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  • Condo Auction in Ocean City

    Fifteen new condominiums, and possibly as many as 80 condos, will be sold at auction Saturday at the Makai Condominium in Ocean City. The auction will be held at the condo building, 42nd Street and the Coastal Highway, beginning at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, by DeCaro Real Estate Auctions, Inc. Here’s [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:51pm EST
    by BJH

  • November Weekend in Ocean City, Day and Night

    I haven’t seen so many folks on the boardwalk since . . . Let’s just say the weekend was unseasonably mild in Ocean City, considering it’s only days until Thanksgiving. How many different breeds of dog could you spot on the Boardwalk Saturday? The two humongous Newfoundland Waterdogs (above) are a [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:53pm EST
    by BJH

  • Indian Summer in Ocean City, Part 2

    To make up for the recent unpleasant (but also awesome) STORM, Ocean City, Maryland, is offering a reprise of Indian Summer, this weekend only. See, it all evens out, over time. Friday afternoon is bright sunshine and 60 degrees! Saturday promises to be a carbon copy. The Ocean City Boardwalk is [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:58pm EST
    by BJH

  • Hillary in Kabul, Michelle in Denver — Style Is Suddenly ‘IN’

    Dazzling. Amazing. Beautiful colors. Gorgeous flowers. Is this the sort of thing a secretary of state is supposed to wear on official business?  What do you call it?  Have they got it in the department stores yet? I don’t usually notice fashion, but Hillary Clinton’s colorful and stylish attire today  in [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:04pm EST
    by BJH

  • Blogs in Maryland, Read All About It

    If you’re interested in the state of the blogosphere in Maryland, Adam Pagnucco at Maryland Politics Watch has you covered. Read all about it in Adam’s most recent analysis of Maryland blogging. The vitality of blogs in Maryland becomes more important as the MSM collapses and the media audience continues [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:13pm EST
    by BJH

  • How American Civilization Collapses

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    A while ago I wrote a post titled  Corruption, Greed, And incompetence. When we talk about corruption, we think of big government and big business. But corruption pervades every aspect of American culture and society. It’s a rot and decay that threatens to destroy American civilization. We hardly notice anymore. Here’s an [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:05pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Winterfest of Lights Opens Thursday Night

    Can it already be time for Winterfest?  The Summer Season just ended! But yes, Winterfest is here, and Thanksgiving is next week. Mayor Richard Meehan will officially open Ocean City’s annual Winterfest of Lights in a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Northside Park, 125th Street and the Bay. The dazzling Christmas [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:50pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm, Gone But Not Forgotten

    Mysteries of Nature in Ocean City, Maryland: How did the Nor’easter’s high winds and high water manage to accomplish what we see in the above photo taken Saturday?  Debris piled into a wood ramp from the boardwalk down to the beach, and a sharp cut in the sand about three [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:02pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Sand Dunes Are Damaged But Not Destroyed

    No Loss of Life, No Major Property Damage The storm that hammered Ocean City for three days last week should remind people in Ocean City and Maryland not to take the resort’s sand-dune system and beach replenishment program for granted, Mayor Richard Meehan told the City Council Monday night. Despite the severity [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:28pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City And Army Engineers Reviewing Beach Erosion

    The Army Corps of Engineers was in Ocean City on Sunday, after the three-day storm ended, to begin assessing the extent of beach erosion, along with city engineers.  No official report so far. I’ll be attending the City Council meeting tonight at 6 p.m. to see what’s new there. This will [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:00pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Beach Erosion

    An event like the tropical storm that morphed into a Nor’easter and pummeled Ocean City for three solid days is bound to cause some beach erosion. These five after-the-storm photos were taken by Judy Davis on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in the area of 94th Street. Beach erosion with High-rise Row in [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:49am EST
    by BJH

  • Sunshine Returns To Ocean City

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    Sunday morning started out gray and overcast, but the sun came out just after noon, just when we were beginning to think we’d never see it again. It’s been a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Ocean City. Sunshine and blue sky all afternoon, and the temperature edging above 70. It felt almost [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:01pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City, MD, Storm Over — Mild Weather Saturday and Sunday

