You may have never heard of Sherman Howell. But if you’ve been an elected official, a candidate or politically active in Howard County, you not only heard of Sherman, you […]
Len Lazarick, Political Columnist
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Opinion | Newspapers may go away, but the need for local news doesn’t
The Columbia Flier newspaper died June 29 at the age of 54. It succumbed to a slow euthanasia by the owners of the Baltimore Sun who acquired the paper and […]
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Opinion | 50 years of Columbia development, with much redevelopment ahead
Fifty years ago this June I moved to Columbia from Boston with my wife, a newly graduated nurse. Columbia was already six years old at that point, but no, we […]
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Opinion | Fantastic Howard County library plan raises serious questions
The unveiling of plans for a new Columbia lakefront library March 30 was nothing less than stunning. The renderings showed a fabulous design by a world-renowned architect on a plot […]
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Opinion | How a bill that sounds good gets killed
We all know, don’t we, about the shortage of nurses and all kinds of other health care providers. Overworked nurses were already in short supply before the pandemic, but COVID […]
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Opinion | Moore embraces business, but drives up costs as well
Everybody, even progressive Democrats, loves a growing business community. It means more jobs, more income, more taxes. When the new governor and comptroller spoke to the Maryland Chamber of Commerce […]
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Opinion: What’s wrong with the Columbia Association?
What’s wrong with the Columbia Association and why did it have such problems with its recently hired CEO? Digital edition This item appears in the March 2023 issue of The […]
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The history of The Business Monthly
February 1993 was not a great time to be starting a newspaper. You could say the same about the 30 years that followed. Yet here we are in 2023 celebrating […]
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Opinion: Impressions of Wes Moore
I was prepared to be unimpressed with Wes Moore before we were scheduled to meet for an interview at the Dough Roller restaurant in Ocean City during the annual Maryland […]
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Did Hogan change Maryland for the better?
Did Hogan change Maryland for the better? Did Larry Hogan really change Maryland for the better in his eight years as governor? Of course, he did. He says so himself […]