Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010

What does it say about state legislators when even in the middle of a financial crisis they funnel money to pet causes?

Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010

In his March 14 op-ed, "How health care discourages abortion," T.R. Reid contended that a woman is likely to avoid abortion if she knows she and her child will have access to medical care. In fact, those pregnant women who disproportionately obtain abortions in the United States -- women in poverty or near poverty -- are eligible for health-care coverage through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as are their children.

Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010

Gov. Martin O'Malley repeatedly talks about the need for every resident to sacrifice to create "one" Maryland -- everyone, that is, but state government employees.

Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010

In 2007, Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Maryland General Assembly enacted a number of tax increases designed to close the state's budget deficit. As this year's General Assembly session illustrates, these tax hikes did not fix the state's spending problems. Instead, they created problems for many Marylanders.

Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010

This week is "Sunshine Week," launched to promote government transparency at the local, state and federal level.While Gov. Martin O'Malley often touts how many statistics his administration puts on the Web, this week is a great opportunity to point out how the state could improve citizen access to information -- a vital component to a healthy democracy. At a time when the state can little afford to waste money, Mr. O'Malley's administration fails to adequately show how almost $1 billion each year is being used by nonprofit and for-profit companies given grants by state agencies. To put that figure in perspective, grants equal one-thirteenth of the operating budget and could send about 76,000 children to public school.

Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Educating children usually ranks behind paying off the teachers union in Maryland for political support.

Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010

At a time when the state has no money to spare, Gov. Martin O'Malley wants to give more power to one union at the expense of family child care workers, the families they serve and, ultimately, taxpayers.