Looking forward to 2009

I've been busy on other projects, but it's time to get back to posting.  The 426th session of the Maryland General Assembly begins on January 14th and runs until April 13th, 2009.  The session will be, as always, in the historic State House which is reopening after a $10 million renovation.  The Maryland State House [...]

Death Penalty

The most recent commission to examine the death penalty in Maryland released their report today.  The final report of the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment can be found here.  The Commission voted 13 to 7 to recommend that capital punishment be abolished in the State of Maryland.  Of the seven commissioners who voted to retain [...]

A Final Look At The Election On The Shore

In my last post I took a look at the election results on the Eastern Shore where the Democrat Frank Kratovil ended eighteen years of Republican success in the First Congressional District by narrowly beating Republican Andy Harris.  I also pointed out that, despite Kratovil's win, the Shore still looked pretty Republican as Democrat Barack [...]