The Pennsylvania legislature’s motivation to remove Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner over policy and dissatisfaction with his election has been circling the drain. Undeterred by the lack of appetite from colleagues, and with no hope of actually removing Krasner from office, GOP House impeachment manager Rep. Craig Williams is seeking an appeal of ...
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Musings: UFOs, Roswell, Rendlesham and beyond
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on January 29th, 2023
As they used to say on the X-Files, “The truth is out there.” But what do we really know about the truth when it comes to UFOs, a.k.a UAPs or any other acronym related to ETs? For those not fully up to date on the official acronym list, UAP stands for "unidentified aerial phenomenon." For the record, I am not saying that intelligent extraterrestrial life exists. I ...
Musings: Bill of Rights Day
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 15th, 2022
On Dec 15, 1791, three-fourths of state legislatures ratified the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution — the Bill of Rights. And today is the anniversary of that ratification and is known as Bill of Rights Day. I sometimes wonder how many U.S. citizens know that, or even care about it. And when they do consider the Bill of Rights, most people tend to ...
Op/ed: The future of Chadds Ford’s gateway
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on November 29th, 2022
The time is now for the Chadds Ford community to come together and realize the long-shared vision of completing the loop road system that surrounds Routes 1 and 202. Population growth along this corridor has brought unprecedented traffic delays, accessibility issues, and safety concerns to an important gateway. As a property owner in Chadds Ford for more than 40 ...
Musings: Baseball and a BB gun
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 27th, 2022
I'm a Phillies fan; have been since I was about five years old. But my sports fan claim-to-fame is that the only time I ever had a season seat for anything was the year the Flyers won their first Stanley Cup. It was an awesome year, from the opening night win over the Toronto Maple Leafs to the 1-0 win over the Bruins that clinched the cup. Fans were so excited that ...
Letter: Williams un-American
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 25th, 2022
What makes us Americans? Is it freedom? Opportunity? Second chances and stories of redemption? Underdogs overcoming the odds? Apple pie? All the above, in my opinion. Only in America can we rise from the pits of the darkest struggles to beyond our wildest dreams. I know this firsthand, because it’s my own story; a story I have never hidden from the voters. It’s ...
Musings: Meandering memories
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 20th, 2022
It’s interesting how memories blend events in our minds and how intertwined those events are in our lives. Fifty years. October 1972. Specifically, Oct. 20, 1972. That’s the day I was promoted from staff sergeant to mister, the day I was separated from active duty in the Air Force. It was also the first time I heard of a guy named Joe Biden. It was a Friday and my ...
Crebilly Update
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 18th, 2022
Letter to editor, So ironic how timing is everything. The letter below was released exactly six years ago today, in Chadds Ford Live, October 18th, 2016. It was the very first piece I wrote and read to the Westtown Township Planning Commission, my first plea to pretty much anyone who would listen- stand up and fight for a better outcome for Crebilly Farm! Little ...
Letter: Support the victims
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 15th, 2022
You may have read about the recent not-guilty verdict in the WCU sexual assault case in Chester County. We are writing as this coverage, like most coverage of sexual assault cases, may have the unintended consequence of triggering victims/survivors of sexual violence. For those victims/survivors who have either faced the same outcome or decided not to pursue a ...
Op/Ed: Lafayette and America’s freedom bonded at Brandywine
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on August 31st, 2022
Some years after the Sept. 11, 1777, battle of Brandywine, written details of the fighting along the Brandywine River weren’t necessary as every reader knew the facts of the valiant American stand against the British army upon the fields of Birmingham Hill and Sandy Hallow. Sadly, few Americans today know the heroics that Gen. George Washington’s army performed ...
Musings: Not guilty
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on August 31st, 2022
This coming Monday is a significant day in history. Not because it’s Labor Day, but because Sept. 5 is Jury Rights Day. What few people realize is that jurors have the right to find a defendant not guilty even if the accused is guilty of the charges. And some of our constitutional guarantees — freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and press — are rooted in that ...