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My wife is on a daily mission. She has taken it upon herself to get her immediate family members vaccinated. Her grandmother is 92. …
This year, Del. Julie Palakovich Carr introduced House Bill 231: “Establishing that the discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person’s race, color,…
This was written in response to the commentary, “Protect Md.’s Children, Override the Governor’s Veto of Ban on Harmful Chlorpyrifos,” [Maryland Matters, Feb. 2]….
The tax assessor is the stalking horse for elected officials. But officials now have a new cover: Speed cameras. When Baltimore City officials recently…
In 2019, digital advertising became the largest segment of the U.S. ad industry, a $129 billion-and-growing force of commerce. This growth is built on…
In the last few years, there have been several promising police reform bills in Maryland. They defined the appropriate use of deadly force and…
Last fall, when I wasn’t obsessing over the terrifying prospect of a second term for Donald Trump, I sought refuge in wading through an…
Shortly before Christmas, after President Trump absurdly declared that it was “statistically impossible” that he lost the 2020 election and exhorted his supporters to…
My daughter, Julia, and I were both 16 when we survived gun violence. She was threatened online, and I was the victim of an…
The U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment prohibits the government from discriminating against women. Maryland’s Equal Rights Amendment doubles down on that prohibition. How could the…