This week in The TentacleWednesday, April 9, 2008
Wendi Peters – Mount Airy’s Steel Magnolia
Kevin E. Dayhoff
People were delighted to see former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., last Friday when he came to
Tom McLaughlin
I have trouble equating human life with money. It’s like combining an apple and an orange to make a new fruit. Shakespeare and algebra simply will not go together in a publishable book.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Bemoaning Rick Weldon's Farewell
Roy Meachum
The legislative process, state or federal, frequently invokes the image of grass growing; it is generally long and tedious, unmemorable. The real trick for a journalist comes from watching out for "moles," the bills that work slightly undercover, like the fuzzy critters.
How to Avoid Getting Run Over…
Farrell Keough
Sometimes you are the bug and sometimes you are the windshield. It seems that recently we taxpaying residents of
Monday, April 7, 2008
Steven R. Berryman
Enabling legislation passed by our Maryland General Assembly will allow
The Yin and the Yang of Annapolis
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
This place is really odd. There is just no more appropriate one-word definition. We begin our legislative session in middle of winter’s icy grip, and we end it in all of spring’s emerging glory.
Roy Meachum
Charlton Heston and I met a couple of times in
Friday, April 4, 2008
Roy Meachum
"Columning," as this racket is sometimes called, relies totally on other people's mistakes, usually politicians. They are naturals because they wield public power. And distribute the public purse.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Tony Soltero
Traffic congestion is an issue most of us can relate to, whatever our political leanings. A significant number of
Patricia A. Kelly
I just finished reviewing a recent speech by Newt Gingrich, a well known moral icon from government, who has been rewarded with lots of cushy commentator jobs for his incredible act of attempting to impeach a president while hiding his own very similar behavior.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The McCain Vice President Decision
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Speculation persists as to who presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain will choose as a running mate. This upcoming decision has sparked a growing debate among many political pundits for a number of reasons.
Tom McLaughlin
Where in the world are we going to put the chicken poop? That is the question most people on the Eastern Sore are asking. “Not in my back yard!” said the towns. “Not in my backyard” said the counties. Not on the fields said the wacko environmentalists.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Roy Meachum
Despite administration strategy to keep the war in
Derek Shackelford
So far this presidential election has developed many subplots. They – if we are not careful as voters – will take us away from the important issues that affect this nation.
Nick Diaz
What is happening to American institutions requires both art and science. From its churches to its educational system, from the government and political party system to the military, an invasive form of totalitarian groupthink has been artfully and successfully applied to those institutions.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Hang ‘Em High, Just Not in Maryland!
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
As the 2008 General Assembly session starts to wind down, the issues are easier to define. The big revenue shortfall is the 800-pound gorilla, but there a whole bushel of other topics that have garnered the attention of the press corps.
Steven R. Berryman
Survey says: You don’t want to hear it. The 4,000 war-attributed deaths in combat were reported as a “milestone” event last week in our Iraq War. Why did one have to turn to page A-3 in many papers to read the story? Strange, as we are told by President George W. Bush’s administration that this is the defining issue of our day, even in light of the “recession.”
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