Steve AbramsinBack page columnist55 United: witness the power of the peopleBefore we turn our attention to the latest tawdry gossip surrounding the Trump reality show, causing news bulletins of substance to fade…Mar 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018
Steve AbramsinBack page columnist‘Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?’In the mid-19th century, over one million people fled Ireland, a dirt-poor, famine-stricken colonial outpost. Many of them landed here, in…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistRemember the wielder of the weapon, yes. But forget not the one who placed it in his hand.Nov 10, 2017Nov 10, 2017
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistPresident Donald Trump: How and Why This Came to PassA History of the 2016 Presidential CampaignDec 21, 2016Dec 21, 2016
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistAppoint someone now. But not for life.The time is ripe for a much needed and long overdue court reform. Let’s not have this chance pass us by.Feb 20, 2016Feb 20, 2016
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistLead in the Water102,000 people live in Flint, Michigan. Nearly 57% of the residents are black; over 40% of the populace lives below the poverty line. This…Feb 12, 2016Feb 12, 2016
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistOn the State of the UnionThis past summer, I did a brief stint canvassing for an environmental group. One evening, while doing my mostly futile rounds in the…Jan 22, 2016Jan 22, 2016
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistThese Debates are a Joke. Why am I Not Laughing?Three nights ago, eleven candidates for U.S. president took to a stage festooned with a decommissioned Air Force One, in an effort to…Sep 19, 2015Sep 19, 2015
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistFor PalmyraIn the sands of antiquity there is an oasis. Millennia ago, nurtured by this miracle, a trading town sprung up. Trade brought prosperity…Sep 3, 2015Sep 3, 2015