    The unusual three-day Nor’easter is over, done, history. However, a coastal flood advisory remains in effect until Sunday. The rain has stopped in Ocean City, Maryland, the wind is down to 10-20 mph, our high temperature Saturday will be about 59.  The sky remains overcast Saturday. I think the surf will [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:40pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm Photos: Friday p.m., Part 2

    The Ocean City Beach, and West Ocean City These photos were taken between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday. This is a shot from the Boardwalk. You can see that the ocean is still quite angry, and lots of sand has piled up behind the sand fence line, creating a small [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:57am EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm Photos: Friday p.m. Part 1

    In Town, On The Streets Starting out on a cheerful note, Christmas decorations are up at City Hall. Coming soon, the Winterfest of Lights. Watch this space for details. Note the traffic barrel in the middle of Baltimore Avenue on Friday afternoon, to create one lane southbound and one lane northbound. Water [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:12am EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm Update, 5 p.m. Friday

    Come Visit OC Nor’easter Diminishing Gradually This is a good November weekend to get away and visit Ocean City, Maryland. You’ll have plenty of company. Lots of folks were out and about Friday afternoon, looking at the surf, or checking on their property. The three-day Nor’easter that’s hammered Ocean City and the rest [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:09pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm Friday — Rodney the Lifeguard, Please Call Home, ASAP

    1 p.m. Friday afternoon update: Heavy wind continues in Ocean City, Maryland, but only light rain at this time. Heavy wind (gusts to 55 or 60 mph), rain and wave action continued through the night along the Maryland coast. As of late morning Friday, it appears that the Nor’easter has peaked [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:23am EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm Photos, Thursday p.m.

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    On the Beach and on the Streets The unusual November storm that started out as Tropical Storm Ida is no more. The remnants, a large low-pressure system off the South Atlantic coast, ran up against a strong northern high-pressure system on the way up the coast. This very big and windy [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:01pm EST
    by BJH

  • West Ocean City Storm Photos, Thursday p.m.

    High tide Thursday afternoon in West Ocean City. These yards are normally dry. Water covers a street in West Ocean City at high tide Thursday. No problem for SUVs and pickup trucks. A storm water drainage ditch on Golf Course Road in West Ocean City, near Route 50. The telephone pole and [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:49pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm Update, Thursday Evening

    Severe Conditions on the Barrier Island 4: 20 p.m. Thursday: Many of the streets are flooded in downtown Ocean City, Maryland, following the Thursday-afternoon high tide. Long lines of traffic are backed up going in and out of town at the Route 50 Bridge. You have to drive through three blocks of [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 5:25pm EST
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Storm Update, Thursday

    This unusually strong November storm is moving north. We haven’t seen anything like this in the mid-Atlantic since at least 2003. Forecasters are making comparisons to storms in 2003, 1998, 1962, and 1933. Today, Thursday, Virginia Beach, Richmond, and all of southeast Virginia are getting the worst of it. The storm will [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:37am EST
    by BJH

  • Historic Storm Will Pound Ocean City Beaches

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    Three Days of Wind, Rain and Waves Beach Erosion and Coastal Flooding Likely This storm is bigger and badder than we thought. Weather watchers are calling it a historic or near-historic weather event. The last storms this big were in 1998 and 2003. In Ocean City, Maryland, we’re looking at rain, northeast winds [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:50am EST
    by BJH

  • Nor’easter Moving North Toward Ocean City

    6:30 p.m. Wednesday Update: Not much change in Ocean City.  Rain, rain and more rain tonight, Thursday and Friday. Continued high winds out of the northeast, 20-40 mph tonight, with gusts to 55 mph on Thursday. Winds possibly gusting over 60 mph Thursday night. High seas are crashing over the [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:57am EST
    by BJH

  • Health Care Bill Passes, 220-215; Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn Win Big One For Obama (Kratovil Votes No)

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    Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Whip James Clyburn, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer We saw democracy in action tonight. Democracy is not a sure thing. How small is the margin between success and failure.  Between victory and defeat. Progress and regression. How many votes to change history? Whose effort turns [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 1:21am EST
    by BJH

  • Message to Rep. Frank Kratovil Regarding Health Care

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    Here is a message I sent to Rep. Frank Kratovil today through his Web site, http://kratovil.house.gov/index.html. Rep. Kratovil Thank you for releasing a statement explaining your position on the health care bill. The reasons you give for opposing the bill ring hollow to me: i.e. the bill doesn’t reduce health costs enough, [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:32am EST
    by BJH

  • Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil to Vote ‘No’ on Health Care

    Rep. Frank Kratovil, Democratic congressman representing the Maryland Eastern Shore (and portions of Anne Arundel, Harford and Baltimore Counties on the Western Shore), has released the following statement on the health care bill pending in the House of Representatives this weekend. “We need health care reform that reduces long-term health care [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:54am EST
    by BJH

  • Where Is The Peace Movement?

