This column appears in the September issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. 8:45 a.m. on a Saturday morning in the resort town of Ocean City. Not a fishing trip, not an early day at the beach or a time to sleep in after a late night...
Del. Lily Qi’s new memoir “Elected American: From Red China to Blue Maryland” is really two books in one. First, it is a recounting of growing up in Communist Shanghai and then, as an adult, the sometimes difficult adjustment to life and work in the U.S. Secondly, it...
A version of this column appears in the July issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties After 250 years, one historian found, that many of the empires of the past lasted about that long, generally starting small, expanding to great size...
This column appears in the July issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. In a private Catholic chapel at Doughoregan Manor in Ellicott City lies the body of Charles Carroll of Carrolton who died in 1832 at age 95. He was the last...
PRIMARY VOTERS GUIDE: The Local News Network at the University of Maryland sent a questionnaire to all 235 General Assembly candidates running in this year's primaries to get their views. The results are compiled below. Candidates who do not face a competitive primary...
Breaking his long silence about whom he would like to succeed him, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball gave a rousing endorsement to former Del. Vanessa Atterbeary Wednesday night, while attacking her two opponents as champions of division and obstruction on the...
This column runs in the June issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. “Signs don’t vote,” is an old saying in politics. The candidate with the most road signs doesn’t mean they have the most votes, but they sure help a candidate get...
Thousands of No King protesters on Saturday afternoon in Columbia’s Symphony Woods heard speeches and music before sign-waving along Little Patuxent Parkway in downtown Columbia. Here is an edited version of what Rep. Sarah Elfreth, a 37-year-old freshman...
The following column runs in the March issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Katie Fry Hester is a busy lady. Many Maryland legislators at this point in their 90-day session have very full days. Hester has an overflowing plate. The...
After Tuesday’s filing deadline, more than a third of the incumbents in the Maryland Senate are running for reelection unopposed. Seventeen of the 47 senators -- 15 Democrats and two Republicans -- currently have no opponent in either the primary or general election....
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