Candidate v. Campaign
As the General Election for Governor of the State of Maryland and virtually all of the state and local offices…
Category: Political Choices
Maryland’s Judicial Election System Needs Fixing Now More Than Ever
Once again the visual of Maryland’s judicial elections in several counties and Baltimore City have illustrated the folly of contested…
The Price of Rights
With all that is going on in our state and our nation, indeed the world in the name of “access…
Corruption in an Economy of Influence
Former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and the former First Lady of Virginia, Maureen McDonnell have now been indicted for accepting…
THANKS FOR OUR PAST LEADERS AND HOPE FOR OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE LEADERS
As this column is being written Thanksgiving Day is imminent, Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanza are approaching and the year 2013…
The Different Worlds of the Legislature and the Judiciary Collide
“Busy, Busy, Busy” has been Maryland’s highest court, the Court of Appeals this summer and early fall, identifying issues and…
The Beginning Or The End Of Comparative Negligence
On July 9, 2013, six out of seven judges sitting on the highest court in the State of Maryland, The…
Scandal v. Snafu
By all accounts this has not been a good stretch of the Year 2013 for the Obama Administration. In fact…
Balance is The Key to Reviving Our Democracy
The month of April 2013 has at best been a month during which events have generated serious questions about our…
2013 New Year’s Resolutions for Politicians and Policy Makers
As each new year approaches, all of us traditionally hope for a better time than the past year provided us….