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By Nathan Bechtold
One of the most controversial points of the health care bill passed this spring, aka. Obamacare, was the mandate it placed on individual citizens to purchase health insurance. If you don’t have insurance, says the bill, you will be “fined.” In recent days as Continue Reading →
By Nathan Bechtold, Anthony Chelette and Kyle Stewart
As first reported by The Annapolis Sound last Thursday, the City of Annapolis was rumored to have been in exclusive negotiations with manager/developer Lehr Jackson. Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen confirmed this report at tonight’s City Council meeting with his ‘surprise’ announcement (the item [...]
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By Nathan Bechtold
Brief:
HIRE Maryland, the federal HIRE Act, and Emergency Unemployment Compensation form the government’s latest plea for our economic problems to just go away.
Governor Martin O’Malley just signed into law a bill providing $20 million [...]
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Truth and Perspectives by Nathan Bechtold
‘What is truth?’ you might inquire – so might I. We would not be alone in our musing; the question stretches throughout human history, surfacing in the writings of the philosophers and in a certain conversation between Pontius Pilate and Jesus the Nazarene. It is a question [...]
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In light of the recent change-in-command in Afghanistan, and last week’s photo montage of the USNA’s incoming plebes, I offer the following:
We are in debt. I am in debt, you are in debt, yes. But we are in debt. The Internet is full of graphs, illustrations, animations, [...]
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While listening to talk radio the other day, I heard the host lecturing a caller concerning the BP oil spill. The caller had concluded that such a spill testifies to the poor safety measures implemented by the company, and to the need for government to more tightly regulate oil drilling. [...]
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There’s something about medieval life, attire, and culture that never ceases to fascinate me. So when I see the scintillating swords, prancing horses, rustic taverns, and breathtaking landscapes which always accompany these films, my heart nearly betrays my [...]
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Last week, Goucher College in Baltimore hosted renowned author and speaker Michael Pollan for an open-to-the-public evening chat. The atmosphere was casual and conversational, despite the packed auditorium, and for about an hour, Mr. Pollan chatted with the school’s president [...]
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