This week in The Tentacle
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Frederick and The Geography of Nowhere
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.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Veterans Day: “The Wall” at 25
This year Veterans Day is also the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in
Friday, November 9, 2007
"Fair Lady" and "The Scourge of God"
Lisa O’Hare stars as Eliza Doolittle with Christopher Cazenove as Professor Henry Higgins in the
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Chris Cavey
Dear Governor O’Malley, The Guinness Book of World Records lists Teflon as the slipperiest substance on Earth. In a few short months
Russian Glimpses – Part 3 – St. Petersburg
Patricia A. Kelly
(Editor's Note: Columnist Kelly recently toured
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Last Friday, the House Environmental Matters Committee in the Maryland General Assembly held a hearing on House Bill 23, the “Maryland Green Fund.”
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Farrell Keough
Of late, I have gotten responses to my columns that fall into two camps; some have told me they were a nice, condensed view of facts surrounding issues and others have said I need to lighten up and write to a lower level of education. While I appreciate receiving input, (good or bad) it is this latter perspective I would like to tackle.
War without heroes and villains
Most Americans prefer personalized war. They need heroes to admire; but most of all they want villains to hate. Hitler was a perfect example. He was a demon long before the
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