Zimmerman, Egypt, and Water Bills: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

We’re coming into one of the worst times of the year for news junkies and political watchers. We’re just a few weeks away from congress’ annual August recess when nothing at all happens in Washington. That’s not to say that anything has been happening in Washington with congress there. The House Republicans are still gripped […]

Ice in the Urinals

Welp, it’s Summer. It’s the Summerest part of Summer; Fourth of July week. It’s hot. Everything in the world is sticky and stinky and miserable and disgusting. It rains every day now for some stupid reason and then the sun heats up the rain in the ground and you can’t breathe and everyone gets steamed […]

Privacy Scmivacy: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

Two weeks ago in this space we opined that the current crop of Washington scandals isn’t really so scandalous. And judging by the amount of coverage that they’re getting in the press this week, we were right. The AP, Benghazi, the IRS, these are all now officially old news. They’ve become something that, if it’s […]

The Scandal, My Friend, is Blowin’ in the Wind: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

So, your Chop might just be the only person in America who is of this opinion, but if you ask us there aren’t any serious scandals going on in Washington right now. Sure, there are “scandals” but they really amount to little more than business as usual. We fail to see how Benghazi, the IRS […]

Our Picks for Baltimore Beer Week 2012

On Tuesday in this space we publicly proclaimed our love of Fall. But there’s a whole lot more to love about Autumn than just stylish scarves- namely Baltimore Beer Week. Yes Choppers, the fourth annual Baltimore Beer Week begins today with the ceremonial tapping of the first firkin using the fabled Star Spangled Banger. The […]