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How Will the Candidates Govern – The Most Important Question Not Easily Answered
What are the differences in how the three candidates who have survived their respective political parties’ nominating processes to this…
Which Presidential Candidate Will Be The Best at Governing
“How would each candidate govern if she or he was elected.”? That is the threshold and perhaps the only important question…
The Act of Governance – What Matters?
The Republican Presidential Primary season, while still ongoing, is practically over. Senator John McCain barring an unprecedented faux pas, will be…
Politics as Theater
“How will they govern if elected?” That was the question with which I ended my last column published on February…
Political Choices Should be Reality Based and Checked
Michael Ignatieff’s ideas on “political judgment , which I introduced in my last column , should inform our observations ,…
Political Judgement Is Not Science- It’s About People
My last column, which began the New Year, was aptly titled by The Daily Record “Let Us Resolve to Find the…
Selecting The Best Leaders For The Millenium
As New Years Day 2008 approaches, I will pause form my series of columns on recruiting, selecting, appointing and electing…
It’s Time For An Independent Family Court
As the lawyers and judges of Maryland prepare to pack their bags for the trip to Ocean City to participate…
Isaiah Berlin – A Prophet Without A Cause
It is June 25, 2007. The graduation season has ended. The Joint Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Maryland…
Imus deserved to go and so does double standard
At the risk of being penalized, in football parlance, for editorially “Piling On”, this column will comment on Imus, Jesse…