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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

The Green Party Struggles To Grow In Baltimorenew

Why are Maria Allwine and Bill Barry the only Baltimore Greens out on the stump this year?
Baltimore City Paper  |  Erin Sullivan  |  10-30-2007  |  Politics

Baltimore Gets The Mayor's Race It Deservesnew

Incumbent Sheila Dixon has quietly coasted along on a sea of money, avoiding confrontations with her opponents, and ignoring questions about her past ethical lapses.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Edward Ericson Jr.  |  09-11-2007  |  Politics

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

Baltimore Campaign Beat: Pounding the Pavementnew

Candidates for 13th District battle for visibility with voters.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Chris Landers  |  09-04-2007  |  Politics

Baltimore Campaign Beat: Multiple Personalitiesnew

A large crop of candidates fight for right to represent the city's 11th District.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Randy Leonard  |  08-28-2007  |  Politics

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

Baltimore Campaign Beat: 7th District Celebritiesnew

Familiar names challenge incumbent Belinda Conaway in council race.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Van Smith  |  08-21-2007  |  Politics

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

Nine Democrats Vie For 4th Baltimore District Seatnew

Ken Harris is vacating his seat in search of City Council President.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Anna Ditkoff  |  07-31-2007  |  Politics

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

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

Global Warming's Hot Airnew

What's galling to me is the exponentially larger number of people, often wealthy celebrities and politicians, who've jumped on global-warming bandwagon as a recreational activity.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Russ Smith  |  05-15-2007  |  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

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