Your View & Tim's
Mail Call - May 23“There seems to be a problem with the Waynesboro Area school board. In fact-finding, each side submits its information to an... |
Mail Call - May 18“Local teen title holder says pageants focus more on brains, less on being pretty. She’s Miss Washington County Teen. I... |
Mail Call - May 22“For all of you stadium supporters, here’s a novel idea. Raise the price of a ticket an extra $10 and use the money to help... |
Mail Call - May 17“This is about the stadium downtown. They said there’s plenty of parking to go around. About two weeks ago on a Friday night,... |
Mail Call - May 21“Someone put in Mail Call about there being increasing cases of domestic violence, and what’s going on about it. Well, this past... |
Mail Call - May 16“If I was put in charge of welfare, I would put everyone to work, except people on disability. And their employer would give them... |
You can't mute a newspaper ad
Back during the Nixon presidency, my grandparents had some technological advances that we didn’t.
Protesting gives people something to Occupy their time during G-8 summit
Lyndon Larouche is still alive? Who knew?
It takes talent to lose $2 billion
“We are going to pay competitively; we need top talent, you cannot run this business on second-rate talent.”
Independent critters are no organized party on moving day
Beth says that all animals are Republicans because they hate change.
Obama recovers from stiff competition in West Virginia with a message of love and marriage
Supposedly unopposed, President Obama lost 40 percent — 40 percent! — of the Democratic vote in the West Virginia primary last...
Europeans might learn more quickly
Oh, to be a fly on the wall up at Camp David a week from now, when all the former leaders of Europe assemble for what will be half world...
Local Blogs
The Cartoon View
Editorials
City should seek comments on stadium
Maybe the Hagerstown City Council believes the community has essentially had 15 years to comment on a new stadium, so everything that...
Later hours could draw more voters
Sometimes it’s hard to stir up political interest in a small town. Voter turnout is frequently low, and as we’ve seen, sometimes...
For some student athletes, obstacles are not a barrier
Any athlete can vouch for the fact that making the team and competing at a high level is tough enough, without anything else going on that...
Md. lawmakers get second chance
When lawmakers convene in Annapolis for a special session Monday, it will be ostensibly to work out state budget matters, but more, it...
Stadium idea is bold one, but others also needed
The proposed $30 million stadium to primarily serve as home to the Hagerstown Suns minor league baseball team is no easy call. To broaden...
Secrecy is not good policy for County Commissioners
While perusing a list of projects and events supported by the county’s hotel-motel tax revenue, a Herald-Mail reporter noticed a...
Passage, signing of Justice's Law a step forward
Without a dissenting vote, the Maryland House and Senate this session passed what’s become known as Justice’s Law, a measure...
Guest Editorials
Robert E. Bruchey II: Let the SUNShine on downtown
George Washington Carver said, “Where there is no vision, there is no hope,” a quote that is befitting the recent decision of...
Art Callaham: Mail Call comment was quite insightful
“There’s got to be a column in this Mail Call submission!” That is what I exclaimed to my wife and anyone who would listen...
Lloyd Waters: If you build it, will they come?
One day, Ray Kinsella was walking in his cornfield in Iowa when he heard a voice whisper to him, “If you build it, he will come.&...
George Michael: Hardball in Annapolis
Politics, some say, is the art of compromise, with all of its “give and take.” We are told that you can’t always get the...
Allan Powell: Kings of the mountain exposed, part II
As noted in last week’s column, psychiatrist turned historian Arnold Ludwig presented a theory about how rulers actually behave as...
Tom Firey: Debunking the myth of the Citizens United monster
In January 2008, a political activist group called Citizens United released “Hillary: The Movie.” The documentary sharply...
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Crystal Schelle
Deadline shift means we need your news even sooner - May 19, 2012 - When my kid brother, Charles, graduated from journalism school several years ago, I presented him with a paperweight with a subtle...
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Tony Mulieri
Inspiration is the grit in True Grit Awards - May 12, 2012 - The annual True Grit Awards banquet always has a way of putting things into perspective for me when it comes to sports.
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Linda Duffield
No holding back, we dig for the facts - May 5, 2012 - Here’s the bottom line.
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Meg Partington
Breakfast and the local newspaper, the perfect combo - April 28, 2012 - A few weeks ago, my 10-year-old son was bent out of shape when he came out to the kitchen for breakfast and a newspaper wasn’t on...
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Joel Huffer
So far so good for Orioles and Nationals - April 21, 2012 - Don’t look now, but the Orioles and Nationals are in first place.
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Bill Kohler
Getting motivated by Earth Day events - April 14, 2012 - Esquire magazine recently published an issue titled “For Our Divided Times,” which featured 79 things “We All Can...
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Jake Womer
Higher voter turnout makes democracy work better - April 7, 2012 - The city of Hagerstown was a clear victor in Tuesday’s primary. Whatever residents may think about the candidates, they moved toward...
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Stuart Samuels
More heat may bring more light - March 31, 2012 - Another Sunshine Week passed on March 11-17 — and once again it was marked by a collective yawn from Maryland citizens.
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Liz Thompson
Social networking is here to stay - March 24, 2012 - Once upon a time, if you wanted to communicate with someone and couldn't do it personally, you called on the phone or wrote them a letter.
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