Maryland Politics Watch

If I were John McCain … If I had voted to launch a completely unnecessary war on bogus evidence, a war that led to the unnecessary deaths of...

By Marc Korman. Recently, Jennifer Dougherty paid a visit to the Montgomery County Young Democrats at their monthly meeting. Dougherty is...

The Washington Business Journal reported this tidbit about the Sierra Club: The greenest of green organizations, the Sierra Club, is buying...

At a 7/28/08 work session of the County Council’s Public Safety Committee, Chairman Phil Andrews and committee members Marc Elrich and Don P...

Reacting to a recent court decision allowing the anti-transgender referendum to proceed, the transgender bill’s defenders have launched a ...

By Marc Korman. I recently wrote two posts on the MARC train. In my post, I outlined some of the reforms I felt MARC needed to take befor...

Last month, I called for the revival of the state’s liberal blogosphere. That call has been answered! And the saviors of the online left ...

In an astounding interview on WBAL last Wednesday, former Governor Bob Ehrlich blamed former Maryland Attorney General Joe Curran for the st...

According to the Washington Post , Maryland State Police Superintendent Terrence B. Sheridan has reviewed the circumstances of the political...

A guest post by Hans Riemer. Hi everyone, it's Hans Riemer — Silver Spring resident, political activist, regular MPW reader — and now, o...

Among other things, the state police spying scandal reveals immense differences between Governor O’Malley and former Governor Ehrlich. Vote...

Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenburg ruled today that the anti-transgender ballot referendum could go forward. But hi...

Margarita-drinking penguins surf off the sandy beaches of Antarctica. Osama bin Laden sips matzo ball soup in Tel Aviv. George W. Bush adm...

The Maryland State Police file on anti-death penalty protestors contains a chronological record of the state’s spying on liberal activists ...

Montgomery County Council President Mike Knapp will be on the 'Political Pulse' TV Show on: Thursday, July 24th at 9:00 p.m.; and T...

In November 2005, the spies became concerned that death warrants signed for Wesley Baker and Vernon Evans would stir the protestors to incre...

Through a spokesperson, Governor O'Malley assures us that no legislation is needed to prevent a recurrence of the political spying under...

I had one reaction when I heard about County Council Member Mike Knapp’s new bill prohibiting large trucks from parking in residential neig...

Max John Obuszewski is not an ordinary liberal. The 63-year-old Baltimore resident has a long history of anti-war and anti-death penalty ac...

By Marc Korman. So you have finished reading the Great Society Subway ? Why don’t you take a peak at Maryland: A History by Carl Bode. The...

Who in the Maryland executive branch gave the spying orders in 2005-2006? And who are the undercover police officers who worked so diligent...

Much has been written about the spying undertaken by Maryland’s State Police against liberal activists. But the most revealing story is...

Governor O'Malley's response to the uncovering of the Ehrlich administration's Free State Stasi sounds good upon first read. Ho...

Reports of Gov. Ehrlich's spy operation have gotten the attention of Congress. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, chair of the House Domestic Policy...

This morning, the Washington Post printed a letter of mine defending supporters of protecting the Capital Crescent Trail from the Purple Li...

As important as it is to condemn in no uncertain terms the Ehrlich administration's use of secret police to spy on Marylanders engaged ...