This week in The TentacleWednesday, November 21, 2007
General Assembly Journal Special Session 2007 Part -3
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
No amount of prognostication could have seen the mess that this special session became. Called by Gov. Martin O’Malley to address the structural deficit, we found ourselves in the midst of a political test of wills between the House and Senate.
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Happy Thanksgiving. We have so many things for which to be thankful. The first of which is our men and women in uniform who continue to perform admirably in difficult circumstances.
Tom McLaughlin
One of the hardest things during the Christmas season is deciding what to get the parents. I have just finished an article for the local
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
In a curious way Jennifer Dougherty's dive back into election campaigning may be related to the example set by James E. McClellan. The ex-mayor could have been inspired by
Farrell Keough
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, it is a time of reflection for us all. Family, friends, health, rights, and many other freedoms we enjoy and should be thankful to have in this most incredible of nations. Only because we were fortunate enough to have God’s blessing and be born in this country do we have the bounty of these privileges and the freedoms that accompany them.
Monday, November 19, 2007
John W. Ashbury
Recently in my “in” email basket appeared a missive asking me to financially support Dick Durbin, Democrat
Friday, November 16, 2007
Norman Mailer, Don't Rest in Peace – Part 2
No news was happening that Saturday, October 22, 1967. So I wandered away from the camera crew, looking for anything to add to the March on the Pentagon story. That's how I happened to be inside the building when the well-publicized face appeared between a pair of buttoned up suit jackets.
Injustice and Time for a Change
Edward Lulie III
Learning how to deal with adversity is one of the things that helps build character and it plays a huge role at times in the lives of football players, both in high school and in the National Football League as well.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Tony Soltero
What would happen if the National Football League did away with its referee corps? While some might find excitement in the idea of each team doing whatever it desires to defeat its opponent, it's obvious that the resulting avalanche of injuries, disputed play and game outcomes, and other forms of disorder would destroy the league's credibility and ultimately cost it revenues as fans switch to other, less chaotic forms of entertainment.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Frederick and The Geography of Nowhere
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The alarm has been sounded, “Starbucks is coming. Starbucks is coming.” No word yet as to whether or not a “coffee party” has been organized to dump coffee grounds into Carroll Creek.
Tom McLaughlin
Setting my brain from its usual position of reverse to forward, I elected to try to unravel the Nobel Prize in Economics. This was awarded to three Americans “for having laid the foundation of mechanism design theory.”
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Don't Rest in Peace, Norman Mailer Part 1
Serious literary authors and small-town journalists, we take care of our own. The death last week of Pulitzer Prize winning Norman Mailer earned lots of space, in national media as well as the local press.
Nick Diaz
I am a motorcyclist. For 37 of my 60 years I’ve been riding motorcycles. It all goes back to my youth in my native
Katie Nash
The past two weeks have involved a series of tax-raising schemes put forth by the O’Malley Administration and his minions. Unfortunately for taxpayers, there seems to be little resistance from moderate Democrats.
Monday, November 12, 2007
General Assembly Journal Special Session 2007 Part – 2
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
First, it was hailed as the most progressive re-write of a tax code in the nation. Liberal and progressive advocacy groups celebrated Gov. Martin O’Malley’s planned income tax revision as a just and responsible shift of the tax burden away from the working poor and onto the backs of the wealthy.
Tom McLaughlin
When it was announced that Ocean Downs raceway had been selected as a location for a slots parlor, local rich hotel-condo and real estate owners had an angina attack.
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