When George Washington defeated General Cornwallis at Yorktown, the American Revolution effectively was over, and we are told that a band played a song called The World Turned Upside Down. I get that same feeling, that the world is upside down, whenever I contemplate doings in such leftist bastions as the City of Baltimore. You see, in the leftist world, facts don’t matter and the truth is whatever they tell you it is. Very clean, very simple, and fundamentally illogical. That put me in mind of Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland 150 years ago. That supposed nonsense story has been reprinted many times and immortalized in numerous films. What does Alice in Wonderland have to do with life in 2015? Well, Lewis Carroll’s fantasy world is alive and well in Baltimore. Then again, maybe not “well.” Lewis Carroll defined logic in a manner that would do American leftists proud, “If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.” Simple right? I’m talking about the Baltimore Mayor’s recent decision to fire the Police Commissioner. Let’s recap. In late April, there was an unpleasantness in Baltimore after a man died in police custody. This unpleasantness is commonly referred to as rioting and looting. It also involves theft, arson and occasional aggravated assault, but leftists don’t like to be bothered by the facts. Now, it seems that some people in Baltimore were unhappy with the police department, which had this unfortunate habit of arresting people who committed crimes. They expressed their displeasure by assaulting cops and generally setting the City on fire. Baltimore’s Mayor, a true visionary, was quick to announce that provisions would be made for those who chose to destroy the City. In other words, we have to give the looters and arsonists a chance to loot and burn; the First Amendment don’t you know. But there was a problem. Apparently, following the riots, there has been an unacceptable increase in homicides in Baltimore. Of course, this presumes that there is some acceptable number of killings, but no matter. The Mayor threw the police department under the bus in April. She didn’t want the police to arrest criminals at that time. Then, crime went up, so in July, she has fired the Police Commissioner due to an increase in violence. To quote Lewis Carroll, “It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change.” It doesn’t, because, you see, “We’re all mad here.” In Baltimore, picture the Mayor as the Queen of Hearts. She immediately found the police guilty. “Sentence first – verdict afterwards.” And then, “off with his head.” So, let’s review, the police were wrong to arrest people for committing crimes. The police were wrong for opposing the Mayor’s decision to permit people to commit crimes in April and May. But, because this decision led to an increase in violence, which the police did not prevent, the Police Commissioner must go. “Curiouser and curiouser.” At least Alice only went down a rabbit hole. Baltimore is going down a rat hole, and common sense has ceased to exist. “I have an excellent idea, lets change the subject.”