class 2A, the Warriors moved up to the rugged Section 1 in Class 3A. In 2024, Penn-Trafford lost in the WPIAL class 2A semis and made the PIAA tournament. So far in 2025, the Warriors are off to a 2-3 start, giving third-year coach Rich Vislocky some optimism as the focus now centers on section play. “It’s going to be a challenge,” Vislocky said.
With talented core returning, Gateway looks like WPIAL boys tennis contender

2 months ago | triblive.com | John Phillips

When Gateway boys tennis coach Matt Stockunas talks about his path to becoming involved with the program, the story is a winding road with unexpected twists and turns. Stockunas enters his 29th year as a teacher at Gateway, his fourth year as member as a boys tennis program, starting off as an assistant, now entering his second season as the head coach. He said, like many in March of 2020, his path changed direction. ‘When covid hit, there was an opening and I jumped in,” Stockunas said.
Plenty of changes for A-K Valley softball teams ahead of 2025 season

2 months ago | triblive.com | John Phillips

Change is the theme for many of the Alle-Kiski Valley softball programs heading into the 2025 WPIAL season — changes in class, sections, head coaches and players. Freeport is among the teams bumping up in class to join Section 1-4A. Coach Ron DeJidas’s team brings zero seniors into the new season yet remains optimistic for improvement on a 11-7 record last year that ended with a trip to the WPIAL quarterfinals. “We have three good classes coming up,” DeJidas said. “We do the same thing each year.