Gene Policinski: Teacher flunks First Amendment 101 
BY: Gene Policinski
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: Alien and Sedition Acts, declaration of independence, federalist papers, first amendment, First Amendment Center, freedom of religion, gene policinski, inside the first amendment
In this contentious election year, it seems almost quaint to hear someone insist that it’s socially incorrect – and possibly illegal – to criticize the president of the United States as opposed to a candidate for the office. Quaint, except that: (1) the misguided guidance came from a high school teacher in North Carolina; (2) [...]
C. Fraser Smith: Savoring success, moving forward
BY: C. Fraser Smith
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Sylvester Cox, C. Fraser Smith, drug court, jail, maryland, parole officer, program, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin
She didn’t see it at first, but Shelvia Heggie was catching a break – for once. “When they offered me drug court,” she said, “I frowned-up my face.” Something about the frequent drug testing and weekly reporting didn’t appeal to her. She was still “in the life,” as they say. “Then they told me the [...]
Editorial: Whistling past the graveyard
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: Business, Court of Appeals, doomsday budget, Editorial, Federal Transit Administration, gas tax, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, House Speaker Michael E. Busch, maryland, Mr. Miller, Red Line, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., special session, Transit, Transportation Secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley
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Maryland legislators returned to their homes and their full-time occupations last week, no doubt congratulating themselves for taking care of business at their special session that they should have taken care during the 90 days of the regular session. Now, the governor says we will have a second special session to deal with expanded casino [...]
Bookworm: A book to help you capture all of your ‘Aha!’ moments
BY: Terri Schlichenmeyer
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: bookworm, Katherine Ramsland, Prometheus Books, review, Snap: Seizing Your Aha! Moments, Terri Schlichenmeyer
There are days when you wish you were a magician. If you were, all problems would be fixed with a click of your fingers. No more thorny predicaments. No more half-baked ideas. No more unfinished business. One finger-pop and you’d solve everything, quick and painless. But “abracadabra” is never that simple — or is it? [...]
Joe Nathanson: Next steps for Baltimore’s ‘next economy’
BY: Joe Nathanson
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Associated Black Charities, Baltimore, Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program, Building from Strength: Creating Opportunity in Greater Baltimore’s Next Economy, Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, greater baltimore, Joe Nathanson, maryland, regional perspectives
Periodically, various academics and think tank professionals have taken a look at the health of Baltimore’s economy. A study by the Washington-based Brookings Institution authored by Jennifer Vey is the latest, and it brings a refreshing new perspective to this line of inquiry. The report, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is titled “Building [...]
Betsy Nelson: Living the nonprofit leadership transition
BY: Betsy Nelson
POSTED: May 20, 2012
Tags: Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, Betsy Nelson, Business, maryland, Nonprofit, nonprofit organizations
Seems to me that the much-anticipated leadership transition for nonprofit organizations is now occurring. Maybe it is reality or just my perception, since I recently announced that after 25 years I will step down as president of the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers by the end of 2012. I look around and see that in [...]
Kevin Fusco: Investors face election-year uncertainties
BY: Kevin Fusco
POSTED: May 20, 2012
Tags: budget, Economy, election, european union, finance, investors, Kevin Fusco, policies, presidential, stock market, uncertainty
Fiscal tensions in Europe, which have been brewing unabated for more than two years, must now also contend with a fresh round of political turmoil that further threatens European Union stability and may serve as a precursor to what most expect to be a heated election year in the United States. Investors will be watching [...]
C. Fraser Smith: Teachable moments in Annapolis
BY: C. Fraser Smith
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, C. Fraser Smith, General Assembly, legislation, pit bulls, tea party
This week in Annapolis, we had the Tea Party arguing that the end is near for our system. We had the Republicans arguing more stridently that the end is near for our system. We had defenders of pit bulls arguing that the end is near for all dogs. There were almost as many of these [...]
Donald C. Fry: We can’t throw transit under the fiscal bus
BY: Donald C. Fry
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: Donald C. Fry, funding, gas tax, General Assembly, maryland, purple line, revenue, roadway, Transit, transportation infrastructure
Opponents of proposals to raise Maryland’s gas tax rate or find other ways to increase revenue to address our state’s crisis in funding transportation infrastructure aim particularly vitriolic derision at one element of that infrastructure – transit. It’s largely the fault of costly transit that our state doesn’t have enough money to pay for its [...]
Editorial: Big shoes to fill for police commissioner’s replacement
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, corruption, crime, david simon, department of homeland security, frederick h. bealefeld III, HBO, maryland, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, murder, police commissioner, retiring, series, the wire
Baltimore is losing its police commissioner. And what a loss it will be. Frederick H. Bealefeld III is retiring Aug. 1. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the commissioner, who is 49 and has been with the department for 31 years, had decided that this was a good time for him and his family to make the [...]
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