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SO, WILL PGCPS BUSES GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL IN WEEK TWO?
The backlog may be cleared, but after 10,000 students were caught in last week’s transportation disaster, Prince George’s County parents […]
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The Nixon Presidency: From the Man in the Room
Dwight Chapin’s memoir looks beyond Watergate to reveal the people, planning, and presidential leadership that changed history. There is no […]
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ALLISON PICKARD IS THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
From immigration enforcement and gun control to higher-density development and organized labor, voters should look carefully at what another four […]
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TWO LIVES LOST ON I-270. MARYLAND HAS SOME HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
A mother and daughter are dead after an alleged impaired driver traveled the wrong way on I-270. Maryland can mourn […]
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Montgomery County Needs a Real Leader. Her Name Is Esther Wells.
For voters tired of higher taxes, ideological government and excuses, Esther Wells offers something refreshingly different: competence, accountability and common […]
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WHEN ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT STARTS ARGUING WITH ITSELF
The Elrich-Hedrick planning fight is about more than one appointment. It is a warning about who gets heard when Montgomery […]
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THE CASE AGAINST EXTREMIST WILL JAWANDO FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE
From defunding the police and removing SROs to rent controls, tax-the-rich policies and restrictions on economic development, Will Jawando’s County […]
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ALLISON PICKARD IS THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
From immigration enforcement and gun control to higher-density development and organized labor, voters should look carefully at what another four […]
Read more ALLISON PICKARD IS THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTYTWO LIVES LOST ON I-270. MARYLAND HAS SOME HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
A mother and daughter are dead after an alleged impaired driver traveled the wrong way on I-270. Maryland can mourn […]
Read more TWO LIVES LOST ON I-270. MARYLAND HAS SOME HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.Montgomery County Needs a Real Leader. Her Name Is Esther Wells.
For voters tired of higher taxes, ideological government and excuses, Esther Wells offers something refreshingly different: competence, accountability and common […]
Read more Montgomery County Needs a Real Leader. Her Name Is Esther Wells.WHEN ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT STARTS ARGUING WITH ITSELF
The Elrich-Hedrick planning fight is about more than one appointment. It is a warning about who gets heard when Montgomery […]
Read more WHEN ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT STARTS ARGUING WITH ITSELFTHE CASE AGAINST EXTREMIST WILL JAWANDO FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE
From defunding the police and removing SROs to rent controls, tax-the-rich policies and restrictions on economic development, Will Jawando’s County […]
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Maryland’s Real “Exit Tax” Story Is Bad Enough Without Getting It Wrong
Maryland’s nonresident real estate withholding is real, but the viral “6 percent exit tax” claim gets the history wrong. The […]
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Mayor Brandon Scott’s War on Ethics
Brandon Scott keeps fighting Baltimore’s Inspector General. The courts keep telling him no. Insanity is Defined There comes a point […]
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TWO LIVES LOST ON I-270. MARYLAND HAS SOME HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
A mother and daughter are dead after an alleged impaired driver traveled the wrong way on I-270. Maryland can mourn […]
Read more TWO LIVES LOST ON I-270. MARYLAND HAS SOME HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.Montgomery County Needs a Real Leader. Her Name Is Esther Wells.
For voters tired of higher taxes, ideological government and excuses, Esther Wells offers something refreshingly different: competence, accountability and common […]
Read more Montgomery County Needs a Real Leader. Her Name Is Esther Wells.WHEN ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT STARTS ARGUING WITH ITSELF
The Elrich-Hedrick planning fight is about more than one appointment. It is a warning about who gets heard when Montgomery […]
Read more WHEN ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT STARTS ARGUING WITH ITSELFTHE CASE AGAINST EXTREMIST WILL JAWANDO FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE
From defunding the police and removing SROs to rent controls, tax-the-rich policies and restrictions on economic development, Will Jawando’s County […]
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY’S CAR THEFT EXCEPTION
While vehicle theft falls across Maryland and the Washington region, Montgomery County is moving in the wrong direction. Residents deserve […]
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The Bill Came Due, and Rockville Still Won’t Sign For It
A $3 billion school maintenance backlog did not happen overnight. It happened while Montgomery County’s leaders spent their energy fighting […]
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VISION ZERO HAS A SCOREBOARD. THE SCORE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
New data strengthens the case for a simpler standard: target the dangerous roads, enforce the law, measure what works, and […]
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PUTIN’S THREATS ARE A TEST AMERICA CANNOT IGNORE
Europe is stepping forward to defend Ukraine. The United States must decide whether it still intends to lead. Former Rep. […]
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Socialism Returns to Downing Street
Andy Burnham promises to bury Thatcher’s legacy. Americans should watch closely, because Britain is about to test the very agenda […]
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Obama Managed Iran. Trump Changed the Math.
