“The Maryland Way”: A Deep-Rooted Culture of Corruption Hiding in Plain Sight
By Michael Phillips Maryland may boast of its crab feasts, blue-ribbon schools, and proximity to the nation’s...
Month: July 2025
Pimlico’s $400M Reboot: A Welcome Investment—If Bureaucrats Don’t Blow It Again
By Michael Phillips The echoes of hooves pounding the dirt at Pimlico Race Course have quieted—for now. On July 24, 2025,...
Harford County Stands Up to Silicon Valley: A Needed Reckoning in the Fight Against Social Media’s Youth Toll
By Michael Phillips In a move that should draw applause from parents across the political spectrum, Harford County Public...
Maryland’s Dirty Voter Rolls: Republicans Sound the Alarm as Feds Join Scrutiny
By Michael Phillips In a state where Democrats have long held political dominance, Maryland’s elections officials are...
No Amnesty, No Apologies: John Myrick Stakes Bold Ground on Immigration with Support for ‘Plan Dignity’
By Michael Phillips In a political climate where most candidates dodge immigration reform or default to talking points,...
FEMA’s Western Maryland Denial: Bureaucracy, Not Bad Faith, Is the Real Disaster
By Michael Phillips When catastrophic floods slammed into Allegany and Garrett Counties this May, Western Marylanders...
Abigail Spanberger’s Intelligence Resume: Public Servant or Political Operator?
By Michael Phillips As Virginia’s former U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger mounts her gubernatorial campaign in...
Maryland’s Family Courts Are Failing Families: Here’s Why Reform Can’t Wait
By Michael Phillips In theory, Maryland’s family courts are supposed to be the guardians of justice for families in...
Luxury for the Few, Bills for the Rest: Maryland Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Frederick’s $100M Hotel Dream
By Michael Phillips In a move that exemplifies the modern progressive model of “economic growth” — where corporate...
Ten Ways Governor Wes Moore Has Impoverished Marylanders — And Why It’s Time to Rethink His Agenda
By Michael Phillips When Wes Moore was elected governor, many Marylanders bought into the soaring rhetoric of "Leave No One...
Why Is Maryland Powering Virginia’s Data Centers Instead of Building a Smarter Grid?
By Michael Phillips The story is as maddening as it is predictable: Marylanders could end up paying $800 million to power...
Stronger Than Steel, Rooted in America: How Superwood Is Redefining the Future of Building—Without the Climate Alarmism
By Michael Phillips In a time when green tech is too often a euphemism for government waste and elitist virtue signaling, a...
The Layoff Nobody Wants to Talk About: T. Rowe Price, Wes Moore, and the False Promise of “Progressive Prosperity”
By Michael Phillips It didn’t make front-page headlines in most outlets, but it should have. On July 18, The Baltimore...
Scrappy Comes Home: What a Stolen Service Dog Reveals About Crime, Community, and Common Sense
By Michael Phillips On July 7, 2025, a quiet residential street in Temple Hills, Maryland, became the center of a...
Mystery Bumps on Basil? Maryland Gardeners Get a Lesson in Nature’s Adaptability”
By Michael Phillips In a year marked by unusual weather patterns and a political climate as thick as Maryland’s summer...
The 2025 Orioles Collapse: What Went Wrong, Who’s Getting Traded, and What Comes Next
By Michael Phillips At the 2025 All-Star break, the Baltimore Orioles find themselves in a stunning free fall. With a...
35 Years of the ADA: A Civil Rights Law in Name, Not in Practice
By Michael Phillips Next week, America will mark 35 years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
The Curious Case of Mathilda Lorenz: Cockeysville’s Casket Mystery and the Art of the Unsettling
By Michael Phillips In an era where the bizarre is often masked as brilliance, and where confusion is often mistaken for...
The Smile That Taxed a Thousand Wallets: Wes Moore’s Charm Offensive Meets Maryland’s Economic Reality
By Michael Phillips Ah yes, the smiling governor. Wes Moore—part motivational speaker, part tax collector, all...
Big Government Crashes the Party: Montgomery County Cracks Down on Backyard Entrepreneurs While Ignoring Real Problems
By Michael Phillips On July 15, 2025, while Montgomery County families continue to struggle with skyrocketing housing...
