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Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
At the Edge of the Cliff
Kevin E. Dayhoff
At the dawn of this New Year, many expected much more in the way of fireworks from the current 427th session of the Maryland General Assembly. It is an election year and the state is entering another fiscal year of huge budget deficits.

A Royal Home?
Tom McLaughlin
Sambas, Borneo Island, Indonesia – Sambas is a magical place where my wife’s family originated. The prospect of finding sultans, rajahs, palace intrigues and family connections sent us on a journey of a butt-numbing, 15-hour bus ride.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Vanished Snow
Roy Meachum
The snow finally vanished from my patio. It took seemingly weeks and weeks to be gone. For much of the past winter, as I remember now, Pushkin could not get enough purchase with a foot to bound into the usual area, in the farther corner, where he did his “business.” It felt like forever since the paving blocks and asphalt had last appeared in plain sight.

Life’s Successes
Nick Diaz
To educate children and adolescents, good schools know that they must also spend time educating parents. When parents are not on the same page with educators, children move through the conflicts of misaligned home and school life, receiving opposite messages rather than similarly focused ones from both sides. Accordingly, here are some observations that parents and educators can contemplate together.

Monday, March 15, 2010
Safety First
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
It started the way these things usually do. While working on a vehicle in an alley, a resident noted heat and smoke coming from a garage behind their home. A small fire quickly consumed the combustible material that had been collected over many decades and spread throughout the old buildings. The fire engulfed three separate garages initially, but very quickly spread to all six garage buildings in the row.

Campaign Diary – Discussing the Issues
Michael Kurtianyk
Monday, March 8 – One of the great things about filing and being a candidate is that you get to meet some great people along the way. Today was no exception. My first meeting this morning was with someone who is active in the development community. We discussed how growth affects the local economy, and what is currently in the pipeline regarding residential and commercial growth.

Friday, March 12, 2010
The Young Man
Joe Charlebois
There once was a young man making his way in the world who was blessed by God with intelligence, strength and ingenuity.

Gino Barone
Roy Meachum
The story told after the last great mob riots in Washington was that Gino Barone had the single white face that could walk unscathed through the arsonists and looters. The occasion for the riot was the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ivins Minus the Technicolor
Norman M. Covert
Many scientific and lay persons express dismay at the Department of Justice’s Amerithrax report. It begs belief of its conclusions despite a host of miscalculations, far-fetched circumstantial evidence and omission of some mitigating facts. This creative assessment of evidentiary material lacks Hollywood’s blandishments, but not the creativity.

Thursday, March 11, 2010
Strip Bare – Without The Tease
Joan McIntyre
I am sick and tired of writing articles on Waste – Solid or otherwise – and the Frederick County Board of Education – waste, solid or otherwise. If they gave out Oscars for whining, this school board would win hands down.

Pulling Up by the Bootstraps…
Chris Cavey
A couple of days ago as I thundered around the Baltimore Beltway at 11:15 P.M. heading for home, my mind wandered into calculating the political miles logged on my road warrior of a car. Even though the math problem helped keep me alert, the results were surprising.

To Arm or Disarm – Part 3
Farrell Keough
Yesterday we discussed the Respondent’s (the lawyer supporting the Chicago position) current 2nd Amendment case before the Supreme Court of the United States – McDonald v. City of Chicago.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Problem with “Antique Furniture”…
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Many Marylanders were beside themselves with premature irrational exuberance at the rumor – which briefly circulated last month – that U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D., MD) would finally retire.

To Arm or Disarm – Part 2
Farrell Keough
Yesterday we discussed some of the background of the current 2nd Amendment case before the Supreme Court of the United States – McDonald v. City of Chicago.

Bargaining for an old al Koran
Tom McLaughlin
Pontianak, Borneo Island, Indonesia – Pontianak translates to vampire or ghost in Indonesian. According to local lore, the Sultan of Sambas was riding a horse through his kingdom and saw a lady with a hole in her back. This was at the time the area was a snake infested lowland swamp, like Washington is today. He then named the area for vampires.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Iraq Votes
Roy Meachum
The world was warned that results of the Sunday Iraq elections will be along when they’ll be along: in days or in weeks; the way things go in that part of the world. Everything, they believe, depends on the One God, a literal translation of Allah.

To Arm or Disarm…
Farrell Keough
There is a new argument before the Supreme Court of the United States – McDonald v. City of Chicago. The arguments hinge on keeping the status quo versus integrating an “innovative” approach which could have far reaching effects on both state and national laws.

Monday, March 8, 2010
Campaign Diary – Swearing In
Michael Kurtianyk
Wednesday, March 3 – I had the good fortune of being in Winchester Hall for the swearing-in ceremony of Blaine Young as commissioner for Frederick County. I sat next to my friend Jay Geiser, the owner of Doc Geiser’s Carryout and Catering. The room was packed, and I understand that there were even more people in an overflow room, watching the ceremony on television monitors.

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