The defeat of Donald Trump last November allowed many of us to sigh a breath of relief, as we saw a light at the end of his racist, xenophobic, bigoted tunnel. The cruelty the Trump administration inflicted upon immigrant communities is a stain on America that those of us with compassion for other human beings never want to see again.
Unfortunately, there are folks here in Howard County who wish to see Trump's handiwork continue. Enter Lisa Kim and her petition seeking a ballot referendum ...
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Fact or Crap: Affordable Housing Edition
Disclaimer: it has become commonplace that whenever I correct misinformation regarding housing, affordable or otherwise, people demand to know if I have a financial stake in the development or real estate industry or other conflicts of interest. Let the record show that aside from owning a home in Howard County, I have no financial stake in real estate or development whatsoever. I simply believe in getting people housed, and I read a lot. So shut it.
A long time ago, a coworker of mine re...
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Power Plays and Penalty Kills
Everyone in my household plays ice hockey, except me. I spend a good bit of time cheering on the menfolk with frozen toes and chattering teeth, and I enjoy it.
In my relatively short career as a hockey mom, I've come to find that there's a lot about American youth sports that annoys me. It hasn't always been clear exactly what it is about it that irks me so much, but I realized recently that some of the same inequities and constructs I dislike about American K-12 education exist in youth s...
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Where Does the GOP Go From Here?
Well, I think we can dispense with the word "grand" now.
Perhaps I was being naïve when I watched the January 6 insurrection by Donald Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol on TV and thought certainly there would be resounding bipartisan condemnation and outrage at this horrific event. Surely, I thought, everyone sees that this has gone too far.
The days to come would prove me wrong.
In addition to being disheartened and angry at the GOP's gaslighting and excuse-making on the national ...
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Again: Do You See It?
This is a follow-up to yesterday's post about the parallels between the national and local political climates.
In one of the penultimate scenes from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker tells Obi-Wan Kenobi, "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy." Obi-Wan replies, "Only a Sith deals in absolutes."
Without getting into a philosophical debate about the fact that Obi-Wan's statement is itself an absolute, the takeaway from this exchange is that Obi-Wan recog...
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