Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter’s decision to switch parties was certainly unexpected. So maybe it was the mere shock of the announcement that led Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) to declare, “this is not a national story, this is a Pennsylvania story.”
Really?
With Specter’s defection from the GOP, the Democrats are now inches away from a [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Specter’s Switch
April 29, 2009
Teamwork…Finally
April 27, 2009
I went to the Orioles game Saturday night and was pleasantly surprised by the recognition that it was also a big day for the Ravens. (It was draft day)
The first 10,000 fans at Camden Yards were given hats with a purple O’s on them (they were gone like hot cakes).
And, on the scoreboard, baseball fans [...]
America’s Guns
April 17, 2009
Mexico’s plea—for the US to renew its ban on assault weapons – brings to the fore some ugly truths.
Despite the laws the US has on its books, guns easily end up in the hands of the wrong people.
Here at home, we have an almost daily reminder with the city’s stubborn homicide rate. Case after [...]
Return of the Censors?
April 6, 2009
Leave it to a college sophomore to speak some sense about the debate over a porn film that’s suddenly become the most pressing issue in Annapolis.
On a talk show Monday morning, the UMBC student asked a basic question: was it really necessary for the State Senate to literally drop everything else to stick its nose [...]
Obama’s Campaign Now
April 3, 2009
President Obama’s town hall meeting in Strasbourg was striking—first, because it was in France, not some arena in Iowa or Ohio. It certainly speaks to the world’s fascination with America’s new president that the French and Germans (Strasbourg sits on the border) would pack the hall to hear his speech, snap a photo, and scramble [...]