After years of wishful diplomacy, America finally confronts Iran from a position of strength. The question is whether the emerging […]
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Watching China Watch the Iran Conflict
ProTip: Sometimes the most revealing sound is what you didn’t hear. Sometimes the most revealing sound is what you didn’t […]
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J Street’s War on Israel
While rockets fly and hostages suffer, one Washington lobby fights to cut the lifeline to America’s closest democratic ally. It […]
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We Already Tried Two States. It Failed.
American progressives demand a two-state solution that neither Israeli party supports, that Palestinians already rejected at the ballot box, and […]
Read more We Already Tried Two States. It Failed.Environmental Watch
Environmental Watch is your front-line source for uncovering the real stories behind environmental policies, green initiatives, and the global climate conversation. From government overreach disguised as eco-activism to the practical impact of energy mandates on everyday life, we go beyond the headlines to bring you facts, analysis, and accountability. Whether it’s exposing the cost of failed green projects, highlighting innovation in renewable tech, or calling out hypocrisy in environmental rhetoric, Environmental Watch delivers the truth — not the talking points.
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THE GRID DOES NOT RUN ON SLOGANS
AI has exposed the central weakness of net-zero politics: America cannot ration its way to prosperity. There is nothing like […]
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Say That Again File – Twenty Degrees Cooler? Read the Fine Print
D.C.’s reflective-road experiment may cool asphalt. The harder question is whether it meaningfully cools the people paying for it. THE […]
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The Train That Cannot Get to Antioch
Only in California… E is for disel. And too easy Californians Concnesme eBart runs on 100% Biodiesel Not a bad […]
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Don’t Believe the Hype
The Sandcastle Kid Grows Up, and the Doomsday Essays Still Win the Ribbons I lost an essay contest once, back […]
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The Sun and the Wind Send a Bill Nobody Reads
Solar panels and wind turbines are marketed as clean. The mining pits, coal-fired factories, and landfills behind them tell the […]
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Virginia’s Wind Bill Is Coming Due. Maryland Democrats Are Writing the Same Check.
As Annapolis presses forward on offshore wind, the Commonwealth next door is giving a costly, real-time lesson in what happens […]
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Godzilla Had the Right Idea. Washington Is Finally Catching Up.
Fifty-five years ago, a Japanese monster movie understood something about clean energy that half of Annapolis and most of Washington […]
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Don’t Blame Amazon. Blame Annapolis!!!
Maryland’s green energy mandates, not data centers, are the real reason your electric bill keeps climbing. Your electric bill arrived […]
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Where innovation collides with legislation. In this section, we dive into the cutting edge of discovery — from space lasers to AI policy — and explore how government, ideology, and bureaucracy shape the technologies that define our future. Whether it’s regulating CRISPR, funding defense tech, or the political tug-of-war over clean energy, this is where the lab meets the legislature.
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Could an AI/Data Center Crash Be Coming?
An uncomfortable contradiction sits at the center of the artificial-intelligence boom. The public is becoming increasingly skeptical of AI and […]
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The AI Race Is Not a Drill
Trump’s AI framework gets the big question right. Now comes the hard part. Somebody in Washington finally asked the right […]
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The Data Center Scare Is a Sham
Critics on both left and right are misleading the public about AI infrastructure. The numbers do not lie, but the […]
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Silicon Valley Goes to Washington: Sam Altman, AI Regulation, and the Fight America Cannot Afford to Lose
OpenAI’s CEO spent June 3 on Capitol Hill warning Congress that bureaucratic overreach could hand China the defining technology of […]
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The Dopamine Trap: Why TikTok Is Making Young Voters Angrier and No Smarter
New research confirms what conservatives have long argued: social media platforms built on emotional manipulation are poisoning public discourse, not […]
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The Hidden Fire: How Silence Shapes Civilizations
What we cannot see is often what matters most. The future of human power is not announced. It is assembled, […]
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The Quiet Collapse: How Government Digital Failures Erode the Public Trust We Cannot Afford to Lose
Here is what nobody says at the press conference. They announce the outage, they invoke the phrase abundance of caution, […]
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The Intelligence Shift: What the Numbers Actually Tell Us
AI is no longer a horizon story. The disruption is present tense, and the policy response is not keeping up. […]
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America’s Return to the Stars
Maryland Man Who Led the Way Home A nation’s life that demands you stop, look up, and remember who you […]
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