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    For days, I guess for weeks, President Barack Obama has been studying the question: How many more thousands of American soldiers to send to war in Afghanistan? Will the President decide how many thousands next week, or will he struggle with the decision until the week after? The question is [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:58pm EST
    by BJH

  • Change And Fear — Congress Prepares To Vote On Health Care

    The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Saturday on a health-care bill, including the provision for a “public option” to offer health insurance in the marketplace in competition with private insurance companies. This is said to be a hard vote for members of Congress representing close districts, including Maryland’s Eastern [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:40pm EST
    by BJH

  • Maryland Election 2010: Frank Kratovil vs. Andy Harris

    Yesterday’s election results in Virginia and New Jersey have focused my mind on the 2010 Maryland District 1 congressional race on the Eastern Shore (and parts of Harford, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel counties on the Wester Shore). Freshman Rep. Frank Kratovil, a Democrat, will have a rematch with the Republican he defeated two [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:16pm EST
    by BJH

  • Schaefer Statue Unveiled on Governor’s Birthday

    Gov. William Donald Schaefer turned 88 yesterday. In addition to being governor of Maryland, Mr. Schaefer  was also Baltimore mayor, City Council president, Maryland comptroller. It’s not that the man couldn’t hold a job. It’s more like no one job was big enough to hold the man. The occasion was [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:47pm EST
    by BJH

  • Hello, WordPress? Is Anybody Home?

    Today is Nov. 3.  I am getting tired of ‘Witch hat’ Halloween cookies” on the WordPress homepage. I’ve got nothing against cookies. I like cookies, and these look delicious. But Halloween is over. The cookies are stale. While we’re at it, “Elephant Owner for a Day” is going moldy. No disrespect to [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:34am EST
    by BJH

  • Chesapeake Bay — Is Maryland A ‘Political Dead Zone’?

    Here’s an environmental book with a feisty message: “Fight for the Bay: Why a Dark Green Environmental Awakening is Needed to Save the Chesapeake Bay,” by Howard R. Ernst, political science professor at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Ernst also wrote “Chesapeake Bay Blues.” Here’s a high-profile endorsement: “Professor Ernst’s new concept [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:34am EST
    by BJH

  • Rick Dempsey and Deanna Bogart Release Christmas CD

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    Rick Dempsey and the Deanna Bogart Band have teamed up to make a new Christmas CD, “Home Run Holiday.” Rick Dempsey is the former Baltimore Orioles catcher and 1983 World Series MVP,  and Deanna Bogart is a multi-talented saxophone and piano player. Her band has performed at Maryland dances and concerts [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 3:01pm EST
    by BJH

  • America Has The Best Health Care In The World! Right?

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    We have pretty good health care in American.  Right?  We do, don’t we? [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 1:53pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Continued Slow-Motion Implosion of America’s Hollow Economy

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    Nobody can predict the future. But I have a hunch, so I might as well share it. I believe the United States economy has been so hollowed out that we will not return to the prosperity we were accustomed to in the latter part of the 20th Century. There is no [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 3:14am EDT
    by BJH

  • Corruption, Greed, Incompetence — And Here Comes Election 2010

    Remember “Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll?”  How about “Fear And Loathing?”  A few choice words  have power to evoke an ethos or a zeitgeist! Forget about complete sentences. I’m talking poetry, headlines, book titles, songs. “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” is the best recent entry in the field. (Thank you Tom Friedman). “Corruption, [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:36am EDT
    by BJH

