Baltimore’s Mayor and Maryland’s Governor have taken steps to de-escalate potential violence over Confederate monuments and both should be praised for their leadership. We’re living in a particularly stupid time. Bored teenagers, pink-haired communists, and...
The cliche is that when your only tool is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. This cliche is just as true in politics as it would be in construction. Enter the...
It takes an Olympian-level of mental gymnastics to get yourself into the convoluted position where some members of the Baltimore City Council find themselves today. The leftward-edge of the Council, many of whom came into...
It’s an easy refrain: if it weren’t for the judges giving light sentences, criminals would be behind bars and the community would be safer. It even seems to comport with the evidence. When we pull...
Hand-holding and hashtags aren’t going to make anyone safer. Feigned outrage doesn’t stop bullets. Saying “please” doesn’t change the mind of criminals.Remember: talk is cheap. Virtue signaling has become the easiest way to do nothing....
Here are the four things you need to know before your coffee gets cold, the March 27, 2017 edition: Healthcareless Politics On Friday, Republican leadership admitted defeat (for now) on making changes to Obamacare....
There are a lot of times when my writing on this site and in politics will be at-odds with the positions taken by the Editorial Board of the Baltimore Sun. I also have some concerns...
Baltimore City is barreling forward with an economically disastrous plan to hike its minimum wage independently of the rest of the State. Spearheaded by the rhetoric of the “Fight for $15,” rather than sound policy,...
Here are the four things you need to know before your coffee gets cold, the March 7, 2017 edition: Obamacare Lite? The long wait for a look at the House GOP’s Obamacare replacement package...
Here are the four things you need to know before your coffee gets cold, the February 8, 2017 edition: The Ninth Circuit A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San...