Michael Davis, a former Evening Sun and Sun colleague, wrote in response to my Substack post on J.D. Vance's demonization of the homeless of Washington, D.C. A Baltimore rabbi and friend once told me that the homeless present a "moral stoplight." When you are in their presence, he said, you need to stop and acknowledge … Continue reading The ‘moral stoplight’ that Trump and Vance blow through
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!”
Dan Rodricks 