Month: December 2021

All around the world, people are getting fed up with draconian measures undertaken in the name of public safety. Although we’re not hearing much about it in the news here in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people – perhaps even millions – are protesting across the globe, even though those protests are putting …

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OCEAN CITY — After carefully reviewing and debating the options on the table, resort officials this week approved a gradual scaling up of the percentage of the town’s room tax dedicated to marketing. In October, the Mayor and Council got an historic overview of the town’s room tax and how the revenue generated was distributed …

Ocean City Council Approves Phased Room Tax Distribution Plan; More Funding Slated For Marketing Read More »

The holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve is one of the busiest on the nation’s roadways, and also one of the most dangerous due to the high incidence of alcohol and drug related traffic crashes. With all the drinking during the holiday season, it’s not a stretch to see why so many people …

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BERLIN — In a 12-2 vote, the Maryland State Board of Education ordered the Maryland State Department of Education to create an emergency regulation to draft masking “off ramps” for state public schools. “We can’t mask our children forever … I believe we can update our regs in a way that provides an off ramp …

State Education Department Ordered To Create ‘Off Ramp’ Rules For Masks Read More »

The rock piles at the Bay Bridge often have large white perch holding deep in the current this time of the year. Chain pickerel do well in cold water and are very active this time of the year. They can be found holding close to sunken wood along shorelines. Surfcasters continue to soak large cut …

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SALISBURY – Officials say they plan to bring proposed solar regulations before the Wicomico County Council early next year. In a work session with council member last month, Planning, Zoning and Community Development Director Lori Carter and county attorney Paul Wilber presented an update on proposed solar regulations. “Staff has been working with legal to …

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Will Thomas was a moderately successful swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s swim team for three years. But then he took a year off, reemerged as transgender, and started dominating the women’s swim team. “One of my big concerns for trans people is feeling alone,” he told Penn Today. “Even if you don’t pay attention to the news … [about] …

Male Swimmer Dominates UPenn’s Women’s Swim Team Read More »

Once again, Department of Veterans Affairs bureaucrats are making a concerted effort to prevent veterans from using our health-care benefits at community-based providers outside the VA system — despite a law requiring them to do so. Seven years ago, while suffering from excruciating pain, I attempted to make a primary-care appointment at a VA hospital. In the week between Christmas and New Year’s, no one at my Durham, N.C., VA facility answered the phone. …

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OCEAN PINES – While an anomalous test is to blame for reports that elevated levels of human waste were found in the community’s ponds, association President Larry Perrone disputed claims that the board and general manager were hiding the results. In a Nov. 20 meeting of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors, Perrone provided …

Board Denies Hiding ‘Anything From Anybody’ With Test Results On Ponds Read More »

Monty Python’s Life of Brian is the most prescient movie ever made, predicting exactly in 1979 the cultural madness you see around you today. Despite that, the flick was wrongly derided four decades ago by the very people who might find it gob-smackingly funny today. Life of Brian was vigorously protested during its U.S. release by various groups …

40 Years Ago, Monty Python Predicted (and Mocked) Wokeness Read More »