Category: Commentary

WES MOORE JUST CAN’T HELP HIMSELF — BUT IS HE HELPING MARYLAND?

At an event to highlight the rebirth of Pimlico Racetrack, Governor Moore just could not help himself. I suspect he feels that the Governor of California was out “trumping” him, so he went into his best anti-Trump rant as reported in Maryland Matters: “If you are not willing to be part of the solution, keep our names out of your mouth,” Moore said, eliciting cheers from the crowd. “Specifically, Donald Trump, if you are not willing to walk our communities, keep our name out of your mouth.” 

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The Crooked Lines of Political Chutzpah

Chutzpah is a Yiddish term meaning audacity, nerve, or bold confidence, often with a connotation of brazenness or cheekiness. It can describe someone acting with shameless boldness, sometimes admirable for its courage, other times criticized for crossing ethical lines.

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Lab Space Glut, Leadership Void: Montgomery County’s Economic Malaise

Recently, the state lost a $50 billion opportunity to woo a major drug manufacturer to our shores. Wes Moore was asleep at the switch. In 2025, HHS grants to the state for health-related programs are estimated to be $11.6B — not bad, but Virginia scored $50 billion just by out-hustling the Moore administration. Now enter Montgomery County with its lackluster Executive and Council is whining about an ever-increasing issue … excess biolab space to the tune of over .5 million square feet and going up. Montgomery County and the state of Maryland continue to lose to surrounding jurisdictions when it comes to attracting new business to the state and the county.

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Maryland Gerrymandering Again

As the first to challenge Maryland’s congressional district apportionment for the 2010 decade, I was heartened two days later (July 22) when House of Delegates Majority Leader, Del. David H. Moon (D-Montgomery Co.), announced his plan to draft legislation that would automatically redistrict Maryland if other states engage in out-of-cycle redrawing of congressional districts.

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If Montgomery County Really Wanted Affordable Housing, It Would Open Up the Agricultural Reserve

If the Council were serious—dead serious—about making housing in Montgomery County more affordable, they wouldn’t be rearranging duplexes in Silver Spring. The Council would instead be ready to touch Montgomery County’s holiest of sacred cows, the Agricultural Reserve. There’s something weirdly poetic about the fact that you can’t afford to live in Montgomery County because know-it-all progressives decided horse farms were more important than people.

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A Right Worth Defending: What Enshrining Citizenship in Maryland Could Mean

As federal agencies roll back protections for immigrants and the Supreme Court threatens access to birthright citizenship, Maryland lawmakers face growing pressure to assert the state’s commitment to inclusion. One proposed response is a constitutional provision that would affirm that all persons born in Maryland are Marylanders, entitled to full protection under state law.

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