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In Maryland, Nobody's Happynew
Now that the General Assembly's special session is over, everyone's got something to be dissatisfied about.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-27-2007 |
Commentary
No Money, No Funnynew
If you can't muster up any sympathy for the Writers Guild, then perhaps you deserve to watch The Biggest Loser. There's your irony for you.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-20-2007 |
Movies
Courage, Reallynew
It would be nice to see this Congress buck the 28 percent president on something. It would really be nice if they did so regarding something important, like, say, war funding or perhaps even torture.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-13-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: mukasey
King Rudynew
Come the first few months of 2008, if you're an old-fashioned American progressive in need of entertainment, you won't be able to beat listening all over the country for heads exploding across the aisle any time Rudy Giuliani wins a Republican primary.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-06-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Rudy Giuliani
Alberto Gonzales: Toady No Morenew
Gonzales took a nation that used to wave its banner as a beacon of freedom, truth, and democracy and in a short time made it stand for torture, extraordinary rendition, Abu Ghraib, indefinite detentions, and the gulag of "black" CIA sites.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
09-04-2007 |
Commentary
America's Foreign Policy Fallacynew
For half a century, U.S. foreign policy has largely been like a large ship that makes few and slight course corrections -- in just six years, we've been thrown way off course, and the compass is spinning as a result.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-21-2007 |
Commentary
What Bush Didn't Saynew
The president offers sympathies and assistance to Minneapolis and calls on Congress to act before recess -- we fill in the gaps.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-14-2007 |
Commentary
General Malfeasancenew
The White House announced today that, as part of the duties of the commander in chief, President George W. Bush has allocated the U.S. postmaster general new duties in fighting the Global War on Terror.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
07-24-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
The Supreme Assholesnew
The angry white men -- plus one angry black man without a historical conscience -- on the Supreme Court are leading the whole country down the path of the angry assholes of the nation, back toward the past.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
07-10-2007 |
Commentary
The Commoners Have Arrivednew
The David Broders and the Richard Cohens of the mass media are dinosaurs, and they are starting to realize it -- the Third Estate is asleep no more.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
07-03-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
On GOP Vote Suppressionnew
It may be sad that the "white male Christian" establishment is so desperate to hold onto power that they will tilt the American justice system to meet their own ends -- but the good part is that in the end, the US attorneys scandal will likely put a nail in their coffin once and for all.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
06-26-2007 |
Commentary
On Presidential Focus Groupsnew
After two wars, the destruction of a major city, and the tripling of gas prices in six years, our electorate is judging presidential candidates like American Idol -- and it's not necessarily their fault.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
06-05-2007 |
Commentary
Whither Liars?new
One of the great mysteries about the mainstream press in the last six years is its seeming inability to use one particular word: "liar."
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-08-2007 |
Commentary
It Won't Be Long Before We Have Another Mass Shootingnew
And the same things will happen again: The pro-gun people will say "don't politicize a tragedy," there will be memorials and the president will fly in and say nice things without ever mentioning the word "guns," and things will continue the same way they always have.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-01-2007 |
Commentary
Why Did Gov. Ehrlich Change His Mind on Maryland's Voting Machines?new
Perhaps it's easier to claim "voter fraud" when nobody has confidence in the system in the first place.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
04-24-2007 |
Commentary
