Food historians tell us that jellied cranberry sauce, holding the shape of the can it came in, first became available in 1941, a gift to the nation from Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. of Hanson, Mass. So it figures that, within the next decade, someone would invent the Cranberry Set: a silver-plated dish on glass, with … Continue reading The perfect vessel for your cranberry log
The origins of the Christmas story in ‘Baltimore, You Have No Idea’
A long time ago, when I read The Boston Globe every day, there was a reporter-turned-columnist named Jeremiah V. Murphy. He was an engaging writer. I remember a specific column he wrote about divorced fathers separated from their kids during the holidays. The sentiments expressed in the column were deeply empathetic, and the whole idea … Continue reading The origins of the Christmas story in ‘Baltimore, You Have No Idea’
Robert Frost and Climate Change: ‘Who do we think we are?’
After discovering a Robert Frost poem from 1921, "On a Tree Fallen Across A Road," it struck me that the poet probably never heard much about climate change. Respecting or fearing the tempest is as old as the human race. But nature forever altered and angered by an industrialized human race -- what we call … Continue reading Robert Frost and Climate Change: ‘Who do we think we are?’
A tragic disregard for the next generation
So, it looks like Robert Bly, author of “The Sibling Society,” was right about where the country had landed in the 1990s — an adolescent society in which there are no real grownups, and where, in classic adolescent behavior, a majority of of-age adults care little about the little ones coming up behind them. Bly feared that America … Continue reading A tragic disregard for the next generation
Why Congressional Republicans do not deserve your vote
Here we have the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Trump stooge, saying that, if Republicans get control of Congress again, they will try to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act, a widely-popular law pushed by the Biden administration to give the nation’s chip manufacturing and semiconductor industries a boost. It’s one of the … Continue reading Why Congressional Republicans do not deserve your vote
Remembering Elijah: “We are so much better than this!”
In my column in today's Baltimore Sun, I invoked the late Baltimore congressman, Elijah Cummings, and what he so often said: "We are better than this!" I hear his voice during this election, time and again, and especially after reading reports about Trump's rally over the weekend at Madison Square Garden -- the vile remarks … Continue reading Remembering Elijah: “We are so much better than this!”
Former Baltimore Councilman Lists 21 Reasons to Vote Against the Harborplace Proposal, Question F
This arrived from Jody Landers, former Baltimore City Councilman, former HARBEL executive director, former executive vice-president of the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors and longtime active citizen.
Super Mario at the intersection of tech, the arts and entrepreneurship. “Let’s make a show!”
Last I checked, Mario "Super Mario" Armstrong was the go-to guy for advice on everything tech and a champion of careers in the digital universe. Now, as I report in my weekend Sun column, he’s on a very different mission, an effort to revive and champion the creative class, the one most threatened by technology, … Continue reading Super Mario at the intersection of tech, the arts and entrepreneurship. “Let’s make a show!”
Trump, the laziest president ever, calls Harris lazy; that takes nerve, and the usual racism
News report from the Associated Press, Oct. 23: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unleashed a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina. GUEST COMMENTARY FROM BUSH HOG JAMES, from Arizona: … Continue reading Trump, the laziest president ever, calls Harris lazy; that takes nerve, and the usual racism
October Surprise: General John Kelly sings the nightingale’s song on Trump
John F. Kelly, the former Marine general who was Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, has given the closing argument on the 2024 presidential election: A vote for Trump is a vote for a man who rejects constitutional democracy for dictatorship. The last straw, said Kelly, was Trump’s recent raising of the prospect that he would … Continue reading October Surprise: General John Kelly sings the nightingale’s song on Trump
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