News-Letter

Like many others, I have watched the city of Baltimore go through a transition period, from decaying urban center to a city that shows signs of totally giving up. Staunch Baltimore Defenders, I feel your blood pressure rising, but I will defer to a paraphrasing of John Updike: "The true Baltimorean who defends his city, has got to be, in some sense, kidding.… Post the First Comment

In a class earlier this week, we watched a video in which the speaker went through a long list of problems plaguing the modern world. To me, the single most noteworthy aspect of the list was that not a single item on it applied to the United States. This realization, coupled with the approach of Thanksgiving, leads me to think about how lucky we are to live in a nation like this.… 3 Comments