Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Gunfight at the Abbottabad Compound
In the dark depths of a moonless night, at 1 a.m. Monday morning, Osama bin Laden, 54, the elusive leader of the global terrorist cabal al-Qaeda was brought to justice by an elite U.S. Special Forces team in Pakistan’s Abbottabad Valley.
Norman M. Covert
It is difficult to imagine that Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) facilities Services Division Director Ray Barnes can’t wring enough budget fluff from the $506 million operating budget to make simple repairs at schools like North Frederick and Emmitsburg Elementary or Frederick High School where health and safety is a genuine issue.
Tom McLaughlin
Kuching, Malaysian Borneo – Donald Trump, the current front runner for the Republican nomination according to this morning’s Borneo Post via theAssociated Press, has blasted Barack Obama for not doing enough to have China adjust its currency. According to him and many others, the president should continue to apply pressure on Beijing to make the Renminbi more expensive.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Baksheesh and bin Laden
Roy Meachum
The world almost universally praised Barack Obama for accomplishing the elimination of Osama bin Laden in a little more than two years, accomplishing a feat George W. Bush failed to pull off in eight years.
Farrell Keough
Let’s cut to the chase – the bill passed last month by our General Assembly, Public Institutions of Higher Education – Tuition Rates – Exemptions (SB 167/HB 460), not only contravenes federal law, but it harms all citizens in the State of Maryland – both personally and financially.
Earl 'Rocky' Mackintosh
"Heartless, inhumane, and cruel" are just a few of the words used to describe the Frederick Board of County Commissioners as they have come closer to finalizing the budget for fiscal year 2012.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Dumb Games
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
At the April 26 Board of County Commissioners work session, Board President Blaine Young and long-serving Commissioner David Gray got into a little manhood contest over the budget.
Steven R. Berryman
What do the “simple folk do,” as Robert Goulet and Richard Burton asked in the musical, “Camelot?” Seems that two-billion of us “commoners” happily basked in bloody old England’s glory days.
Michael Kurtianyk
So, at long last, President Barack Obama has released his birth certificate. Now will the “birthers” and “certers” please shut up?
Friday, April 29, 2011
The General Welfare
Roy Meachum
Government’s inner-workings have never caught my fancy, maybe because I’m an old-fashioned Democrat, following closely Thomas Paine’s wisdom: “That government is best which governs least.”
Joe Charlebois
For those who don’t believe the tentacles of our federal government are anti-capitalistic, you need look no further than the latest National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overreach.
Norman M. Covert
Brad W. Young says selection of Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) Superintendant-designate Dr. Theresa R. Alban is fulfillment of the campaign promises of Board of Education newbies, who were certain the education budget had met its match in their election.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Why We Need Government
Patricia A. Kelly
Easter weekend in downtown Frederick, in the most beautiful season of the year, left the city desecrated by trash.
Chris Cavey
In the world of politics, many people take the life around them for granted. Daily political play and expounding personal political theories become all consuming. Too many politicos only worry about the minutia of politics, power and money. They tend to forget the important foundations of our country – such as the freedom we enjoy.
Blaine R. Young
Do we need one person in charge – or not – when it comes to the executive functions of the county government, much like a president, a governor, or a mayor/burgess. Or do you want five people in charge? That’s the question.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Is Customer Service Declining Exponentially?
The decline of the quality of customer service has become such a trite, tired topic that it is almost unworthy of the time to write about it.
Tom McLaughlin
Kuching, Malaysian Borneo – It is incomprehensible to understand why someone would strap a bomb to their body and blow themselves to bits in the name of a religion and a god. It is also incomprehensible why someone would burn a religious book in Florida knowing it could endanger the lives of their countrymen overseas. They are the same people, just different places.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Mubarak’s Real Crime
Roy Meachum
A Cairo judge ordered the removal of Hosni Mubarak’s name and signs from all public places, including privately owned stores. Pharaoh Tutankhamun underwent the same treatment; he was murdered to boot, not unlike Anwar Sadat.
Shawn Burns
Attempts to entice the residents of Frederick County to change our form of government have failed to move voters at least four separate times in the last 45 years.
Nick Diaz
Finally, the long-expected letter arrived. The chairman of the Maryland Senate Executive Nominations Committee wrote that I will be reappointed to a second five-year term on the Board of Trustees at Frederick Community College. Gov. Martin O’Malley will be ratifying the appointment soon.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Secession: Frederick’s Burning Question
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
This coming weekend marks the 150th anniversary of a Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly. Events of 1861 presaged the great and climactic war that was to come, the war for the very heart and soul of our young nation.
Steven R. Berryman
My conspiracy theory includes billionaire manipulator George Soros holding a knife to the throat of FoxNews management’s throats; Glenn Beck has got to go, or else!
Michael Kurtianyk
I, for one, am eager to see Donald Trump run for president. He will be fodder for the nation’s comedians, and a great sporting match for the rest of us to watch.
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