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Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes a Powerful Argument for School Choice Apr. 25, 2025
During oral arguments in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ... Read More
History-Heavy Baltimore Has Much More Mar. 08, 2025
By Victor Block If any city gives meaning to the word "eclectic," it is Baltimore, Maryland. Are you... Read More
Smith Island Is Quaint, Quiet and Filled With Character Feb. 09, 2025
By Victor Block Talk about hometown pride! When I asked a grizzled waterman who lives on Smith Islan... Read More
Talbot County, Maryland: A Throwback to History and Americana Jun. 22, 2024
By Fyllis Hockman Talbot County, Maryland, is old. Very old. One of the earliest buildings, a Quaker... Read More
A Key to Baltimore's Broken Heart Apr. 03, 2024
A week ago, while Baltimore slept, the Francis Scott Key Bridge stood, its gorgeous and graceful tru... Read More
Laws Requiring Permission to Obtain Guns Look Vulnerable: The 4th Circuit's Rejection of Maryland's Handgun Licensing System Suggests Similar Schemes in Other States Are Unconstitutional Nov. 29, 2023
According to a landmark 2022 Supreme Court decision, the Second Amendment constrains the requirement... Read More
Maryland's New Criminal Enterprise Sep. 28, 2023
In our criminal justice system, we frequently confront the question of how severely we should punish... Read More
Maryland Voters Send a Warning Shot to Democrats Dec. 14, 2021
ATTENTION SALENA ZITO EDITORS: THERE IS A MANDATORY CORRECTION TO THE COLUMN FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 14... Read More
The DC Statehood Power Grab Apr. 27, 2021
"How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?" asked President Abraham Lincoln, who ans... Read More
Secluded Smith Island Is Living at Its Best Apr. 03, 2021
By Victor Block Talk about hometown pride! When I asked a grizzled waterman who lives on Smith Islan... Read More
Rural America, 'Romanticism' and Open Minds Jul. 30, 2019
ACCIDENT, Maryland — Hours before the festivities began, generations of families were lining u... Read More
Justice Thomas Provides Clarity on the Memorial Cross Jun. 26, 2019
Ninety-nine years ago, Democrat Sen. John Walter Smith of Maryland provided $50 of his own — n... Read More
From Accident to Embarrass, No Name and Hell -- Unusual Town Names May. 11, 2019
By Victor Block Vacationers seeking a double thrill enjoy an exciting whitewater rafting trip on the... Read More
Can a Giant Christian Cross Be Secular?: Challenge to Maryland WWI Memorial Illustrates Confusion Caused by Supreme Court's Establishment Clause Cases Feb. 27, 2019
Let's talk about the constitutional significance of bushes at the foot of the 40-foot-high, 16-ton c... Read More
On Climate Threat, States Refuse to Surrender Sep. 11, 2018
As large parts of America burn or drown under weird weather conditions made more extreme by global w... Read More
Poles Apart, Joe Arpaio and Chelsea Manning Hit the Campaign Trail Jan. 29, 2018
WASHINGTON — America's most prolific leaker, Chelsea Manning, and the man who proclaimed himse... Read More
Their America, and Ours. Nov. 03, 2017
"Meet you at Peace Cross." In northwest D.C. in the 1950s, that was an often-heard comment among hig... Read More
Fox News Covers 'Inconvenient' Rape Mar. 29, 2017
On March 16, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly pushed into a boys bathroom at Rockville High School i... Read More
We're Against Emotionalism, Except When We're Not Mar. 22, 2017
Conservatives have rightly taken pride in Neil Gorsuch's calm and cerebral performance at his Senate... Read More
Rewarding States for ACA Exchange Failures? Mar. 03, 2016
If you are tired of reading columns about Affordable Care Act failures, don't read any further. If y... Read More