  • Ocean City In The Off-Season

    What do we do in Ocean City during the long off-season? I submit the above photo as an example. Wait, there’s more. People keep busy resting up from the Season just past, or preparing for the Season to come. There’s always stuff to be painted or repaired. I intend to clean [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 8:42pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Nor’easter, High Tide, Some Streets Flooded in Ocean City

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    Water was deep and still in West Ocean City’s roadside ditches this morning (Saturday). No place for the water to drain. The morning high tide was unusually high in the marshes. Over the Route 50 bridge, the streets in Downtown Ocean City were flooded (nothing unusual during a Nor’easter at high [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 1:05pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Two Maryland Racetracks To Be Sold At Auction

    Maryland’s two largest horse tracks, Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore City and Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County, will be auctioned off, The Baltimore Sun reports. Maryland reportedly has assurances that the Preakness would remain at Pimlico and not be moved to another state, regardless of who buys the tracks. The auction has [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 7:15pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Olympia Snow — Republican Presidential Candidate?

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    Sen. Olympia Snow is suddenly looking like a potentially superior candidate for president, a candidate who just might be able to lead the Republican Party out of the wilderness. If you never heard of the senator from Maine, you have by now. Sen. Snow, 62, has the experience and gravitas. She [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 6:17pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Stupid Media Tricks (The Washington Post); And Blogging With Flair (Girl On The Brink)

    The amazing implosion of the MSM (that’s mainstream media) continues. The Washington Post unveiled a new, dumbed-down version of its Sunday magazine a couple of weeks ago. More ads, less content. Don’t these newspaper guys get it? Don’t they understand that every redesign speeds up the downward death spiral. Last Sunday, The [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 1:57pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Walk For St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital @ Ocean City

    The quiet of late October is beginning to settle over Ocean City. The Season is over. Time for a rest. I haven’t had much time for walking during the season, so it seemed like a luxury to spend two leisurely hours strolling on the Boardwalk this past weekend.  It’s a [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 12:21am EDT
    by BJH

  • Slot Machines In Maryland: What We’ve Learned So Far

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    It has been 11 months since the voters of Maryland decided, in last November’s referendum, to allow slot machines at five locations in the state. Here are some of the things we have learned since then: It’s feasible to jump-start a modest slot-machine operation in an out-of-the-way place, without a whole [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 12:06am EDT
    by BJH

  • Maryland Election 2010: Martin O’Malley or WHO?

    The calendar says October 2009, but the 2010 election is taking shape quickly in Maryland. The general election in November is 13 months away; the primaries in September, 11 months away. The two big, unanswered questions in Maryland politics are: 1) Does Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, win a second term in [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Two Perfectly Good Years, Used Up Blogging

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    The blog you’re reading marks its second anniversary today. The first post went up Oct. 4, 2007. By coincidence, not plan, this is post Number 300. Maryland On My Mind has had more than 65,000 hits. Zero to 65,000 in two years. Not a speed record maybe, but not bad for a [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 5:27am EDT
    by BJH

  • Blob’s Park Has Reopened

    Blob’s Park, the venerable and beloved Bavarian bier garten and polka-waltz dancehall south of Baltimore, is open again on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The Rhinelanders band is back, along with the “Beer Barrel Polka” and the Chicken dance. And everything else, from fast, turning Viennese Waltzes to [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 6:11pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Ocean Downs Will Have Maryland’s First Slot Machines

    It’s official. The first slot machines in Maryland will be at the Ocean Downs harness race track in Worcester County, not far from Ocean City, and near Berlin and Ocean Pines. Maryland awarded its first slots license this week to William M. Rickman, owner of Ocean Downs, paving the way for 200   600  slot [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 10:26am EDT
    by BJH

  • Fall Begins With Sunfest In Ocean City

    Weather update, 3:30 p.m. Friday: That high-pressure system has now delivered us clear blue skies and bright sunshine. It feels warmer than 71. Weather update, 1:30 p.m. Friday: That cool front brought welcome relief from the heat. We had light rain Friday morning, but now it’s clear and partly sunny. High [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 6:38am EDT
    by BJH

  • Mary Travers, 1936-2009

    Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary passed away on Wednesday. She was 72 and had suffered from leukemia. For a tribute and pictures, see Life After Sixty, Simplified. [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 12:56pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Sen. Max Baucus and Health Care Cooperatives — The Key Word Is “Private”

