Steve Charing OUTspoken

By Steve Charing When compared to previous ballot initiatives in the U.S. that amended state constitutions by limiting marriages to a man an...

By Steve Charing As the clouds were building on a mild Saturday afternoon of November 15, so were the crowds. People arrived from all direct...

By Steve Charing Outfitted in a sharply pressed dark suit and flashing a megawatt smile that illuminated his square jaw, former Sergeant Dar...

Obama’s majestic triumph tempered by heartbreaking Election Day setbacks to gays and lesbians By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Nove...

During this campaign, I never thought I'd find anyone as obnoxious as John McCain. Then came $150,000 you-betcha Barbie with her Joe Six...

As Joe Biden loves to say about John McCain, "God love him, but...." I say the say the same thing about Joe the VP Candidate. I lo...

Fivethirtyeight.com reported today that two pro-Obama men were surrounded by a mob of McCain supporters after they chanted "Obama"...

On Meet the Press , John McCain could have taken the high road on race relations, but failed. There are no more big play opportunities left ...

Letter published in the Nov. 2, 2008 issue of TIME magazine Joe Klein would like Obama to tell the truth to the American people regarding t...

The Republican strategist Brad Blakeman provided another glimpse of the "heart" of the McCain campaign and by extension his party ...

From my friend David Burgy , a junior at Swarthmore College. Read his excellent essay here .

By Steve Charing During every presidential election cycle we’re told that the current one is the most important election in our lifetime. An...

Letter published in the Oct. 15, 2008 Howard County Times Once again we are reading that political signs are being vandalized or removed fro...

BRADLEY EFFECT? Nah. At this point in time during a national election it makes absolutely no sense for a McCain supporter to lie to pollste...

Less than a month to go to the election and John McCain is throwing caution to the wind and is beginning an all-out assault on the "cha...

Why should the "bar" for a would-be vice-president be set low? We're talking about the 2nd highest office in the country. Nine...

It's inconceivable to say this: Gov. Palin, you're making George W. Bush look good.

Rep. Barney Frank said it best: "It's the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys." John McCain'...

Letter sent to the Baltimore Sun That Ron Smith still wonders why the media would want to learn about Gov. Sarah Palin while, in his view, t...

Palin’s church may think that’s possible, but there are better things to pray for By Steve Charing When I first heard a representative from ...

The Democrats are fretting about the phenomenon called "Palinmania" because the last two weeks have focused on this neophyte and s...

In endorsing McCain-Palin, the Log Cabin Republicans blew an opportunity By Steve Charing In 2004 the Log Cabin Republicans—the largest Repu...

For the first time in its history, the Columbia-Howard County chapter of PFLAG —Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays—launched ...

Just as the Republicans have fenced off John McCain by demanding he be free from political attack because of his POW experience 40 years ago...

The prevailing mood concerning the pregnancy of Bristol Palin is that this is a private matter and should not be politicized. Senator Barack...

In his cynical ploy to woo disgruntled Hillary Clinton voters and at the same time shore up the recalcitrant extreme right edge of the Repub...