Category: Commentary
Opinion: Maryland’s Confederate state song must go
The legislature has another chance to repeal Maryland’s Confederate state song “Maryland, My Maryland” this session. It must take action to finally stop honoring the Lost Cause and send a strong message that all are welcome in Maryland.
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COVID-19 took my mother and left me with enduring intense emotional pain
Our parents have been there since the moment we were born and even though, intellectually, we know they will relinquish life someday, how do we imagine something that has always been there, suddenly being gone?
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McGrath Case: Stop the finger-pointing and address the systemic problem
I met Mr. McGrath a few times. The only lasting impression he made was one of constantly scanning the room to see if there was someone more important with whom he should be speaking.
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Congress must act now to save small businesses like mine
Last Thursday, I had the honor to testify in front of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. My message to the committee was simple: time is running out for small businesses like mine. Unless Congress acts immediately to provide emergency relief, Main Streets across America — including in my county of Prince George’s — might as well hang up giant “Out of Business” signs come January.
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Opinion: Maryland legislators should not raise advertising costs for business
By Rebecca Snyder, Matthew McDemott and Lisa Reynolds Businesses across Maryland are struggling to...
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Remembering Ron Smith: Baltimore and America’s best talk show host ever
I was reminded some days ago by the inestimable June Smith that on December 19 it will have been 9...
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Opinion: Discrimination against conservatives ignored in higher education generally and at Towson University specifically
Supreme Court Justice Alito in his warning that in academia there is a level of intolerance that leads to “harassment and intolerance [of law school students] if they say anything that departs from the law school orthodoxy” is equally true of conservative faculty and students at public colleges and universities throughout the United States, as well as my own Towson University.
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WBAL TV’s empty mayoral debate: Fiddling while Baltimore burns/Bob Wallace responds
“Fatherlessness as a major contributing factor to poverty, crime and education underachievement...
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Advancing energy innovation as an economic development strategy for Maryland
By I. Katherine Magruder Executive Director, Maryland Clean Energy Center Maryland is home to...
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Remembering the Communists First Communion from the pope
This media credential was for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Baltimore that happened 25 years ago last week. Perhaps I missed any coverage of this anniversary.
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Maryland Racing Industry at Crossroads
Total wagering on the rescheduled, closed-door Preakness Stakes program at Pimlico last Saturday was down nearly 50% from its 2019 renewal, a pandemic-impacted decline similar to that experienced at the Kentucky Derby, which was moved from May to September.
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Support systems are needed to mitigate mental health consequences to combat Covid-19
In addition to managing the acute symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the medical community has another reason to worry about, which is the virus’ detrimental effects on organs besides the lungs.
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