Maryland Dumbs Down Math: Why Dropping Times Tables Dooms Students
🚨 Maryland has just adopted new math standards that remove the requirement for students to know their multiplication...
Month: August 2025
Are Maryland Schools Failing Children?
A teacher who imposes his or her ideology onto children is failing the most basic requirements of the job. Parents entrust...
Friday Night Lights—or Friday Night Fights?
By Michael Phillips I hadn’t been to a high school football game in years. But on Friday night, I found myself in...
Maryland Liberals on Nextdoor Discover Federalism and Firearms—Too Late
Screenshots circulating from the neighborhood app Nextdoor reveal a curious twist among Montgomery County residents—many...
Maryland’s Drug Crisis: A Decline in Overdoses, But Far from Victory
For years, Maryland has been at the epicenter of America’s opioid epidemic. Fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and...
Baltimore’s $62 Million Ghost Gun Verdict: Accountability or Scapegoating?
On August 26, 2025, a Baltimore City jury delivered what city leaders call a “historic” victory: a $62 million judgment...
Maryland Native and Former MLB Star Mark Teixeira Announces Run for Congress in Texas
Yes, you read that right—Mark Teixeira, the three-time MLB All-Star, World Series champion, and member of the Maryland...
Maryland’s School Safety Theater: Layers of Bureaucracy, Little Real Protection
Maryland politicians love to tell parents that our children are safe in their classrooms. They’ll point to pages of...
Montgomery County’s Hypocrisy on Press Freedom
Montgomery County deserves better than hypocrisy and petty passive-aggression that drags us into unconstitutional waters....
Montgomery County’s Police “Going Dark”: Transparency Loses to Control
On August 25, 2025, Montgomery County officially pulled the plug on public police scanners. As of noon that day, every...
The Crime Data Mirage: Why Baltimore and D.C.’s “Declining” Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story
For years, politicians in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore have been eager to tout falling crime numbers. Headlines trumpet...
Chris Van Hollen: More Passion for Politics Than His Constituents
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen has no shortage of opinions on national and international issues. Scroll through his...
Asbestos in Maryland Schools: Another Safety Crisis Under Wes Moore’s Watch
Just weeks after Maryland families learned their children would be sitting in mold-filled classrooms, another threat has...
Maryland Schools Open the Year With Mold: Another Failure of Wes Moore’s Priorities
As Maryland students filed back into classrooms for the 2025–26 school year, many parents weren’t worried about test...
Passport to Nowhere: How Child Support Enforcement Blocks Parents from Working
In an age where we’re told that work is the path to independence, one Virginia parent discovered that the very attempt to...
Trump’s DC Deployment: Safety First, But At What Cost to Business?
When President Donald Trump invoked his authority under the DC Home Rule Act this August to send in the National Guard and...
Montgomery County Circuit Court: Where Poverty and Fatherhood Are Crimes
By Michael Phillips Montgomery County, Maryland, is often portrayed as one of the wealthiest, most progressive counties in...
Justin Ready Gets It Right: Maryland Needs Leadership That Puts Citizens First
When Maryland State Senator Justin Ready (R–Dist. 5) speaks, he does something that too many of our elected officials in...
Exclusive: Screwworm Case in Maryland Sparks Alarms Over Public Health and Biosecurity
Maryland has become the focal point of a troubling new development: the first confirmed human case of screwworm infestation...
Shadows on the Bench: Maryland’s Judicial Campaign Finance Transparency Problem
When Americans think about judicial integrity, they expect judges to be impartial arbiters of the law. But what happens...
Seven Ways Montgomery County Circuit Court Enables Custodial Interference
For years, I have filed petitions, provided evidence, and begged for enforcement of my custody rights in Montgomery County...
Two Years Without My Son: How Montgomery County Circuit Court Refuses to Enforce Custody Orders
It has now been nearly two years since I last saw my son. Not because I disappeared, not because I failed to show up, not...
Trump Turns Up the Heat: Wes Moore’s Bronze Star Under Scrutiny
Governor Wes Moore of Maryland invited a fight with Donald Trump when he challenged the president to “walk the streets of...
Trump Calls Out Wes Moore: Baltimore’s Crime Crisis Can’t Be Hidden Behind Talking Points
Maryland Governor Wes Moore thought he could score political points by publicly challenging President Donald Trump to...
Breaking the Stronghold: A Playbook for Maryland Republicans
Maryland politics is often described as hopelessly blue—a Democratic fortress fortified by gerrymandering and fed by a...
Judges Aren’t Invincible: How Maryland Voters Can Keep the Bench Accountable
For too long, Maryland’s judiciary has operated in a climate of comfort and complacency. Judges—whether they sit on the...
Could Independents and Third Parties Reshape Maryland Politics in 2026?
For decades, Maryland politics has been defined by one reality: Democrats dominate statewide elections, Republicans...
Andy Harris: Maryland’s Lone Republican Fighter in Washington
In a state painted deep blue, one man continues to carry the torch for conservative Marylanders: Congressman Andy Harris....
Family Court as Legalized Child Trafficking: The Case of Reichert v. Hornbeck
America has spent decades wagging its finger at the rest of the world about “human trafficking,” while right here at...
Did Ed Hale Just Save—or Doom—His Gubernatorial Campaign by Switching Parties?
Maryland businessman Ed Hale made headlines this summer when he announced that he would abandon his lifelong Democratic...
Wes Moore Slips Out the Back Door: Maryland’s Governor Ducks Media as Nonprofit Spending Scandal Grows
On August 19, 2025, Governor Wes Moore showed Marylanders exactly how little he values accountability: he bolted out an...
Maryland’s Long Shadow of Corruption: How History Shapes Distrust in Family Courts
The idea that Maryland’s family courts may be tainted by bias, favoritism, or even outright corruption cannot be...
Marc Elrich: The County Executive Who Never Delivered
Montgomery County, once considered a jewel of Maryland for its economic vitality and quality of life, has stumbled under...
Jamie Raskin: Professor of Partisanship, Congressman of Chaos
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has become one of the loudest and most polarizing voices in Congress—not because he’s...
Loudoun County’s War on Privacy: How Policy 8040 and Title IX Are Being Weaponized Against Students
The controversy out of Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County is the latest example of how radical gender policies are...
Colin Kaepernick Cashes In: MCPS Invites Activist Quarterback to Preach Politics—and Pitch His AI Company
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the same system struggling with plummeting test scores, teacher shortages, and...
Conover v. Conover (2016): How Maryland Courts Redefined Parenthood at the Expense of Parents
In 2016, Maryland’s highest court handed down Conover v. Conover, a decision that upended custody law by recognizing...
Top 15 Places to Live in Maryland (According to People Who Actually Live Here)
Maryland: home of crabs, corruption, and “character-rich” communities. If you’ve grown tired of safe suburbs,...
Wes Moore’s Green Gamble: Maryland Ratepayers Left Holding the Bag
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has spent the better part of his tenure boasting about a “bold” green energy agenda—one...
Maryland’s Family Courts: Rights on Paper, Injustice in Practice
Family court is supposed to protect children, safeguard parental rights, and ensure fair enforcement of custody and...