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Missing the Point – Problems with Mayor Scott’s Financial Disclosure Filing

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 Les Cohen

Sometimes, writing an op/ed is about offering an opinion. That’s the “op” part. This time, it’s about asking questions. In

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Missing the Point – Driven. Our ‘Type A’ nation obsessed with time

July 26, 2023August 3, 2023 Les Cohen

Life consists of a finite amount of time – and there’s the rub. When you’re reading this, check the items

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Missing the Point – Loyalty Pledge? To whom or what exactly?

July 20, 2023 Les Cohen

It used to be that registration, for the first time, as a Republican or Democrat was a fundamental right of passage. What were your parents? How were you raised by them, politically speaking?

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Missing the Point – Trump is toast

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Les Cohen

Mind you, I’m not saying that the next President won’t be a Republican or that Joe Biden is unbeatable. Just taking off his shirt the other day while enjoying the sand at Rehoboth Beach may have blown his chances for re-election right then and there.

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Missing the Point – The arrogant nonsense of the Supreme Court

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Les Cohen

Appointing someone to a prestigious, well-paid office for life conveys a certain arrogance and power to the appointee that does

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Missing the Point – Elementary school field trips to Topgolf?

June 28, 2023June 29, 2023 Les Cohen

Topgolf is in the new entertainment district downtown which is being developed, in part, to save the Horseshoe Casino which is the only one of Maryland’s three large casinos whose volume is down over last year. The casino was supposed to save the downtown, but now the city has to save the casino.

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Missing the Point – Say thanks, but no thanks to ‘affirmative action’

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Les Cohen

How, in other words, does affirmative action benefit students who have graduated from Baltimore City public schools? Who does it help? What’s the point of having underqualified Baltimore City high school graduates apply to colleges where they can’t compete? Where, if the college admissions process is fair and reasonable, they’re not going to be accepted?