Charlie Levine, Author at JMORE

Stop Kvetching, Start Voting

by Charlie Levine | Oct 23, 2018 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Last June on the day of the primary elections, I pulled up my car to park at the school where I have been voting for many years. If it weren’t for the campaign signs dotting the landscape and lining the street curbs, I would’ve thought I had the wrong date. The...

A Teachable Moment About Compromise

by Charlie Levine | Oct 16, 2017 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Compromise: a middle state between conflicting opinions or actions reached by mutual concession or modification. As most of us eagerly waited to see how our national anthem “issues” played out recently before the NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and the...

Violence Should Play No Role in Sports

by Charlie Levine | Oct 1, 2017 | Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

During a recent Major League Baseball game, five players, both managers and a bench coach were thrown out for fighting. Throughout the game, there were three bench-clearing confrontations as both teams charged out of their dugouts to spar with each other. Pitchers on...

Both Sides of the Fence on Immigration

by Charlie Levine | Aug 29, 2017 | Blogs, Opinion

Immigration — I’m on both sides of the fence. How about you? Yes, both sides. We should allow all law-abiding undocumented immigrants to stay in America and not worry about being extradited. And we need the wall to be built. Immigration is a major issue facing our...

Creating the Ultimate Political Party

by Charlie Levine | Jul 24, 2017 | Blogs, Opinion

Dear National Politicians, Hope all’s well with you. As I recently listened to patriotic music on the Fourth of July and watched fireworks illuminate the night sky, it occurred to me what our patriots and Founding Fathers were fighting for — self-rule, independence...