A little bit of everything
Gov. Martin O’Malley seems hell bent on having a special session of the legislature next month to expand gambling, perhaps the week of Aug. 6, but there appear to be lots of good reasons not to bring the General Assembly back to Annapolis. They include interrupted vacations, long delayed jobs and revenues, sticky details yet to be worked out and the continuing lack of votes in the House of Delegates.
Read moreAs the pig train trundled by, I cautiously touched its side. My hand came flying back toward my face. Yeah,
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It’s been a while since my last story. That’s due to a variety of things, from work, to the ladies.
Read moreThe Maryland Democratic Party is challenging one of the Republican Party’s biggest successes in years. It filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to overturn the GOP’s successful drive to put the Democrats’ congressional redistricting map on the November ballot. The suit says the online petition process developed by MDPetitions.com violates state law.
Read moreMy New York journalist friend Robert Walzer, who lives out on Long Island and enjoys a good pun — especially
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I’m a failure. I’ve failed. I’m not even 24 and I’m not working consistent gigs, producing consistent work or writing
Read moreBaltimore magazine’s Best of Baltimore issue that hits newsstands this week has named MarylandReporter.com as the area’s best “political website.” In the August issue, the magazine editors said: “This online news site has given traditional media outlets a run for their money.”
Read moreBelonging. I read somewhere a simple phrase that has made a world of difference in my life. I don’t know
Read more(Mikhail Futman and his wife Akerke on their wedding day. Courtesy photo.) (Hal Foster appears in the Baltimore Post-Examiner under
Read moreIt would work out this way: my first train in 15 months would be the toughest to catch. At 1:15 a.m. a
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