    Nonprofit health-care cooperatives are IN the health-care reform proposal released by Sen. Max Baucus today, and the much-debated “public option” is OUT. The long-awaited proposal from Sen. Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is the last of the major Congressional health-care proposals to be finished. It is the product of [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 3:45pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Frank Roylance, Blogging For Five Years

    Congratulations to reporter Frank Roylance, the Baltimore Sun’s first blogger, on the longevity of his Maryland Weather Blog. The blog celebrates its fifth birthday today. Five years is a very long time in the blogosphere. Frank’s RSS feed can be accessed 24-7 at the top of the sidebar to your right. [...][...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 7:14pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Weather, 09-10-09

    We had brisk onshore winds throughout the night in Ocean City, resulting in miniature sand drifts on the Boardwalk by morning. For the Ocean City, Maryland, area today, Thursday, we have a stormy trifecta: gale warning, flood advisory and high-surf advisory, courtesy of the National Weather Service. It’s 75 degrees and [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 11:00am EDT
    by BJH

  • The Seasons Change in Ocean City

    Although the peak tourist season is over, Ocean City has not rolled up the Boardwalk, by any means. Everything remains open, only less crowded, and Ocean City has events, large and small, scheduled for most weekends in September and early October. The biggest weekend is Sunfest, the last weekend in [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 4:54pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Health Care Opponents Find That “Divide and Conquer” Works

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    Senior citizens, it turns out, are the surprise weak link in the coalition of Americans that President Barack Obama needs to pass health-care reform. Senior citizens are splitting off from mainstream America, creating the inter-generational conflict I hoped would never happen. Senior citizens are saying, “I’ve got my Medicare.” And they don’t [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Ted Kennedy: “The Dream Shall Never Die.”

    The Kennedy Campaign in Montgomery County, 1980 Before Ted Kennedy had announced his intention to run for president in 1980, Gus Gentile sparked the Kennedy campaign in Montgomery County with a Sunday-morning meeting in the basement of his home in Wheaton. Enthusiasm was running high for Sen. Kennedy in Maryland, and Gus’ [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 8:39pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Beach Patrol Jobs Test Is Sept. 5, 2009

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    Yes, the job market is tight right now. Word is that the Ocean City Beach Patrol may have all the qualified applicants it will need for 2010 by September 2009. Therefore, anyone interested in a job with the Beach Patrol for the 2010 summer season is advised to take the Beach Patrol qualification [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan Web Chat Friday

    The Washington Post Web site is scheduled to present a live Web discussion with Ocean City Mayor Richard Meehan on Friday, 08-21-09, at noon. The question-and-answer session will be on John Kelly’s Washington at noon.  The mayor is expected to take questions from the public. Questions may be submitted to [...]
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    Posted: August 21, 2009, 12:43am EDT
    by BJH

  • Summer Life in Ocean City — As Good As It Gets

    Fast-forward to the present. The annual tide of summer visitors may have crested this weekend, but the golden weather has continued Sunday night and Monday morning. With any luck, this mellow late-season interlude at the beach will linger for another week or more.  If you wake up one morning this week [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 4:34am EDT
    by BJH

  • The Health Care Debate — To Have and Have Not

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    There are two fundamental goals for health care reform in America. The problem is, many of us accept one goal but reject the other.  Therein lies the conflict that is roiling town-hall meetings across America this week. This is democracy in action. The two goals for health care reform: Universal Health Care. [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2009, 6:08pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Private Health Insurance Industry Is Part of the Problem, Not the Solution

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    Congressional committees are making progress on health care for all Americans. I think Congress is coming to the conclusion that private health insurance companies are part of the problem, not part of the solution. President Barack Obama’s recommended public option is gaining traction. Take a look at the blog, Life After [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Ocean City, Maryland, Midsummer 2009

    Family Vacation Time The next couple of weeks in Ocean City will be hot, sunny, happy and crowded. Daytime highs in the 80’s, sometimes hitting 90. Nighttime lows 65 to 75 degrees. One gas station reduced the price of regular to $2.41 today. We’re at the peak of the summer vacation season here [...]
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    Posted: July 26, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Ocean City Ferris Wheel — Lights and Action

    Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Beach The Ocean City Ferris wheel is a prominent feature of the skyline at the Maryland beach resort. Photos of the unusually tall and brightly colored Ferris wheel, located on the amusement pier in downtown Ocean City, Maryland, always attract attention. This is one of the best [...]
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    Posted: July 25, 2009, 1:46pm EDT
    by BJH

  • Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Barack Obama

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    The film clip on TV news of President Harry Truman (”The buck stops here”) making the case for health care for Americans was poignant. NBC aired the Truman clip following President Barack Obama’s news conference on the same subject, health care. If I remember history correctly, President Teddy Roosevelt (”Speak softly and [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 11:03pm EDT
    by JH

  • The Final Battle for Health Care Justice

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    Now comes the climactic battle for health-care justice in America. No one said it was going to be an easy fight.  Many interests are united against health care for all Americans. A lot is at stake. Power and privilege, for sure, but mostly it’s about wealth. A whole lot of profit [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2009, 10:00pm EDT
    by JH

  • Prime Time For Maryland’s State Flower

    The Black-eyed Susan is a wildflower native to most of North America. It’s Maryland’s state flower. In mid-July, the Black-eyed Susan is in its glory.   [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
    by JH

  • Sand Art On The Beach At Ocean City, Part 2

      A couple more examples of the religious sand art that can be seen on the beach at Ocean City, Maryland. The sand art is located at the Boardwalk and 2nd Street, in front of the Plim Plaza Hotel. [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 2:59am EDT
    by JH

  • Ocean City at Mid-Season, 2009

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    The Boardwalk looks festive and crowded in Ocean City, Maryland. And you see a lot of cars in the parking lot at the WalMart between Berlin and Ocean City. What you don’t see is very many tourists carrying filled shopping bags on the Boardwalk. And you won’t see every parking space filled [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2009, 9:39pm EDT
    by JH

  • President Barack Obama: “Rebuilding A Better Economy”

    Today’s Washington Post Op-Ed page features a column by President Barack Obama reviewing the steps his administration is taking to lead the U.S. out the deep economic recession. One paragraph in particular seems crucial to me: “There are some who say we must wait to meet our greatest challenges. They favor an incremental [...]
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    Posted: July 12, 2009, 5:50pm EDT
    by JH

  • “Baltimore Breaking News” — Cutting-Edge News Web Site

    Thanks to Alphainventions.com, I have just discovered a new Baltimore Sun Web site, and I am impressed! Beyond impressed. I think The Sun may have finally solved the puzzle that has been bedeviling newspapers everywhere: How to best use the Web to for news content. Take a look at Baltimore Breaking [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 6:09pm EDT
    by JH

  • Sand Art On The Beach At Ocean City

      The beach in front of the Plim Plaza Hotel has been a place to view religious sand art for as long as I can remember. Impressive sculptures in the sand can be seen from the Boardwalk just a few steps south of 2nd Street in Ocean City, Maryland. [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 2:06am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Ocean City Ready For Picture-Perfect July 4 Weekend

    Sunshine and more sunshine is the forecast for the long Fourth of July holiday weekend in Ocean City, Maryland, from Thursday right on through at least Monday. It will be seasonably hot, high temperatures each day in the 80-84 degree range, just right for swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. The [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2009, 12:55pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • How To Pass Health Care In The U.S. Senate . . .

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    . . . If 41 members of the U.S. Senate are determined to block the will of the American people, then let them . . . No, make them . . . FILIBUSTER.  If there are 41 arrogant senators who would deny majority rule, make those 41 senators talk all [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2009, 2:28am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Health Care Public Option Explained (Thank you, George Will)

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    Wordsmith George Will, the venerable arch-conservative newspaper columnist, has made some astute observations about the economics of health insurance. Note that Mr. Will is arguing against the proposed “public option” as an alternative to private health insurance.  “Competition from the public option must be unfair because government does not need to make [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2009, 5:30pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Health Care Public Option Is Not An Option, It’s A Necessity

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    Congress and health insurance companies are mired in dysfunction and denial Polls show decisive majorities of Americans favor the “public option” health care reform proposed by President Barack Obama. If U.S. democracy were working properly, the debate would be over, and Congress would be ironing out the details. But entrenched powers resist change [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:17pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Signs of Summer

