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There is a spreading notion, whether by evidentiary conviction or wishful thinking, that the presidency is the only block between Donald Trump and debtor’s…
The following is an open letter to the Montgomery County Council: Changes in zoning are a part of government that generally get very little…
Leaving from his vacation house in the Nation’s Summer Capital of Rehoboth Beach, Del., a month ago, former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic…
Recently, I ventured into my office, after six months of virtual County Council sessions this year, with one purpose — retrieving the original Purple…
Critics of presidential debates argue that they are not necessary because they don’t change many votes. Since 84 million people watched the first 2016 presidential debate and according…
In the dim days of early 1963, still weeks before the Maryland General Assembly would defeat a proposed public accommodations law, and months before…
I enjoyed Josh Kurtz’ whimsical trip back to the 1990s [ “Can’t Tell the Players (or the Year) Without a Scorecard,” Maryland Matters, Sept….
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the 1960s the construction of Interstate 495 cut through the heart of many…
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, twice elected in the deep blue state of Maryland, was still garnering remarkably high favorable statewide poll ratings as late…
America, my country ’tis of thee, has been and will always be, personally and collectively as a Black American, a place not only where…