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…2 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Jan 12, 2018----
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistRemember the wielder of the weapon, yes. But forget not the one who placed it in his hand.2 min read·Nov 10, 2017----
Steve AbramsinBack page columnistPresident Donald Trump: How and Why This Came to PassA History of the 2016 Presidential Campaign45 min read·Dec 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.6 min read·Feb 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…5 min read·Feb 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…8 min read·Jan 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…7 min read·Sep 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…3 min read·Sep 3, 2015----
