By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [January 9, 2019] Years ago Dr. Condoleezza Rice said something I never forgot. She said the “United States of America had made enormous progress in race relations, and it is still the best place on Earth to be a minority.” She is correct, of course, and I couldn’t have said it… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [November 7, 2018] “How many times did you vote today?,” so asked a young woman; dirty clothes, matted hair, and a smell of cheap booze on her breath. There I was in a ragged group of voters, having just finished my turn to punch the right shard and carry-out my civic… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [October 13, 2018] “Evil is not what leaders say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.” U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy said these words shortly before he was assassinated by a Palestinian immigrant in the politically-turbulent times of America in 1968. Hmmmm, yes … that is one way… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [June 17, 2018] Attention! Now, here this! I am issuing a challenge to any politician from any big city that wants to debate me in a mano-a-mano contest of wit and logic on any subject of their choosing … or even greased-pig wrestling in the mud if they so desire. My… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [May 23, 2018] Wanna have an injection of commonsense and a dose of reality; all in one? Well, you came to the right place because I’m the aggravated mastermind that is not just willing and able to do it but I have a size 12 boot that is good at motivating… Read More »
[March 17, 2018] Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Or, should I say “bah humbug”! Why? I’m back dear readers with some bad news. This being only a few days after the release of the City of Baltimore’s latest crime statistics, we can again say unequivocally that the murder rate and violent crime is on the upswing in this once… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [January 24, 2018] Alas, the City of Baltimore (my beloved town where I was born, raised, & still have family) is on a cultural slide toward failure of a magnitude not seen since towns ceased to exist in the Great Depression. Robberies, murder, rape, and a slew of crimes are on… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [September 19, 2017] In the small circle of government-inspired writers, it is exciting – in its own tortuous way – to know that that you’ve reached an apex of bloggership when theLeaderMaker.com website gives you a special moniker that looks like a cat (smart, sly, seductive) and allows any topic as… Read More »
[August 12, 2017] In 1776 General George Washington feared the superior British Navy might blockade New York City, isolating it from communications with other territory of the American Colonies. Yet when British General William Howe attacked and destroyed the Americans at Gowanus Pass in Brooklyn Heights, he failed to follow-up by storming the Patriot redoubts. This allowed the… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [May 4, 2017] Ahhhh … identity politics continues to be alive and well in the City of Baltimore – a place I described as “stuck on stupid” just a few months ago in June when city leaders were adopting policies that simultaneously drove up crime rates and effectively dismantled its police… Read More »