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Thursday, January 10, 2008

20080109 This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

The Special Session Lawsuit

Kevin E. Dayhoff

The 425th session of the Maryland General Assembly begins today. Hopefully, the first order of business for that august body will be to re-visit and fix all the problems created during the special taxing session last November.

Of course, the big unknown, as this column is being written, is what Carroll County Circuit Court Judge Thomas F. Stansfield will decide in the Michael D Smigiel, Sr., et al. v Peter Franchot, et al. case, which seeks to invalidate the legislation passed in the 22-day special session that ended November 19.

Read the entire column: The Special Session Lawsuit


“The Worst of Times”

Tom McLaughlin

Let’s start the New Year again. Roll back the clock to December 31 and kiss one another at the stroke of midnight.


Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The Obama Factor

Roy Meachum

One-time Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton goes into today's New Hampshire primary a surprising underdog.


Understanding Middle School Math

Nick Diaz

The job of the typical middle and high school mathematics teacher is a challenging one, as evidenced by the kinds of questions and statements made by students, parents, and school administrators; these are the people who comprise our “constituency”, if I may.


Monday, January 7, 2008

Presidential Wannabes – The GOP Field

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

Since offering unwanted advice to national presidential candidates seems to be the new media cottage industry, here’s my attempt to play with the big boys.


Friday, January 4, 2008

Mayor Jeff's Furies

Roy Meachum

For an affable, generally diffident guy, Jeff Holtzinger managed quickly to attract the Furies, what the ancient Greeks called the Eumenides. The critters pursued and presumably drove to madness those who had offended the gods.


Thursday, January 3, 2008

Predictions!!!!!

John W. Ashbury

Every year newspapers and magazines, both printed and electronic, offer their forecasts for the future. So, why should The Tentacle be any different? Here is what we see on our own crystal ball.


Costly Government and Arrogance

Chris Cavey

In 1870 Lord Acton wrote these three famous phrases about papal infallibility: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad.” Today Lord Acton’s dictum describes the manhandling of the Maryland General Assembly by a single political party in control.


Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Spiro Agnew: Patron Saint of Alaska

Kevin E. Dayhoff

I was treated to a white Christmas last week. It snowed everyday the entire week I stayed at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, which is incidentally the same hotel where the patron saint of Alaska, Maryland’s own Spiro Agnew, stayed on an impromptu stopover in 1981.


How to Fix Your Life in 2008

Tom McLaughlin

The Wall Street Journal recently had a question and answer session on “How to Fix Your Life in 2008.” The problems are theirs; the answers mine.


Tuesday, January 1, 2008

The City

Roy Meachum

As yet another year begins, I find again that I am the richest of men and in a way that counts better than money. I am, at times, overwhelmed by the lode of friends Frederick has given. In organizing a surprise October birthday lunch, Pat assembled a few among the handful who never questioned or tested our relationship, no matter the storms that raged around me.


Monday, December 31, 2007

Presidents, Priesthood, and Politics

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

Should a candidate for president have to explain their faith to the American voter? Do people who aspire to hold the highest elected office in our nation have an obligation to make each of us feel comfortable with their personal view of theology and how that faith influences their life and politics?


Citizens For Walkersville – Part 1

Steven R. Berryman

The true story of how a small agricultural town came together against a ridiculous land use proposition. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Inc., (AMC) chose my town of 5500 residents to build their International Convention Center, and upset our way of life.

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