Category: Opinion
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The Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee’s Failed Mission
Central Committees of political parties were created to manage the affairs of the party. Their mission is to enhance the party base and develop strategies for growing party participation. Years ago, after a national party loss to a Bush, the DNC urged local party members to assess their effectiveness in political action. As a community…
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What Strong Leadership Looks Like
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Leadership is the word that describes people who show the ability to be decisive during a crisis. In my opinion, there are two people who are exhibiting this trait now. One is Governor Larry Hogan and the other is Baltimore City’s State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby. Governor Hogan’s decisions as a…
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The Coronavirus – Find a Balance
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Pandemic diseases aren’t new nor are the responses to them. Generally speaking, people become very fearful of the unknown. It’s important that we keep things in perspective and not over react. The coronavirus is a case in point. Over my lifetime I have seen many deadly viruses. Remember when the AIDS…
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Memorial Destroyed by Racists’ Bullets will Not Deter those Dedicated to Preserve History and Fight for Justice
Sylvia Barnett brought to my attention that a memorial sign in Mississippi, which marks the place where the 14-year-old’s mutilated body of Emmett Till was found in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in 1955 was riddled with bullet holes. According to the Washington Post, a new bulletproof sign has been erected to mark the location of one of…
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Greed vs. Good Intent: The Making of the Opioid Crisis
My first job out of college in the late 80s was as a research tech at a biotech firm where my naïve ideas about developing cures to improve health quickly gave way to an appreciation for the actual mission of drug manufacturers: making money by bringing patentable products to market. The process is rife with…
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Whole Foods Water with Arsenic?
Whole Foods, I like shopping there because I don’t need to worry about the quality of the food and they seem to care about the environment, their workers and their customers. At least this is what I used to think, now I’m not so sure. Early last week I read an article in the New…
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Michael Busch – More Than a Legislator
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. The school bell is ringing, don’t be late. School is now in session. Today’s lesson is about the late Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, Michael E. Busch. Speaker Busch, who died last Sunday, will be buried on Tuesday. He was from Annapolis and he made history by becoming the…
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$100 Million, a Dead Woman, and a Statewide Cover Up
In a completely predictable turn of events, Merck has been formally accused of fraud and a host of other serious charges relating to the approval and marketing of the troubled, liability-free human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which they named Gardasil. This is the same vaccine for which our Maryland State Department of Health and Mental…
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Good People Speaking Out
The recent murders by white supremacists—50 Muslims in New Zealand; 15 Jews in Pittsburgh; 9 African-American Christians in Charleston, South Carolina—remain dismissed by the current U.S. president. Asked about New Zealand, Trump maintained it was just a “small group,” but of course a “terrible thing.” After that he spent his weekend ranting about the late…
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‘Her Story’ Is Our Story
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On Tuesday evening, 12 March 2018, the Caucus of African American Leaders saluted more than 60 women active in their communities at the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, Annapolis. In front of a standing-room-only audience, the Caucus commemorated their achievements with its new Her Story Awards. The many impressive stories about contributions for the betterment…