Posts belonging to Category 'Democracy'
August 9, 2010 | Posted by BJH
As usual, I’m taking a short break from Maryland On My Mind in August. This year, the reason is the 2010 election campaign. You may have heard that I’m running for Maryland House of Delegates in District 38B, which is all of Worcester County and part of Wicomico, on the Lower Eastern Shore. The first [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Politics | 
Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Change, Democrats, Eastern Shore, Election 2010, John Hayden, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer, Wicomico County, Worcester County | 
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June 28, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Democracy is easy. All you need for democracy is:
1) Voters
2) Candidates
That’s all, folks. Voters + Candidates = Democracy. Everything else — political parties, opinion polls, advertising — is froth.
Pretty simple, right? So what is the state of democracy in Maryland, and in the U.S. generally?
We have enough voters to make it work.
Sometimes turnout is disappointingly [...]
Categories: Democracy, Maryland, Politics | Tags: Election 2010 | 1 Comment »
June 22, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Since when do U.S. generals give interviews to Rolling Stone?
Double-dip recession? There was never any real question of that. You can see bigger storm clouds on the horizon. Of course, they could blow over. You never know.
BP lies. So which big corporation can you trust?
What about government? Everyone turns to the federal government. But what [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Work | Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2010, Recession, Summer | No Comments »
June 18, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.”
There it is. Write it down. Send it to the printer. Barack Obama said it today, in Ohio. “We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.” You can put that on your bumper sticker.
“Make America Great In The [...]
Categories: Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
June 14, 2010 | Posted by BJH
The victory of Alvin Greene, 32, in the South Carolina Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, was greeted with dismay — even laughter — by many, who thought him to be somehow less than qualified.
Now the dismay is changing to excitement, as this soft-spoken man, a recently discharged veteran, quietly and calmly answers the disrespectful questions [...]
Categories: Democracy, News, Politics, Social Justice | Tags: Alvin Greene, Democrats, Election 2010, Poor, South Carolina | No Comments »
May 24, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Frank Kratovil, Maryland’s District 1 congressman, is committed to keeping constituents informed about how busy he is, working for us on Capitol Hill.
Today’s mail brings another of Rep. Kratovil’s increasingly frequent “legislative updates.” This is the second legislative update during the month of May. Do you think there’s an election coming up?
The first May update [...]
Categories: Democracy, Maryland, Politics | Tags: Congress, Eastern Shore, Election 2010, Frank Kratovil | 1 Comment »
April 26, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Gov. Martin O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown launch their 2010 re-election campaign at lunchtime Tuesday in Baltimore, then follow up with a whirlwind three-day tour of Maryland.
The tour includes stops in Largo, Rockville, Waldorf, Hagerstown, Frederick, Columbia, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Catonsville and Annapolis. Full details on scheduled tour stops are at the O’Malley-Brown campaign Web [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Democracy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Anthony Brown, Baltimore County, Bob Ehrlich, Democrats, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
April 12, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Did you receive the interesting mailing from Rep. Frank Kratovil? It came in the mail on Saturday. Rep. Kratovil represents those of us who live in Maryland’s First Congressional District. He mailed us two classy fliers in late 2009, and one earlier this year. This fourth flier is the nicest one yet, in my opinion.
It’s [...]
Categories: Democracy, Maryland, Politics, Taxes | Tags: Congress, Democrats, Eastern Shore, Election 2010, Elections, Frank Kratovil | No Comments »
April 8, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Bob Ehrlich announced yesterday, in Rockville and Arbutus, that he’s running for governor of Maryland. Finally. This is what passes for political news in Maryland.
In other news, Mr. Ehrlich, a Republican, announced that retired TV newscaster Andy Barth, a Democrat, will be Ehrlich’s press secretary. You could put that on the back page.
In still [...]
Categories: Democracy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Bob Ehrlich, Democrats, Election 2010, Elections, Martin O'Malley, Republicans | 5 Comments »
March 22, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Anger over health care has ripped a jagged tear in the fabric of American society. I hope the damage can be mended, but the prospect is for still more vindictive rhetoric, stoking the anger and deepening the divide.
Emotions on both sides ran unusually high Sunday. The Democrats were celebratory after winning, but they seemed [...]
Categories: Democracy, Health care, Leadership, News, Politics | Tags: Change, Democrats, health insurance, Republicans | No Comments »
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