Keith Berner

LATEST ARTICLES ( 203 )

• 11.03.17 Amee Bearne for City Council, Ward 5

  Amee Bearne is the right candidate for Ward 5: Bearne gets implicitly the problem faced by the overwhelming majority of ward residents, who have never even... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 11.02.17 Incumbent Complacency in Ward 5: the Case Against Jarrett Smith

  SummaryWhile I was an adamant supporter of Jarrett Smith’s first campaign for Takoma Park City Council in 2012, I have become increasingly disillusioned. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 10.07.17 TkPk Ward 5 Candidates on Junction Development: Bearne Speaks Out; Smit...

  This week, I reached out to both Ward 5 candidates to get their views and to educate me on more the latest proposal from NDC (pdf). Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 09.14.17 Quick Endorsements for MD D20

  I am proud to endorse for reelection (primary election June 26, 2018): Senator Will Smith Delegate David Moon Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins The perfect newcomer... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 09.04.17 I’m 98% Anti Antifa

  I almost giggled the first few times I heard that right-wingers were using terms like “extremist left” and “alt-left.” Of course, it wasn’t just the people ever... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 08.20.17 Mike Miller Must Go (in Which the Maryland Senate Majority Leader...

  Thomas V. “Mike” Miller has been Maryland senate majority leader since 1987. Over 30 years, he has been proof positive that, while Maryland is deep blue, it is... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 08.13.17 American Depths (Charlottesville & North Korea)

  This has been one of the darker weeks in the American history of my lifetime. At least since last November, I have known consciously that the worst had not yet... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 08.12.17 Will Jawando Can’t Even Keep Track of What Office He’s Running For!

  

  Will Jawando, who has announced his candidacy for MoCo council at-large, is running his fourth campaign in three years (without ever having done anything for... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 08.12.17 Chris Van Hollen: Thy Name is Political Cowardice

  Sorry, Dear Reader, but I’m not about to let go of my outrage over Ben Cardin’s bill to criminalize free speech (S.270).I have now written three times to Senato... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 08.09.17 Roger Berliner is No Environmental Hero (plus: the Shame of Mike...

  On July 25, an email arrived in my inbox with the subject line: “Roger Berliner, the environmental leader you can trust.” It was signed “Mike Tidwell,... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 08.05.17 Twenty-twenty

  The New York Times reports today that the GOP presidential campaign for 2020 is heating up. This is another delightful indication of Trump’s spreading toxicity... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 08.03.17 Ben Cardin: Still Wrong; Chris Van Hollen: Still Silent

  Per my post a few of days ago, I wrote to Senator Ben Cardin (MD) in opposition to his bill criminalizing political speech he disagrees with. I heard back from... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 07.31.17 Democrats Seek to Criminalize Free Speech (with Friends Like Ben Cardin...

  Maryland Senator Ben Cardin introduced S.270, the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act” on March 23. It attracted little attention until the past couple of weeks.This blog... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 07.25.17 John McCain, American Hero?

  In one sense, the answer is an unimpeachable “yes!” Nothing can ever wipe away John McCain’s heroism in Vietnam. His courage and resistance under torture were... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 07.16.17 Not a Single Patriot

  I belong to a Facebook group for the summer camp I went to 47 years ago. (Damn, I’m old!) On July 4, this year, someone posted a request for people to share... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 07.10.17 MoCo Politics: Endorsing Elrich & Grimes, Plus Early Musings on the...

  

  Marc Elrich is running to be Montgomery County’s next executive to replace Ike Leggett. I have known Elrich since I moved to Maryland in 2000, as a friend,... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 07.02.17 Purity Or Victory: What’s a Progressive to Wish For?

  So much hand wringing in the Democratic Party, ever since Trump unexpectedly beat Hillary Clinton! The intensity of the anguish only increased after Democrat Jo... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 07.01.17 “Get off Facebook,” She Said (in Which a Young Fascist Declares FB’s...

  Facebook is a free-speech zone, for better or worse.I got under the skin of a bunch of people earlier this week, when I posted this on Facebook:I hereby declare... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.01.17 An Awful Day

  My stomach for reading the news has been getting queasier by the day over the past week. I already assumed — before Trump’s big speech last night — that I... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Slippery Hans Does It Again (re Fossil Fuel Divestment; and He’s Not the Only Ba...

  On February 6, I posted about the Montgomery County bill to divest from fossil fuels (#44-16). I forwarded that post to all nine of council members – for most o... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY