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Every now and again, Gov. Larry Hogan exhibits the need to buff up his Republican bonafides as he often governs like a Democrat. One…

The District of Columbia is an orphan. Nobody claims ownership. It’s not part of Maryland. It doesn’t belong to Virginia. The District is a…

The primal formula for success as mayor of Baltimore is a triple approach to government in action – plow snow, pick up trash and…

Death is God’s way of telling us to slow down. For some, the brakes apply early, for others, late, expected and occasionally welcome, a…

The spy plane over Baltimore has assumed the properties of God. It is everywhere. It can see everything. So if God sees every sparrow,…

Only a state as wealthy as Maryland can afford a General Assembly as generous as its members. The unanswered question is – to what…

Merriam-Webster recently announced the addition of 533 new words to its expansive dictionary along with 4,000 other changes in language usage and meaning –…

Mort Sahl, the comedian, observed that anyone who maintains a consistent political philosophy will eventually be tried for treason. We are there. President Trump…

Transportation issues are rarely about getting from here to there. Usually they involve what land will be developed and who’s going to get rich….

Policing, or civic peacekeeping, is dangerous work and in serious disrepute. Any day in a cop’s life on the streets can mean a bullet…