Opinion

What about the Lesser Known Political Offices?
Opinion

What about the Lesser Known Political Offices?

OPINION It is Monday evening as I am writing this piece. It’s the Monday before the Tuesday General Election in Maryland. With the resurrection of the Guilford Gazette back in February of this year, we […]

Patuxent River (Stock Photo)
Opinion

Patuxent: Should We Set a Watchdog, Then Muzzle It?

OPINION The Patuxent River is the longest and largest river in Maryland, flowing 115 miles through 7 counties and supporting 600,000 people before it reaches the Chesapeake Bay. It originates in Howard County, along with […]

Massachusetts State House, representing one of several states that now mandate that out-of-state businesses collect and remit sales taxes. (Stock Photo)
Opinion

Surplus Money Should be Used to Repair Infrastructure

OPINION Barry Rascovar is a regionally syndicated, independent columnist who specializes in covering state government and politics Oct. 9, 2018 –At the moment, Maryland is sitting on a $503 million surplus from the last fiscal […]

Jealous Missed Nixon Lesson
Opinion

Jealous Missed Nixon Lesson

OPINION Sept. 26, 2018–Democratic nominee Ben Jealous committed a terrible faux pas in Maryland’s only gubernatorial debate of the year: He ignored the lesson of Richard Nixon’s monumental error in the first-ever 1960 presidential debate. […]

Water escaping to the Patuxent Branch Trail from the Guilford Self Storage construction site. (Photo by Wayne Davis)
Opinion

Flooding Is Not Just a Factor in Old Ellicott City

OPINION The title #WeFloodToo first came to mind as I sat in the County Council meeting at which the one year building moratorium for Ellicott City was being discussed. (The #MeToo movement was still having […]

Opinion

Ben Jealous Can Learn Lessons from Florida

Sept. 7, 2018 –If Ben Jealous is regarded as a longshot to become governor of Maryland, Andrew Gillum’s chances to win the governorship of Florida looked like a moonshot — until he pulled off a […]