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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

20070606 This week in The Tentacle


This week in The Tentacle

June 6th, 2007

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Tomorrow's Leaders Today

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Graduation season is upon us and this is the time many of us get some emersion exposure in the values and attitudes of our youngest generation, who are about to assume future leadership positions.

War and Peace

Patricia A. Kelly

I am tired of the talk about withdrawing from the Iraq War that associates withdrawal with failure to support the troops. The concepts are not synonymous! It would be possible to withdraw and support at the same time.


Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Soul of Confusion

Roy Meachum

Politicians' everyday job is fighting for the minds and votes of every man and woman. The smart ones stir up the usually sleeping electorate only when absolutely necessary. Our democracy functions with officials on the principle: you wanted the job, now do it, don't bother me.

Remembering Fathers

Farrell Keough

"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a 50 percent chance of being right." - Bill Cosby


Monday, June 4, 2007

The Big Race

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

The presidential race is heating up to match the weather outside. It's in the 90s, and the campaign rhetoric between the candidates is well over 100 degrees.


Friday, June 1, 2007

Once-Mayor Still Creates Rhubarbs

Roy Meachum

Frederick residents were wrong: Their 2005 votes against then-current mayor Jennifer Dougherty did not end her talent for creating rhubarbs. She's still at it. Jeff Holtzinger's veto of the Board of Aldermen's version of the budget simply proves the point.

Enforcement? Like the last 30 years?

Edward Lulie III

The rising tide for Democrats may have hit the high water mark. Their political fortunes are endangered by two things, the war in Iraq and the pending immigration bill.


Thursday, May 31, 2007

Aspersions v. Solutions

John W. Ashbury

If you recall, former Frederick City Mayor Jennifer Dougherty was among the first municipal leaders to lend her support to Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley in his successful bid to unseat incumbent Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. It may have been because she had learned so much from our new governor, fawning at his knee.

Time Is Running Out

Tony Soltero

There are few political issues as potent with the general public as gas prices. The issue hits everybody. Most of us drive at least a little bit, and thousands of Frederick County residents deal with long commutes to the employment hubs of the Baltimore-Washington metro areas.


Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The Elephant (or Donkey) in the room

Katie Nash

The move for charter government won't be stifled by bomb-throwers. Like every grassroots movement, there will be those who attempt to kill it before it reaches the public and for purely selfish reasons.

A Pain in the Gas

Kevin E. Dayhoff

With the Memorial Day weekend behind us, so begins the summer driving season. Increasingly a critical part of the summer getaway calculus is congested roadways and the cost of gasoline.


Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Not Just Another Memorial Day

Roy Meachum

Several years ago, while driving around England, I dropped in on the Winchester Cathedral. The stone knights rested peacefully under the vaulting ceiling. It was summer and in that part of the world the sun threatens never to set; the light lingers, giving the stained glass windows a peculiar hue.


Monday, May 28, 2007

The Silence of Joseph W. Blickenstaff

Kevin E. Dayhoff

For many people, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer. But hopefully you will take time out today to remember the greater meaning of Memorial Day - especially at a time when our great nation has more than 253,000 men and women in uniform deployed away from their families and loved ones - in nearly 80 countries oversees.

Failure to Communicate

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

The warden in Cool Hand Luke summed it up nicely when he said: "What we have here is - failure to communicate".

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