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Editorial Advisory Board: Celebrating Pride Month
Every June, LGBTQ individuals and allies recognize Pride Month as a way to celebrate their unity and to recognize the progress the gay community has made in terms of legal […]
Editorial Advisory Board: These bloody streets
Dodge City, Kansas, formed a municipal government in the 1870s. One of the first laws passed was a restriction on the carry of guns within town limits. It wasn’t that […]
Editorial Advisory Board: New rules give judges their due process
The rules regarding how judges are judged got more than a facelift on May 15 when the Court of Appeals adopted the rules changes proposed by the Rules Committee in […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore’s water bill crisis
Baltimore city’s water bill crisis has several sources, among the chief ones a 2002 consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency. The consent decree mandated that Baltimore address its aging […]
Editorial Advisory Board: ‘Security theater’ and the handgun permit review panel
Gov. Larry Hogan, just before the Memorial Day holiday, vetoed a 2019 bill abolishing the Maryland Handgun Permit Review Board. The board, comprised of civilians, was established in 1990 to review […]
Editorial Advisory Board: A question for Baltimore’s inspector general
Baltimore’s Office of the Inspector General was created nearly 15 years ago, in July 2005. The instrument of creation: an executive order signed by then-Mayor Martin O’Malley. Reviewing the history […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore in winter
Baltimore was the hapless soul you sometimes saw in the neighborhood. Threadbare, in need of a bath, a shave and a haircut. But in this person you could see the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Politicians lie low until scandals blow over
Is anyone else concerned about, bothered by or even aware of what seems to be the latest tactic by politicians accused of what would normally be considered, were it you […]
Editorial Advisory Board: E-filing claims will further help Md.’s crime victims
The other day some of us saw the end of an old “Law & Order” episode in which District Attorney Adam Schiff remarked to ADA McCoy: “Three felony convictions. Everyone’s […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Time to speak up about corruption in Baltimore
To paraphrase the Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver, if you’re not a part of the solution you’re a part of the problem. There must be no neutrality regarding the problem that clings […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Attorneys must be keepers of profession’s reputation
Much like the biblical story of Cain denying his responsibility to watch over his brother Abel, it can be easy for us to turn a blind eye to a fellow […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore, don’t use eminent domain to seize intangible property
Baltimore’s attempt to hold onto the Preakness Stakes through eminent domain is a sad spectacle, one that serves as a warning to businesses that the city will use the courts […]
