It “ended my career and put my family through Hell, but it was a mistake that I made.” – Paul Schurick at his sentencing, 2/16/12. The “it” Mr. Schurick is referring to is that infamous, racist, makes-no-sense RoboCall he authorized on behalf of former Maryland Governor Bobby...

Sanitarium: An establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness. It’s got to be his collection of rockin’ sweater vests. The damned things must get a certain sector of the GOP all excited and ready to rock into the voting booth or head off to...

Here’s something a little bit different for y’all. Three items, some snark resulting in a combo of me being mildly humorous and a little less than forgiving: 1) Martin “Asks”… This has been getting to me since “he” first asked “it.” The “he” in this case is...

Maybe it’s my past as political operative of a somewhat dark nature that compels me to write this piece. Or, maybe it’s because I simply love pointing out some of the nastier things – politically speaking, and no matter how idiotic they may be – that I come across. Hell, more than...

Every now and again I get asked why – WHY?! – I still write about former MD Governor Bobby Leroy Ehrlich. How bitter am I, the follow-up question inevitably comes, that I must keep pounding on him? Well, the answer’s simple: Bobby makes it way too easy to write about him. Hell, at times...

Well, I can stop looking for Tiger Lilly because I fully realize now that I’m not Peter Pan. And I never was. I know this because Peter Pan died on January 8th 2012. Or rather, my brother, John Christopher Steffen died on that day at the age of 49. And the real shame of it was that John and...

I’m not sure how many of you caught this little gem from a week ago today… “I think He (God) showed me about the next president, but I’m not supposed to talk about that so I’ll leave you in the dark — probably just as well — but I think I know who...

If I may, in addition to chuckling over the fact that the “Andy Harris and the Drunken Intern” story is “all the buzz” at the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) meeting in Cambridge, I’d like to take this opportunity to give thanks where thanks is due, as well as set a...

As much as I was never a fan of Vernon Wormer, the crotchety Dean of Faber College in the comedy classic, Animal House, Maryland’s 1st District rookie Congressman Andy Harris – the poster boy for social conservatives – could take a lesson from him. I say this because at least Dean...

And so this is Christmas? And what have you done? Come on, you know how the rest of how John Lennon’s song goes… Another year over, and a new one just begun! And, so Happy Christmas…! I don’t know about you, but I’ve done a lot this year – and have had one hell of a lot happen –...

Ron Paul is going to win Iowa. That is becoming more evident every day. What’s not quite so evident is that, when all is said and done, it may not even be that close.  Consider that the most recent Insider Advantage poll (from 12/19) has Paul at 24 percent – a full 6 points higher...

Well, I get the feeling Paul Schurick, the author of the infamous, racist, “The Schurick Doctrine,” is going to find it a little difficult to “relax” these days. I say this in the wake of the jury’s decision today finding Schurick – the 2010 campaign manager for former governor...