Archive: Maryland
A wider I-270: How two lanes beats four
By Phil Andrews Gaithersburg A recent state proposal to address traffic-choked Interstate 270 would add four lanes between Shady Grove Road and Urbana, and two lanes between Urbana and the city of Frederick. But after reviewing the state’s long-term traffic...
By Michael Larabee | November 13, 2009; 07:05 PM ET | Comments (4)
Policing speech is part of a good school's job
By Tom Farquhar Potomac Post education blogger Valerie Strauss concluded that “sanity was restored” when Churchill High School officials reversed their decision to cancel a student production of “Chicago” [The Answer Sheet, Oct. 29]. Later she said, “I think this...
By Michael Larabee | November 6, 2009; 06:33 PM ET | Comments (7)
Tested to Death in the Maryland Schools
By Thomas A. Bauder Washington I am an English teacher at a Maryland high school. Of the five weeks we have been in session this year, I have been able to teach for almost, but not quite, three. The other...
By Michael Larabee | September 30, 2009; 10:16 AM ET | Comments (3)
My Health-Care Story: Penny-Wise and Flu-Foolish
By Joe Mistrett Chevy Chase Let me give you an example of how ridiculous health care has become in this country, and I have good insurance. (Although not as good, I’m sure, as that of the self-aggrandizing members of Congress...
By Michael Larabee | September 23, 2009; 09:53 AM ET | Comments (1)
Where the Wild Things Were
By Betsy Karasik Washington When my brother and I were very small, our parents bought a lot on a cul-de-sac in Glen Echo and built a house there. Our street was still largely undeveloped, and our house was perched on...
By Michael Larabee | September 14, 2009; 10:13 AM ET | Comments (3)
Scary Scenes on the Billy Goat Trail
By Bruce Weissgold Annandale Regarding the Sept. 8 Metro article “Copter Aids Rescue of Bride-To-Be”: I was hiking on the Billy Goat Trail at the C&O Canal National Historical Park with my two daughters, ages 8 and 11, just a...
By Michael Larabee | September 11, 2009; 06:45 PM ET | Comments (1)
Family or Foster Care? A Death Shows the Stakes
Matthew Joseph Silver Spring The death of 3-year-old DeSean Tyrese Wade in Waldorf on Aug. 19, which has resulted in a charge of child abuse, has troubling implications for child welfare case practices in Charles and Prince George’s counties. My...
By Michael Larabee | September 6, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Squeezing Our Wineries
By Crystal Lal Cheverly Two articles in the Aug. 19 Food section got my blood boiling about an issue that I had greatly hoped was moving forward in Maryland: making local wines more available in farmers markets. One article pointed...
By Michael Larabee | August 31, 2009; 02:37 PM ET | Comments (0)
A Marriage Like Any Other
By Rich Madaleno Kensington In 2002, I became the first openly gay person elected to the Maryland General Assembly. It was important to me to be straightforward about who I was while not being pigeonholed as “the gay guy.” I...
By Michael Larabee | August 27, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (30)
