By Marc Korman. Find yourself with some free time this summer? Taking a vacation? Waiting in METRO due to delays with nothing to do? Let me recommend The Great Society…
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By Wayne Goldstein, Montgomery County Civic Federation Immediate Past President. This column is an unedited version of an article submitted to the Sentinel.On Mondays, every two weeks or so, the…
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Give Them a Raise!
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Folks, I have been in the labor movement for almost 14 years and rarely have I seen a more oppressed group of workers. They are vastly underpaid compared to their…
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The State of Maryland Blogdom, Part Five
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Remember our landmark interview with Senate President Mike Miller last January? I described a weird scene as nine liberal bloggers, some with pony tails, others with earrings and several in…
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The State of Maryland Blogdom, Part Four
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Political blogs in Maryland really began to roll in 2006, an election year. Back then, a lot of blogs sprang up to cover state and local campaigns, especially in Montgomery…
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How the Planning Board Vote Went Down
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The Gazette reported the County Council’s selection of Joseph Alfandre and Amy Presley to the Planning Board yesterday. But the details of the vote are more interesting than the results.By…
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On Monday night, the Progressive States Network honored District 18 Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez for her work in defeating anti-immigrant legislation in Maryland. We carry her acceptance remarks below.
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The State of Maryland Blogdom, Part Three
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With only two of eight Congressmen, 14 of 47 state senators, 37 of 141 state delegates and no statewide officeholders, Maryland’s Republican Party is in bad shape. That cannot be…
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Montgomery County’s Democratic Women
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By Marc Korman. Way back in December I wrote my first guest blog entry for MPW about all of the new young Democrats Montgomery County had sent to the state…
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The State of Maryland Blogdom, Part Two
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Maryland political blogs generally fall into one of three categories: liberal, conservative or local. Today, we will focus on the local blogs.Liberal and conservative blogs are self-explanatory. Local blogs tend…