Evening Sun Newsboys Band: Century-old Tragedy Reminds Reporter of the Fragility of Life
BALTIMORE — There are a lot of important things a young fellow never thinks about during his formative years. Little
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Commentary
Doubling Down on Snail Rail
Light rail is a proven loser that the state has just doubled down on. It is going to take an hour to go from Security Blvd to Johns Hopkins Hospital and like the current line rail, few people will ride it because it is too slow and scary. People on the East and West side deserve the same mass transit service as those fortunate residents serviced by the subway.
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AN OPEN LETTER: To Our Talented, Soulful, Progressive Celebrities
We Are the World. The Concert for Bangladesh. Farm Aid, “Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City,” the creative community supporting victims of Hurricane Katrina etc. etc….. So many artists have come together in the far and recent past to alleviate suffering and speak out at times of crisis and pain.
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Missing the Point – Sorry, Joe, but it’s time to say “Good-Biden”
Whether it is physically true or not, a significant majority of Democratic and independent voters have concluded that Joe Biden is no longer qualified to be President – and will be less and less so during a second term if he is re-elected.
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African Americans Should Proudly Support the Keep Nine Amendment to Protect the Integrity of the Supreme Court
Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, has contributed to the tragic loss of millions of innocent lives, disproportionately affecting communities of color. I firmly believe that abortion should have been struck down long ago, recognizing it as a form of genocide that disproportionately targets Black lives.
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Write in a Name on Election Day; Biden and Trump are a Threat to National Security
On voting day, I will write in a name, maybe Taylor Swift. I suggest you all write in one, too.
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Reactions to the Next Presidential Debate Between Biden and Trump
Finally, the second nail in Biden’s political coffin has been driven in by former and future President Donald Trump. Everything went Trump’s way tonight except that the ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis were more open about their opposition to the former president. When they cut him off, it seemed to be with prurient delight and with reminders that he needed to “answer the questions asked.”
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The Master of Fakeness: How Higher Education Exploits Students to Bring in Cash Flow
One of the best things I wrote was my master’s thesis on D.H. Lawrence back in 2000. While writing and revising it, I almost gave up. That was the point, though. The whole point of mastering something is to prove that you are good at it, right? And this is where the MFA or MA in creative writing is a total fake. Such has been allowed by our accreditation agencies, but that is a whole other story.
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Happy Birthday To Us
The 4th of July is upon us. My family celebrates four holidays every year: Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and July 4th.
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Disaster in Presidential Debate and the Remaining Hope for the Democrats
Using reluctant testimony as the key to credibility, as we often do in political rhetoric, Democrats across the country, including journalists at CNN, are already saying that Joe had a horrible night. No one defended his performance post-debate, although several television liberal pundits claimed that Trump was irresponsible and less than punctilious with the truth.
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