Democracy by Design? More Like Districts by Design: Andy Ellis Says Maryland Voters Are Being Played
By Michael Phillips Let’s play pretend for a second. Imagine you live in a state where your vote doesn’t really...
Baltimore’s Mass Overdose Wasn’t a Mystery—It Was a Policy Failure
By Michael Phillips When 27 people collapse on the streets of Baltimore in a mass overdose event, it shouldn't be treated...
Ghost Forests and Forgotten Farms: Maryland’s Eastern Shore Confronts a Salty Reality
By Michael Phillips The skeletons of once-proud forests now haunt Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Across Dorchester, Somerset,...
Moral Bankruptcy on Display: Maryland Democrats Compare Trump to Hitler—and Cross a Dangerous Line
By Michael Phillips When public officials weaponize the Holocaust for political cheap shots, they don’t just smear their...
Power Grab in the Piedmont: How Wes Moore Is Letting Out-of-State Interests Bulldoze Maryland Property Rights
By Michael Phillips As hundreds of Maryland families brace for the bulldozers of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG),...
Fireworks, Fear, and Lawlessness: Ocean City’s July 4th Chaos Reveals a Growing Crisis of Public Disorder
By Michael Phillips On what should have been a night of patriotic celebration, Ocean City, Maryland instead became a case...
“Who’s Protecting the Children?”: John Myrick Calls for Family Court Investigation in Maryland
By | July 2025 In Maryland, it’s easier to garnish a father’s wages than it is to guarantee him a phone call with his...
Freedom Wins: How Andy Harris and the House Freedom Caucus Just Protected Your Wallet from Government Control
By Michael Phillips In a time when the federal government seems increasingly eager to track, regulate, and control nearly...
The Platform That Censors the Truth: How Medium Betrayed Its Writers and Silenced My Journalism
By Michael PhillipsFormer Medium Member, Investigative Journalist, and NWU Writer Since 2020, I’ve been writing on...
Restoring Order or Overreaching? Laurel’s Summer Youth Curfew Draws a Line
By Michael Phillips In a move both praised and condemned, the City of Laurel, Maryland, has taken a bold stand against...
Blacklisted Before the Ballot: How Maryland’s Media and Machine Silence Independent Candidates
By Michael Phillips Andy Ellis doesn’t need your sympathy. He needs your attention. The Green Party candidate for...
Paving Over the Past: Baltimore Bureaucrats Strike Again in Fells Point
By Michael Phillips When you’re a city drowning in potholes, crime, and broken promises, what do you do? If you're the...
Moore Picks Republican Ed Rothstein to Head Veterans Department — Symbolism Over Substance?
By Michael Phillips In a headline that raised some eyebrows across Maryland, Democratic Governor Wes Moore has nominated...
Finally, A Course Correction: Why Shrinking the U.S. Department of Education Is Long Overdue
By Michael Phillips The Left is in meltdown mode after the Supreme Court’s July 2025 decision to uphold major cuts to the...
No Lifeguards, No Accountability: How Washington’s Bureaucratic Failures Put Maryland Families at Risk at Assateague
By Michael Phillips The Atlantic may be calm some days, but the political waters around Assateague Island are anything but....
“$20K Per Student—And They Still Can’t Read?”: John Myrick Calls Maryland’s Education System a Betrayal
By | July 2025 Maryland’s education budget is one of the largest in the nation. At nearly $20,000 per student, the...
Sticker Shock in the Mailbox: USPS Stamp Hike Hits Maryland Residents and Raises Broader Questions About Government Oversight
By Michael Phillips On July 13, 2025, the U.S. Postal Service officially raised the price of its First-Class Mail Forever...
Judges for Sale: The Quiet Power of ADR and the Revolving Door
By Michael Phillips Justice is supposed to be blind—not for sale at $300 an hour.But in the world of family court,...
The One Percent That Terrifies Annapolis: Why Andy Ellis Says Maryland Is Built to Silence You
By Michael Phillips In Maryland politics, you don’t need 51% to win—you just need 1% to matter.At least, that’s the...
Opinion: Trump’s FBI Relocation Plan Is a Return to Sanity—Maryland Just Doesn’t Like Losing
By Michael Phillips The battle over the FBI’s future home has become a political circus—one that says more about power,...