    The daylily is beginning to bloom in Maryland. It can only mean that July 4 is around the corner. Saw my first fireflies of summer last night. Also yesterday, we turned on the home air conditioning for the first time this year. Ocean City’s spell of unusually cool and cloudy weather is [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 10:18am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Seaside Cityscape at Morning

    A June morning in Ocean City, Maryland. [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 6:04pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Bicycling on the Boardwalk

     Ocean City has extended Boardwalk bicycling hours until 11 a.m. Monday through Friday Bicycling on the Boardwalk is more popular than ever in Ocean City, Maryland. For as long as I can remember, the cutoff time for riding bicycles on the boardwalk has been 10 in the morning during the summer season. This [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 2:18am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Volleyball, Surfing, Skateboarding, Art — All in OC This Weekend

    Update (Friday, 3:15 p.m.) 82 degrees in West Ocean City, bright sunshine.) The professional beach volleyball tournament, on the sand in Historic Downtown Ocean City, is going to have awesome semifinals and finals Saturday and Sunday. The center court is on the beach at Somerset Street. Can anyone send me [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2009, 1:55am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Health Care Public Option: Can Do

    American health care: Public Option or Public Plan??  Yes. Please. Single payer would be even better. But a Public Plan competing with private insurers is acceptable. I don’t have time to write a post. But I’ll do a fragment of a post. Old saying in Montgomery County politics: You compromise on . . [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 9:20pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Health Care in America — The Great Debate

    “Nowhere else in the world is so much money spent with such poor results.” That’s the opening sentence in an extraordinary Washington Post series on health care in the United States. The series examines the life-and-death problems of the U.S. system, compared to other advanced nations, such as Canada, Great Britain, Germany and [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 3:06am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Air Show at Ocean City

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the OC Air Show Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14, in Ocean City, Maryland. Some preliminary events are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, including Air Show rehearsal on Friday. Aviation displays will be open for viewing at the Inlet Parking Lot and [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2009, 5:11am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • WYPR: Slot Machines And Gangs, Monday

    Two issues on the front burner, far as for Maryland on My Mind is concerned, are slot machines in Maryland and gang activity in Maryland. WYPR radio will be covering both of these issues on Monday, June 8, from noon to 2 p.m. Sitting in for Dan Rodricks, The Baltimore Sun’s [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2009, 7:32pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Boys in Danger: The End of Civilization in Maryland?

    Item: A funeral was held this morning (Wednesday) for Christopher David Jones, age 14, who died after an attack by five to seven youths on a tree-lined street of townhouses in Crofton, Anne Arundel County. Two minors have been charged in the incident. A community meeting will be held at [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 5:53pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • “Age of the Unthinkable” — General Motors in Bankruptcy

    See the USA in your Chevrolet. Dinah Shore could never have imagined what’s happened to the U.S. economy. If someone had predicted, five years ago, that General Motors and Chrysler would go bankrupt, I’d have said they were nuts. “Chevrolet” was the first word I learned to spell. It was on [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 2:38pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Summer In Ocean City

    It’s hot in the afternoon, balmy at night. A bright half-moon is high in the sky. It looks like a slice of lemon. The unique aromas of Boardwalk foods mix with the salty air. Moon-buggy tractors with giant tires smooth the sand in the wee hours. It’s summer in Ocean [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2009, 6:41pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • NPR Marketplace Reports on Ocean City Boardwalk Business

    National Public Radio Marketplace reporter Kai Ryssdal interviewed Perry Pillas this week on the impact of the Recession on Boardwalk business in Ocean City, Maryland. Mr. Ellis is owner of the OC Babies clothing store on the Boardwalk (I think it’s between North Division St. and First St.) His wife, [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • A Slice of Memorial Weekend Life in Ocean City

    (4:45 p.m. Saturday update: Gas is up to $2.30 for a gallon of regular. That’s down from about $4 a gallon at this time last year.) Plenty of times, we’ve had rainy and chilly Memorial day weekends. Not this year! Ocean City, Maryland, has been blessed with perfect beach and boardwalk weather [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2009, 12:59pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Your Ride Is Waiting — in Ocean City

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    Ocean City, Maryland, is poised on the eve of Memorial Day Weekend. The outlook is for ideal holiday weather, with highs near 80 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and little chance of rain. For all you need to know about Ocean City, Maryland, I recommend the town’s new, upgraded Web [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 12:39am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Ocean City, Thursday Morning.

