Members of the Baltimore Sun Guild rallied Wednesday in downtown Baltimore, outside the Sun newsroom, for a fair contract and an end to the substandard, non-Guild work that is now regularly filling our newspaper’s pages. Here are my remarks at the rally, followed by links to two news stories about our fight. There is also … Continue reading Sun reporters need Sun readers’ support
Totally unexpected: Tarpon in the Chesapeake Bay
My latest column (here's a gift link) describes things we didn't expect to see or things we didn't see coming, and tarpon in the Chesapeake Bay is one of them. Several tarpon have been spotted this month in the Bay. Tarpon are large, silvery fish associated with tropical waters; they are popular targets for sport … Continue reading Totally unexpected: Tarpon in the Chesapeake Bay
Trump’s worsening condition in plain sight
Trump is well beyond the point of just being a crude loudmouth or vulgar bigot. There’s something much more profound going on.
Like steamed crabs? Like crab cakes? Better eat a blue catfish now and then.
One more follow-up to my Friday column on invasive fish species: Marylanders and Virginians can do their part to support the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay by eating blue catfish. There are too many of them in Chesapeake waters and they eat a lot of blue crabs. Here is some information I gathered … Continue reading Like steamed crabs? Like crab cakes? Better eat a blue catfish now and then.
An ‘immense protein factory,’ but 340 kinds of fish? I had no idea.
My Baltimore Sun ancestor, H.L. Mencken, called the Chesapeake Bay the “immense protein factory,” but I’ll bet he did not know how many types of fish are found in the massive estuary. I had no idea, either, until the other day when I came across these numbers from the fisheries division of the National Oceanic … Continue reading An ‘immense protein factory,’ but 340 kinds of fish? I had no idea.
Biden won
While Trump continues to lie about how bad things are -- he often describes the country as a fetid hellhole of mass unemployment, hyperinflation and out-of-control crime -- Joe Biden continues to put up winning numbers in the real world. In case you missed Friday's news: WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy accelerated last quarter … Continue reading Biden won
Age-old question: Where they gonna park?
Father and son Maniscalco The comedian Sebastian Maniscalco grew up in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles from downtown Chicago. He tells a lot of funny stories about his Italian-American family. When Maniscalco reported the exciting news that he was going to have a big Chicago show at the United Center, his dad’s immediate response was, … Continue reading Age-old question: Where they gonna park?
J.D. Vance’s racist cat whistle
J.D. Vance’s creepy complaint about “childless cat ladies” being a problem for the country places him on the racist continuum in direct line with Patrick Buchanan, who made white Republicans fear becoming a racial minority. I see the line clearly: Buchanan, who ran in Republican primaries for president in the mid-1990s, warned against the coming … Continue reading J.D. Vance’s racist cat whistle
Nostalgia: Republicans who were environmentalists
My column of July 25 is about Bob Cassilly (right), the Republican executive in Harford County, Maryland, and his successful effort to stop Godzilla-size warehouses in his suburban Baltimore county along Interstate 95. The real environmentalists in the county -- the men and women who have been trying to protect and preserve Perryman Peninsula and … Continue reading Nostalgia: Republicans who were environmentalists
The Trump assassination attempt: No evidence the shooter was on a political mission
I don't suppose J.D. Vance or any of the other MAGA Republicans who accused President Biden of inciting violence against Trump will apologize. So far, according to published reports, federal investigators have found no evidence that the 20-year-old man/boy who tried to kill Trump was driven by political ideology. So far, the only thing that … Continue reading The Trump assassination attempt: No evidence the shooter was on a political mission
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