Category Archives: Politics

A Hackney Cab Ride through The Corporation of The City of Baltimore: 1834

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Mark Charney

With free blacks and slaves sharing the streets alongside merchant bankers, shopkeepers, artisans, seaman, and an influx of immigrant labor, antebellum Baltimore City in the early 1830s was growing fast. Irish and German emigrants often booked passage with Baltimore as … Continue reading →

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Pidgins Take Flight: Campaign against Plain Language

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Mark Charney

The British Empire has been decaying for decades, but in 1979, English woman Chrissie Maher attempted to rally the troops and lead a resurgence. In that year, Maher stood in London’s Parliament Square and shredded hundreds of public documents in … Continue reading →

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A Guiding Light for Baltimore

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Mark Charney

Anyone who has followed the news in Baltimore this year knows that we have been a city in turmoil. After the death of Freddie Gray, allegedly at the hands of several of our city’s police officers, Baltimore experienced terrible riots. … Continue reading →

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O’Malley’s Green Energy Grid Could Soon Be Trumped

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Mark Charney

I am all for electing Maryland’s former Governor Martin O’Malley the 45th president of these United States, not because I align myself with his political party, but mostly because I believe in good old-fashioned nepotism, and I’m convinced that his … Continue reading →

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