Category: Featured
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This is Different -Young Patriot Poetry by Michaela Whalen, 13-years-old
This is Different Top to bottom you’re different from others We are a light One that shines or one that darkens You’re you You’re them We are us But one tear One smile The dark clouds can destroy The bright stars are destroyed That heavy coat around your shoulders Is getting worse by the minute…
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Sen. Cardin and Rep. Sarbanes Talk Trump and Health Care in Annapolis
Approximately 300 citizen activists gathered for a Town Hall meeting with Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman John Sarbanes (Maryland District 3) last night at Asbury United Methodist Church in Annapolis. The event was sponsored by Anne Arundel County Indivisible and organized by Yasemin Jamison and Monica Lindsey. You can see the video of the full meeting here. The…
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Steve Schuh’s Plan to Create Orphans for Profit
Steve Schuh’s spokesperson, Owen McEvoy, writes in the Evening Capital that he is attempting to “clarify the record” regarding Steve Schuh and 287(g) in Anne Arundel County (The Evening Capital, Letters: Federal Program; May 24, 2017). The program, once implemented, will give Schuh federal funds to have Anne Arundel County detention facility officers do the work of Federal…
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Why Is Hogan Silent on Trump’s Agenda that Hurts Marylanders?
In July 2015, Governor Larry Hogan endorsed Chris Christie for President: “People say I’m pretty blunt and say exactly what I think. That’s probably why we’re kindred spirits because he [Governor Christie] does the same thing. Most politicians don’t do that.” Christie’s campaign floundered, and he dropped out of the race February 10, 2016. Christie…
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Powerful Political Groups Call on Councilman Peroutka for “Richard Wilbur Collins, III Anti-Hate Resolution”
Anne Arundel Groups Demand Anti-Hate Resolution Condemning White Nationalism and Racism Severna Park, MD (May 24, 2017) – A coalition of civil rights and political groups are calling on Anne Arundel County Councilman Michael Peroutka to introduce the Richard Wilbur Collins III Anti-Hate Resolution condemning racism and white nationalism before the County Council. There have been a series of racial incidents that have occurred…
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The Silent Betrayal of MD Lawmakers on the Murder of Richard Wilbur Collins III
The year was 2017. The month was May. Students were preparing for their graduations. The state was Maryland. The country was the United States of America. Two Maryland college students’ paths would cross. One black, one white. One died because of the color of his skin. The crime was the horrific murder of a Bowie…
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The Bee Blog: The Birth of a Beekeeper
This photo appeared on my computer screen recently when I opened my Facebook page: Memory from 4 years ago today. What a day that was! It was my first visit to my beehive in my life as a beekeeper. Looking back, it may have not been a great idea to have worn those flowered pants,…
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Wishbones, War and Wonder
I was twenty-two, married, and had my first child when I finally saw my Chinese father again. For the eleven years of our separation, I must have wished on a thousand wishbones for that day to come. A week after this longed-for reunion, my mother and step-father, Henri, came to visit me in Annapolis. I…
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Severna Park Progressives Put District 33 Reps in the Hot Seat
A progressive political group from Severna Park called WISE (Women Indivisible Strong Effective) sponsored a District 33 Town Hall on May 15 at 7:00 p.m., which was very well attended, with over 300 people in attendance and an additional 300 watching on the Arundel Patriot Facebook Livestream. An impressed Senator Ed Reilly told the audience, “After…
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GO BABY GO! Souped Up Wheels Give Special Needs Kids Mobility
I recently participated in a training course for a program called Go Baby Go, which was offered at the Annapolis Children’s Therapy Center (ACTC). As a physical therapist working with infants and toddlers, I observe all facets of child development, including mobility, problem solving, behavior, language, and communication. Although all of these usually evolve simultaneously…