On this last day of 2009, a year many are happy to see go, I submit some developments I predict will take place locally and elsewhere in 2010:— Ocean Downs will be the only site where slots are played in Maryland in 2010.— The state’s Board of Public Works will approve funding for the expansion… Read more »
Category: Opinions
Enhanced Sex Offender Scrutiny Logical
The tragic situation involving Sarah Foxwell, the 11-year-old Parsonsburg girl abducted from her home days before Christmas and killed sometime thereafter, has touched many souls in the region.It’s the young innocent life unfairly ended by a disturbed individual that bothers all of us, but it’s also the fact it could have been prevented that’s especially… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Health Care Bill ThoughtsEditor:According to Congressional and Senatorial proponents, the principal purpose of the current healthcare bill is “to provide affordable healthcare coverage for all Americans”, (including some 31 million Americans now without medical insurance coverage). A noble objective, but just how realistic is this goal?Providing affordable healthcare to hundreds-of-millions of Americans, through the so-called… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
At the end of every year in this space, I put forward some predictions for what I think will happen over the next year. I looked back this week to grade myself and see whether I was on the mark with my forecasts or way off on what would happen in 2009. By far and… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
At the end of every year in this space, I put forward some predictions for what I think will happen over the next year. I looked back this week to grade myself and see whether I was on the mark with my forecasts or way off on what would happen in 2009. By far and… Read more »
What Others Are Saying
Expanding Benefits Is Worth The Price(Editor’s Note: In the interest of showing all sides of an issue, the following is an opinion that represents the polar opposite of how we feel on this particular issue, which we weighed in on last month.)Maryland business groups have been up in arms in recent months about automatic increases… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Stress Safety In AdsEditor:It seems to me that all the hoopla about advertising money may be missing the point. I recently talked to a couple from Pittsburgh who had just visited downtown Baltimore. They got the impression that it is no longer safe to walk around Harborplace now even in the daytime. They said they… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
The first weekend in June is going to be tricky in Ocean City. Although officials seem to be downplaying its significance, the resort will be hosting three popular events that weekend – the Ocean City Air Show, the Ravens Roost Convention, most notably the annual parade, and the OC Car and Truck Show.While the event… Read more »
Health Insurance Debate Worth Following
As is often the case, a nasty game of politics is confusing the public regarding the health insurance reform debate. Consequently, many are choosing to become disenfranchised with the goings on in the nation’s capital and simply writing it off to politics as usual.While it’s understandable to be turned off by all the perplexing shenanigans… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Thankful For ServiceEditor:On Aug. 20, 2009, my daughter, Kelsey, 20, was taken to the Emergency Room at Atlantic General Hospital for flu type symptoms. She was quickly diagnosed as being in septic shock as well as renal and kidney failure.Thanks to the quick thinking of the doctors and nurses in the ER, Kelsey was resuscitated… Read more »