Time for Wes Moore to steer the ship | GUEST COMMENTARY
Instead of touting successes, Gov. Wes Moore should be steering a course correction, writes Stephen J.K. Walters.
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Baltimore takes premature victory lap on violent crime | GUEST COMMENTARY
Baltimore's progress in bringing violent crime down from the status quo has been overstated, writes Stephen J.K. Walters.
Mayor Scott identifies Baltimore’s tax problem but has the wrong solution | GUEST COMMENTARY
Mayor Brandon Scott's sales tax proposal isn't going to fix Baltimore's onerous property taxes, writes Stephen J.K. Walters.
Propping up the ponies at Pimlico is a bad bet for Maryland | GUEST COMMENTARY
When state and local governments get involved in horse racing or hotels or property management, they're straying from their core missions.
Flight happens: Don’t play Robin Hood, Maryland | GUEST COMMENTARY
The “Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024" proposes to do a couple of laudable things but would, in fact, do several others that would damage Maryland’s economy and quality...
Catholics need to evolve on same-sex marriage | COMMENTARY
Those who hoped the Catholic Church might be evolving on marriage equality recently got a rude slap. The Vatican not only decreed that the Church would not bless same-sex marriages,...
Baltimore’s unfair, oppressive tax system | COMMENTARY
The Sagamore Pendry hotel on Thames Street is fabulous — as you'd expect, since it is appraised for tax purposes at almost $42 million. But last year its owners, who...
Maryland spends plenty of money on education and Kirwan plan to spend more is the wrong strategy | COMMENTARY
When you're peddling snake oil, the sales pitch is likely to involve a little misdirection if not outright disinformation. So it is with the latest bad medicine for what ails...
Is the drug war more dangerous than drugs?
America's war on booze began in earnest 100 years ago this month, when Congress passed the Volstead Act implementing the 18th Amendment. Apparently, though, a century is not long enough...
Kirwan Commission enables education monopoly
If you've played the board game Monopoly, you know the nature of that beast. Once you corner the market, you rake it in — while your customers head for the...