Keith Berner

LATEST ARTICLES ( 203 )

• 05.28.14 Marc Elrich Has Friends Everywhere (but Wait: There’s Irony)

  

  Just look at these endorsements (from marcelrich.com):        With the Washington Post added yesterday, Marc Elrich has support across the pro-business,... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.27.14 Meet Beth Daly – At-Large County Council Candidate – June 1

  We are excited to be hosting county council at-large candidate Beth Daly at our house on Sunday, June 1, 5-7pm, with special guest, County Councilman Marc... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.27.14 Just How Empty is Anthony Brown’s Campaign?

  It is so empty that his first big mailer (that I have received, anyway), says nothing at all Brown. It is one giant attack on Doug Gansler. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.24.14 Apologies to Will Jawando

  I guess this is Will Jawando week at Left-Hand View. After my harsh criticism of him in three posts, Jawando dropped me a note asking if we could meet... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.20.14 Thank You, Will Jawando

  

  The number of people reading this blog has been climbing steadily recently — apparently my truth-telling about the upcoming primary election in Montgomery Count... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.18.14 Going Rove in D20

  Karl Rove has been in the news this past week bashing Hilary Clinton for being old and brain damaged (in between chants of  “Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi!”). Ho... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05-17-14 [revised] MD D20: What’s He Thinking? Jawando Goes After Hixson.

  this post replaces a version I published earlier this evening – this revision is not of the substance, but rather of the formWill Jawando is a candidate for... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.17.14 MD D20: Is Will Jawando Stupid? (We Already Knew He Was Unqualified.)

  Will Jawando is a candidate for one of three delegate seats in Maryland’s District 20.We already know that Will Jawando is the ideal Valerie Ervin candidate:... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.12.14 In Which an Elder Statesman Disagrees with Yours Truly Re Hucker

  Friend, neighbor, and decades-long progressive activist Mike Tabor, has a thing or two to say about Tom Hucker and my view of Tom Hucker. Mike’s points are at... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.11.14 Don’t Carry Assad’s Water

  An old friend of mine (call him “Joe”) withholds a small part of his federal income taxes every year to protest various US policies and writes an annual letter... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.05.14 Riemer Stoops to Name Calling (and Then Hides It)

  

  This past weekend, Hans Riemer decided to jump on David Lublin’s bandwagon in attacking Progressive Neighbors for no valid reason. Then he hid the evidence. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.04.14 Beth Daly: The Real Deal for MoCo County Council at Large

  I had been hearing good things about Beth Daly for a while. Last week, I got to see her in action at a “meet ‘n’ greet” in Silver Spring. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 05.03.14 MoCo District 5 Endorsement

  The District 5 race for Montgomery County Council makes me very sad: two very decent and qualified candidates have had all the oxygen sucked out of the race by... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 04.28.14 FCC Plans on Net Neutrality Threaten Democracy

  This past week, the FCC’s decision to utterly destroy so-called “net neutrality” has been in the news. Under the new proposal, the FCC will allow the... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 04.27.14 Seventh State Blog Takes Cheap Shots at Progressive Neighbors

  I began following Maryland Politics Watch (MPW) in 2009. What I found there was unmatched coverage of the state political scene, great statistical analysis,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 04.20.14 Politics: Ends and Means

  I have been a political activist in one form or another since I was a child. Until I moved to Takoma Park, Maryland in 2000, my involvement was at a remove. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 04.19.14 “This Thing is Working” (or, Why You Need to Write a Check to the...

  President Obama was spot on when he said this week that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is working. Eight-million enrolled. Thirty-five percent of them under 35... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 02.02.14 SodaStream: The Shame of Scarlett Johansson

  For those who have been asleep the past week, this is about that popular at-home beverage maker SodaStream, which happens to be manufactured on land Israel stol... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 01.21.14 When Does Campaign Outreach Become Harassment?

  Heather Mizeur’s campaign for Maryland governor has been calling me about once a week now for a couple of months. I’m not sure whether they’re calling for... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 12.15.13 Hans Riemer: Embellishments and Lies

  Montgomery County Councilman Hans Riemer (At-Large) has been embellishing his record ever since he declared for council in 2006 (before the paint was dry in... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY