https://chestertownspy.org Nonpartisan and Education-based News for Chestertown Thu, 08 May 2025 15:34:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/08/from-and-fuller-the-gop-beautiful-megabill-and-joe-bidens-return/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/08/from-and-fuller-the-gop-beautiful-megabill-and-joe-bidens-return/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 15:33:35 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/08/from-and-fuller-the-gop-beautiful-megabill-and-bidens-return/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the House Republican mega bill, which Donald Trump has called a “Big Beautiful Bill,” and Speaker Johnson seeks to send to the Senate for approval by the […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/08/from-and-fuller-the-gop-beautiful-megabill-and-joe-bidens-return/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/06/publishers-note-introducing-the-maryland-caucus-podcast-with-len-foxwell-and-clayton-mitchell/ Tue, 06 May 2025 13:05:38 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=184024 Building on the success of our From & Fuller series with national political commentators Al From and Craig Fuller, the Spy is proud to launch an equally compelling new podcast: The Maryland Caucus. This series brings together two of the most experienced and respected voices in Maryland public life—Len Foxwell and Clayton A. Mitchell, Sr. Their […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/04/publisher-notes-spy-poetry-and-deidra-greenleaf-allan/ Sun, 04 May 2025 13:22:27 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/04/publisher-notes-spy-poetry-and-deidra-greenleaf-allan/ Since its inception, The Spy has proudly found room for poetry. With a publisher well-versed in the form as an undergraduate at Washington College, and a grandfather who published the Poetry Magazine back in the day, poetry and its singular gifts have been central to our mission and content since 2009. Over those years, we’ve been privileged […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/24/from-and-fuller-the-garcia-case-trump-blinking-and-democratic-road-to-recovery/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/24/from-and-fuller-the-garcia-case-trump-blinking-and-democratic-road-to-recovery/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:04:33 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/24/from-and-fuller-the-garcia-case-trump-blinking-and-democratic-road-to-recovery/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the Abrego Garcia case and its impact on America’s rule of law. Al and Craig also discuss President Trump’s tendency to back down on several of his […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/24/from-and-fuller-the-garcia-case-trump-blinking-and-democratic-road-to-recovery/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/17/from-and-fuller-what-does-a-constitutional-crisis-look-like-and-the-fate-of-federal-reserve-chair-powell/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/17/from-and-fuller-what-does-a-constitutional-crisis-look-like-and-the-fate-of-federal-reserve-chair-powell/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:31:08 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/17/from-and-fuller-what-does-a-constitutional-crisis-look-like-and-the-fate-of-federal-reserve-chair-powell/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the growing evidence that the United States is facing a significant constitutional crisis as the Trump Administration continues to defy court orders. Al and Craig also discuss […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/17/from-and-fuller-what-does-a-constitutional-crisis-look-like-and-the-fate-of-federal-reserve-chair-powell/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/10/from-and-fuller-the-trump-tariff-retreat-and-survival-outlook/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/10/from-and-fuller-the-trump-tariff-retreat-and-survival-outlook/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:34:33 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/10/from-and-fuller-the-trump-tariff-retreat-and-survival-outlook/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the dramatic reversal of most of his recently announced trade tariff policy in the face of a declining government bond market. Al and Craig also compare notes […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/10/from-and-fuller-the-trump-tariff-retreat-and-survival-outlook/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:56:28 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/ Working at the American Federation of Arts is just about as exciting as an art curator’s job can be curating international and American exhibitions, publishing catalogs, and related travel (while living in beautiful Talbot County). Bringing art to a wide public has been the AFA’s non-profit mission as the leader in traveling exhibitions internationally, since […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/05/beyond-cinderella-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks-by-anke-van-wagenberg/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/04/spy-concert-review-all-mozart-start-to-finish-by-steve-parks/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/04/spy-concert-review-all-mozart-start-to-finish-by-steve-parks/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:23:33 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/04/spy-concert-review-all-mozart-start-to-finish-by-steve-parks/ Although the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra’s all-Mozart concert series comprises only three works from his voluminous canon, the program spans all but the last three years of Mozart’s too-short life and brilliant career. Conducted by MSO music director Michael Repper, the opening night concert at the Easton Church of God starts at the beginning, 1764, with […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/04/spy-concert-review-all-mozart-start-to-finish-by-steve-parks/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/03/from-and-fuller-trump-liberation-day-and-wisconsin-election-results/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/03/from-and-fuller-trump-liberation-day-and-wisconsin-election-results/#respond Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:36:20 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/03/from-and-fuller-trump-liberation-day-and-wisconsin-election-results/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” plans to impose an international 10% tariff on all imported goods coming into the United States and more punitive […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/03/from-and-fuller-trump-liberation-day-and-wisconsin-election-results/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/27/from-and-fuller-what-does-the-signal-chat-signal-for-team-trump/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/27/from-and-fuller-what-does-the-signal-chat-signal-for-team-trump/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:11:01 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/27/from-and-fuller-what-does-the-signal-chat-signal-for-team-trump/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the political impact on the Trump Administration and international relations after disclosing a Signal instant messaging chat with the Secretary of Defense and other high-ranking officials on […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/27/from-and-fuller-what-does-the-signal-chat-signal-for-team-trump/feed/ 2 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/20/from-and-fuller-are-the-courts-strong-enough-to-push-back-trump-and-the-end-of-jfk-conspiracies/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/20/from-and-fuller-are-the-courts-strong-enough-to-push-back-trump-and-the-end-of-jfk-conspiracies/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:05:18 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/20/from-and-fuller-are-the-courts-strong-enough-to-push-back-trump-and-the-end-of-jfk-conspiracies/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller assess whether or not the judicial branch of the Federal government is strong enough to repel a Trump DOGE takeover. Al and Craig also discuss the future of […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/20/from-and-fuller-are-the-courts-strong-enough-to-push-back-trump-and-the-end-of-jfk-conspiracies/feed/ 3 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/15/spy-theater-review-never-the-sinner-leopold-and-loeb-by-steve-parks/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/15/spy-theater-review-never-the-sinner-leopold-and-loeb-by-steve-parks/#respond Sat, 15 Mar 2025 14:07:00 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/15/spy-theater-review-never-the-sinner-leopold-and-loeb-by-steve-parks/ If a whodunnit is your murder-mystery cup of tea, “Never the Sinner” may not be up your alley. But if the psychology of a pair or murderous lovers who kill a teenage boy just for the thrill of it – for sport if you will – will always beg the question: “Why?” The senseless murder […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/15/spy-theater-review-never-the-sinner-leopold-and-loeb-by-steve-parks/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/13/from-and-fuller-the-politics-of-a-government-shutdown-and-trade-war-impact/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/13/from-and-fuller-the-politics-of-a-government-shutdown-and-trade-war-impact/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:10:14 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/13/from-and-fuller-the-politics-of-a-government-shutdown-and-trade-war-impact/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the politics surrounding a possible government shutdown if Senate Democrats do not support the Republican-led House funding bill by Friday. Both Al and Craig also talk about […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/13/from-and-fuller-the-politics-of-a-government-shutdown-and-trade-war-impact/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/from-and-fuller-ukraine-meets-trump-2-0-and-reviewing-the-state-of-the-union/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/from-and-fuller-ukraine-meets-trump-2-0-and-reviewing-the-state-of-the-union/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:20:33 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/from-and-fuller-ukraine-meets-trump-2-0-and-reviewing-the-state-of-the-union/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine and the United States’ position to NATO.  Al and Craig also review President Trump’s first State of the Union address on […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/from-and-fuller-ukraine-meets-trump-2-0-and-reviewing-the-state-of-the-union/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/27/from-and-fuller-the-state-of-resistance-is-washington-the-new-moscow/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/27/from-and-fuller-the-state-of-resistance-is-washington-the-new-moscow/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:07:12 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/27/from-and-fuller-the-state-of-resistance-is-washington-the-new-moscow/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the muted resistance in Washington as the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency  (DOGE) make sweeping policy changes in the federal government. This video podcast […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/27/from-and-fuller-the-state-of-resistance-is-washington-the-new-moscow/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/20/from-and-fuller-a-trump-honeymoon-without-checks-and-balances/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/20/from-and-fuller-a-trump-honeymoon-without-checks-and-balances/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:41:36 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/20/from-and-fuller-a-trump-honeymoon-without-checks-and-balances/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the radical policy changes the new Trump administration made in its first three weeks in office and the disappearance of the traditional checks and balances that once […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/20/from-and-fuller-a-trump-honeymoon-without-checks-and-balances/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/from-and-fuller-the-real-impact-of-doge/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/from-and-fuller-the-real-impact-of-doge/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:47:55 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/from-and-fuller-the-real-impact-of-doge/ Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the political and financial impact of the Trump Administration’s use of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by billionaire Elon Musk. This video podcast […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/from-and-fuller-the-real-impact-of-doge/feed/ 2 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/06/from-and-fuller-trump-gazaland-and-the-muse-doge-peeks-into-federal-payment-systems/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/06/from-and-fuller-trump-gazaland-and-the-muse-doge-peeks-into-federal-payment-systems/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:59:23 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=182324 Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss President Trump’s idea of having the United States take over the Gaza Strip and develop the region for waterfront development. Is this a strategy of distraction? Al […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/06/from-and-fuller-trump-gazaland-and-the-muse-doge-peeks-into-federal-payment-systems/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/30/from-and-fuller-trump-chaos-and-rfk-jr-confusion/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/30/from-and-fuller-trump-chaos-and-rfk-jr-confusion/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:53:53 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=182164 Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the return of Donald Trump’s brand of chaos with the most recent example of the administration putting on hold on federal grants and loans only to rescind […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/30/from-and-fuller-trump-chaos-and-rfk-jr-confusion/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/29/have-another-by-roger-vaughan/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/29/have-another-by-roger-vaughan/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:15:53 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=182135 The surgeon general cautioned the public that even light or moderate drinking is harmful. New York Times 1-3-25 There have been a lot of scary headlines recently. The US has resigned from the Paris Agreements, a coalition of countries that promotes cohesive efforts to suppress climate chaos. Sixteen hundred convicted January 6 insurrectionists have been […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/29/have-another-by-roger-vaughan/feed/ 1