sam brownback
- As we celebrate the life of President George H.W. Bush, it has been noted by the media that one of the reasons he lost reelection in 1992 to candidate Bill Clinton was because he broke his “Read my lips. No new taxes” promise.
- Gov. Larry Hogan’s leadership is un-inspiring, akin to the record of a college senior who squeaks by with a 2.0 average, not that of a Rhodes Scholar. While some routinely say “it could be worse,” by the same token, we could and should expect much better.
- Mike Pence has outpaced all other vice presidents in casting tie-breaking votes since Alben W. Barkley, President Truman’s first vice president, who broke ties seven times in a 10-month period between September 1949 and June 1950. This is the executive branch run amok.
- The tax cut legislation Republicans pushed through at warp speed is already unpopular. Wait 'til average voters actually experience it.
- Instead of tax cuts, we should invest in our schools and failing infrastructure.
- Gov. Hogan take note: Here's one tax increase the public — even Republicans — support.
- Republican governors are backing tobacco taxes; how about Hogan?
- Cutting food stamps for the poor or limiting what they can purchase is the latest cause for the GOP.
- Maryland governor is taking a page from his fellow Republicans in his effort to use wedge issues against traditional Democratic supporters
- Gov.-elect Hogan didn't even have a chance to finish his thank-you tour before getting a nasty budget surprise: The state's deficit for the coming year has jumped from $400 to $600 million, and it's on a course to hit $1 trillion by 2020. To make matters worse, the state's job growth over the last year was one of the five lowest in the country. It's a tough time to take the helm.
- The Republican candidate for Anne Arundel executive is a sharp, clear-eyed conservative with a vision for the county¿s future.
- Tax policy is getting dumbed down for the campaign trail in Maryland.
- On the day that the Howard County school board apologized for the system's treatment of African-American students during segregation, Dottie Cook thought back to her middle school days, when she received a hand-me-down education that included tattered books with her uncle's name written in them.
- Court of Appeals says individual mandates in health care reform are unconstitutional same day Maryland gets $27.2 million in grant money