    Nothing but blue sky in Ocean City, Maryland, on Thursday morning. It was crisp and cool during the night, but I believe we will be in the 80s by this afternoon. Usually, even on sunny days, there is a thin haze far out over the ocean. This morning, the air is so [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 8:54am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Ocean City Ready for Memorial Day Weekend

    Wednesday, mid-week before Memorial Day Weekend, was a perfect May day in Ocean City, Maryland — warm, sunny, and lazy. The Boardwalk is open for business, everyone wearing shorts and short-sleeves. It was warm enough for the beach on Wednesday, but only a handful of sunbathers on the sand. The sun [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 4:20am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Marc Steiner on Pete Seeger

    Marc Steiner, a great Maryland radio interviewer (speaking truth to power), writes a heartfelt tribute to the great folk singer Pete Seeger, who turns 90 in May. Pete Seeger is, as Marc says, a contemporary American hero. Both Steiner and Seeger are voices for social justice (but I don’t think [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 3:25am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Best Things In Life Are Free, In Ocean City

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    Is it beach art? Or is it playground equipment on the beach? Is it interactive and educational? Like so much in life, it all depends on your perspective. A bench is nearby, so that parents can relax and watch their children play, and ponder the meaning of it all. In this season [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 1:48am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Springfest Weekend in Ocean City

    Resurfacing is finished on the Route 50 bridge linking West Ocean City to the barrier island. All four freshly lined lanes are open and busy. Springfest continues through Sunday in Ocean City, with temperatures in the 70s. For more, see the Ocean City, Maryland, Blog. [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • O’Malley Would Crush Any Democratic Primary Upstart

    The Baltimore Sun is reporting rumors that Gov. Martin O’Malley might face a challenge in the Democratic primary election in 2010. Well, it’s a free country, and there’s always the possibility that one or more ego-trippers will run for anything. But the all-star ticket of Gov. Martin O’Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 5:07am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger on Marijuana

    Now comes Arnold, prince of California, opening a debate about the merits (or not) of decriminalizing marijuana. (And taxing it, of course!) In 2009, Arnold Schwarzenegger dares to say what former California Gov. Jerry Brown could not have said in 1979. It takes a conservative leader to legitimize a previously radical [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 6:34pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Maryland Wildflowers of Spring and Summer

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    You can see the progress of spring (and soon summer) week by week, as Maryland’s wildflowers make their brief annual appearances. By the beginning of May, dandelions are already an old story. They’ve been everywhere for weeks. The first dandelions started going to seed by the second week of April here [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Ocean City 2009 Summer Season

    It’s May, and the Ocean City, Maryland, season begins. As with everything in these times of change, the Ocean City business and tourism season opens with a sense of uncertainty. Two interesting, low-key events are scheduled for Saturday, this first weekend in May. The Beach Cleanup begins at 10 a.m. Saturday [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • The Age of the Unthinkable — Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico

    This morning’s news: a new strain of swine flu is spreading in Mexico. The mayor of Mexico City has halted all public events as a precaution. Schools and libraries are shut down. People are wearing protective masks in the streets. And the TV news reporters pretend surprise that the swine flu [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2009, 12:09pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • The Age of the Unthinkable — The Maryland State Senate’s Time Has Run Out

    I’ve got the book! “The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About It,” by Joshua Cooper Ramo, published March 2009 by Little Brown. I’ve only just started to read Unthinkable, but it’s already reinforced my cynical conclusion that the Maryland [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2009, 1:57am EDT
    by marylandonmymind

  • Special Session Fatigue in Maryland (Slot Machines Were the Last Straw)

    The once-a-year session of the Maryland General Assembly has been a historical curiosity for a long time. Now it is becoming a downright embarrassment. Maryland needed a Special Session, after four years of deadlock over slot machines. The Special Session brought progress — the lawmakers agreed they were unworthy to decide [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 2:02pm EDT
    by marylandonmymind
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