McGowan: Women, Men, Soccer and Equality
by Richard McGowan Years ago, I asked my wife to watch a women’s basketball game at Butler. She declined the invitation even though the games were free to attend. I took my oldest son and several of his friends to the game. At the time, we held season tickets, for $500, to watch the Butler Read the full article…
The Outstater: Are We All Baltimoreans Now?
Are We all Baltimore Now? “Whew, Jesus. Oh, my God, you can smell the dead animals.” — Then-Mayor Catherine Pugh touring an east Baltimore neighborhood in September 2018 MY CITY, PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME in its history, is facing serious problems with orderly trash disposal, not comparable with Baltimore as yet but nonetheless alarming Read the full article…
Morris: Rethinking the Moon Landing
by Leo Morris I’m a little late in commenting on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, deliberately. I wanted to think about it a bit, see what I could find beyond my immediate, visceral reaction: It was the greatest achievement in human history, and I have trouble understanding people who won’t acknowledge that. I’ve Read the full article…
The Outstater
“I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country.” — Rep. Ilhan Omar quoted by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio ARE COLLEGE ‘EDUCATED’ PERSONS IMPORTANT? That is in scare quotes because the meaning is to be questioned here; Read the full article…
Penticuff: One-Party Rule
by David Penticuff Those of us with a conservative bent carried a vague image in the back of our minds of how sweet life might be with Republicans in power and able to do all they campaigned about doing. Common sense would mean something, trains and buses would run on time, divorce and child abuse Read the full article…
Morris: The Census Quandary
by Leo Morris The census-citizenship-question sideshow seems to have ended, and thank goodness. Now, we can concentrate on what is really important about our decennial body count. That’s not to say citizenship – particularly the illegal-immigrant component – is not an important issue. It is, but the federal government has ducked it for decades. If Read the full article…
