On the corner of Lombard and Gay streets in downtown Baltimore, sandwiched between the touristy glitz of the Inner Harbor and the corridor of fleshy iniquities that is The Block, sits the Baltimore Holocaust Memorial. Every day, tens of thousands… Read More ›
Democratic Party
Stronger Together? Hillary & The Democrats Think So
For as long as I can remember, the Republican Party has always laid claim to the mantel of being the party of morality and that vast assortment of social mores that constitute “traditional American values.” To be sure, they weren’t… Read More ›
Canned Heat: How Pro Wrestling Can Shed Light On Hillary’s Campaign Woes
Hillary Clinton is Roman Reigns. Now, I would hope that, for the select few of you who are reading this who are both political junkies and pro wrestling fans, a lightbulb brighter than the Ultimate Warrior’s fluorescent face paint just… Read More ›
It’s Not Always Greener On The Other Side: Jill Stein & The Fight For Third Party Relevance in 2016
If there is truth in the old saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, it may be fast approaching the time that progressives in the United States need to file a… Read More ›
Edward W. Brooke & The Importance of Moderate Republicans in American Politics
Given the frenetic and bloody start this new year has taken with the Charlie Hebdo killings, the Boko Haram massacre of thousands of innocent civilians in northeastern Nigeria and the row over the murders of two NYPD officers, even the… Read More ›
Requiem for a Democratic Dream
Don’t talk to me about American Dreams when you know I don’t sleep. Don’t fill my middle class mind with middle class lies and promise me middle class jobs that have moved away and will never return. Sew your star-spangled… Read More ›
Computers For Elephants
Since the ignominious departure of George W. Bush in 2008, the Republican Party has taken on the look of recently divorced man thrust back into the dating scene after a decade long hiatus. The Grand Old Party has lost whatever… Read More ›
House GOP to America: “La-La-La-La…Can’t Hear You!”
So, this is the Democrat’s idea of protecting the Middle Class in America? After a year and a half of political gamesmanship, we have a plan formulated by a Democratic-led Senate to raise tax rates on individuals making more than… Read More ›
Go Too Far to the Right and a Home Run Becomes a Foul Ball
There’s a scene about halfway the movie Pleasantville where William H. Macy comes stumbling into the local bowling alley soaking wet, shell-shocked and sporting a thousand mile stare that’s a few shades shy of catatonic. All of the other guys… Read More ›
Uncle Joe’s Finest Hour and a Half
Four years ago, I had no idea what he was thinking. After going through maybe the toughest primary fight in the history of the Democratic Party, then-Senator Barack Obama had in his pool of vanquished opponents an embarrassment of riches… Read More ›