A Kink in the Electric Line

There's a lot of enthusiasm for wind energy these days, and rightly so.  It's an enormous untapped energy source and wind energy is basically pollution-free, once the turbines are built and installed.  There are a couple of problems, though that need to be addressed. 

The New York Times published an excellent article a few days [...]

Beer

Some 100 college presidents, including six from Maryland have again raised the question of what is the proper age to allow legal consumption of alcohol.  Predictably, their proposal to revisit the issue has raised a storm of protest from those who don't want to even debate the issue – their mind is made up. 

Now [...]

Some Good Things Happening In Maryland

I just got back from some travel and ran across these items in the news. 

Energy  Governor O'Malley has recognized that the solution to Maryland's energy problems lie not just in conservation but also in the construction of new generating facilities in the state.  With brownouts or rolling blackouts projected for portions of the state [...]

What Can We Do?

In the last post we looked at the issue of global warming and discussed the factors that contribute to the phenomenonand potential effects.  Today we'll look at some actions that we can take on an everyday basis to help combat global warming.  I want to focus on actions the average person can take.  There are [...]

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The Baltimore Sun carries this article today on the predicted effects of climate change on Maryland.  The article describes a report by a group of scientists who have compiled the first comprehensive report on the potential effects of climate change on Maryland.  The report was prepared for the state by a committee of 19 scientists from [...]


Having taken a look at fundraising by the congressional candidates in Maryland’s first district, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at how the two major party presidential candidates are faring in their fundraising in Maryland.  As before, all data is from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) website and reflect [...]