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By Marc Elrich Having just celebrated Labor Day on Monday, I am reminded about the importance of the dignity of work and the importance…
By Andrew Friedson For more than two decades, disability rights advocates have pushed for tax-preferred savings accounts to allow individuals with disabilities to save…
By Roger Berliner Pepco is, once again, asking state utility regulators for a rate increase. This latest request for $68.6 million would raise the…
By Dan Sparaco A young son challenges his father to a foot race. He thinks he will best the old man easily. But the…
In the aftermath of the Charlottesville tragedy, the debate over monuments to persons in America’s past has elevated to a point where, too often,…
By David A. Plymyer The hasty decision by Maryland’s State House Trust to remove the statue of Roger B. Taney from the grounds of…
By Charles Scheeler Last week, an extraordinary woman by the name of Krish Vignarajah announced she is running for governor of Maryland. Even as…
As the number of homicides in Baltimore surpasses record levels and city leaders pursue shortsighted measures to reduce violent crime by locking up more…
By Charlie Gerow Let’s start with what should be obvious: Obamacare has failed. It never did what it promised. The Affordable Care Act wasn’t…
By David Reel In today’s contentious political arena, few topics generate more intense discussion than the “proper” roles of the media and the “proper’…