I’ve avoided bringing local politics into Northeast Reader (a separate project may soon fill that void) but this topic has national implications and segues into something much broader. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is finishing out his second and final term. He’s been very popular throughout most of his tenure and currently ranks as third most […]

When I was coming of age in the 70s, a Soviet dissident, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn gained hard earned notoriety as a contemporary prophet after surviving some of the worst of his country’s oppression under communism. His enormous story, ‘Gulag Archipelago’ was published in 1973. A shorter more readable rendition, ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan […]

With the imminent purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, I’m finally in, cautiously. Originally, I stayed out because of its reputation as a snake pit. Ain’t no time for that. Over the years, I choose to at least selectively engage with the perimeter of some progressives on other social media even though my message is […]

The following is either pure speculation or what I see with mine-own two eyes in the news feeds. Putin appears to be a dead man walking and may not be with us much longer. The past few days, film clips show Putin enduring what seems like serious health symptoms that some experts believe is Parkinson’s […]

Maybe you’ve noticed that former President, Barack Obama, has been in the news lately. He was recently invited to the White House for the first time since his departure in 2016, whereupon he attracted all of the in-house attention ogling over him, literally leaving Biden alone wandering in circles wondering why nobody wanted to talk […]

We, society, have inconsistent views on aging and how we treat elders regarding their choice to work or not. Depending on the circumstance, a worker or family member may start to receive serious ‘old’ treatment as early as 55 years of age. To almost everyone trying to make a career change, if you’re older than […]