Keith Berner

LATEST ARTICLES ( 203 )

• 03.19.16 Protect Environmentalism: Stop Amendments to the Pollinator Protection...

  This is a guest post by Michael Tabor, a Takoma Park community activist and farmer.On March 9, 2016 the Maryland Senate passed SB 198 (known as the Pollinator... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.16.16 Chris Matthews’s Unethical Fundraising for Kathleen Matthews (and...

  It’s astounding how low the two moneybags candidates in the MD-8 congressional race will go. Today, we take a look at Kathleen Matthews, whose famous husband... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.15.16 David Trone Calls Jamie Raskin ‘a Polarizing Figure from the Left.’

  Some folks don’t like my “inflammatory” blog-post headlines. Just to be clear: the headline of this blog post comes directly from the Washington Post. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.13.16 The Democratic Race

  I have written about my values agreement with Bernie Sanders. I certainly haven’t been shy about calling out the Clintons, based on policy (Wall St. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.12.16 A Decade in the Life of Raskin, Matthews & Trone (MD-8)

  Here’s how three of the leading candidates for Congress from our district have spent the last decade:Jamie Raskin Led a progressive wave that swept aside... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.06.16 Undeserving Candidates in MD-8

  I have to thank Jonathan Shurberg at Maryland Scramble for serving once again as a perfect foil. Today, he writes about Jamie Raskin’s fabulous “Because”... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.05.16 Responsibility to Protect: A Moral Dilemma in the Middle East (2nd Try)

  apologies if you are receiving this a second time – when I posted it yesterday, WordPress didn’t seem to send it out by email to subscribers, so I’m trying... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.05.16 Responsibility to Protect: a Moral Dilemma in the Middle East

  I just finished watching “The Square,” a moving documentary about the brief rise and harsh fall of the Egyptian revolution, 2011-13. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.02.16 Trone’s Open-bar Bribery for Young Voters

  Liquor salesman, David Trone continues his ugly campaign tactics with an open-bar event for young professionals tomorrow in Bethesda. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.02.16 Like Bob McDonnell and Donald Trump? You’ll Love David Trone!

  The Seventh State blog reports today that David Trone is poster child #1 in Bob McDonnell’s corruption trial. (In case you’ve forgotten, McDonnell is the... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 03.01.16 Jamie Raskin: Because

  

  This is one of the best political ads I’ve ever seen. The contrast between this impassioned, smart, and compassionate man and the the empty bags of money who ar... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.21.16 BREAKING NEWS: WaPo is a Right-wing Rag

  The fact that the Washington Post’s editorials are right wing does not, in itself, make the newspaper a rag. And, to be fair, this supposed bastion of the... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.20.16 The Best Things About Jeb!’s Departure

  A lot of very wealthy people wasted millions of dollars on a horrificly incompetent campaign. Paul Wolfowitz, the major architect of the Iraq War and a top... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.18.16 Is It Fair to Call out Matthews and Trone? (MD-8 Congressional Race)

  Local blogger (and former candidate for MD-20 state delegate) Jonathan Shurberg has been defending MD-8 congressional candidates Kathleen Matthews and David... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.11.16 Doug Duncan: an Albatross Around Kathleen Matthews’s Neck

  Remember MoCo’s own Prince of Pavement? Well Doug Duncan is back, this time endorsing Kathleen Matthews for Congress from MD-8. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.10.16 Trone Campaign Mail: Send It Back Postage Due!

  As David Trone pours his obnoxious millions into the MD-8 congressional race, there’s one way we can fight back: send his reply envelopes back to him without... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.09.16 The Big Dawg Escapes the Doghouse and Loses His Muzzle

  I wrote yesterday about the New York Times lead story, where supposed feminists told young women they were going to hell or accused them of chasing young... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.07.16 “Feminist Icons” Attack Young Women Because They Think for Themselves

  The lead story in today’s electronic edition of the New York Times, is headlined “Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright Scold Young Women Backing Bernie... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.06.16 Birds of a Feather: Matthews & Trone Don’t Even Vote (MD-8)

  Kathleen Matthews and David Trone each skipped two of the last three primary elections.* Skipped. I don’t mean they forgot to run for office. No. They didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.03.16 David Trone Introduces Dirty Tricks to MD-8 Congressional Campaign

  Well, it didn’t take long for big-money wine dealer David Trone to bring the worst of politics-as-usual to the important race to succeed Chris Van Hollen as... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY