Focus On Talbot: Are We Being Had Yet Again? By Dan Watson
I think that’s about to happen. This time in the still of the night, in the quiet of a nearly empty Bradley Room at the tippy-tail end of this coming Tuesday night’s County Council meeting. All but the staff and Council will have left the room much earlier. The few live-streamers will have turned off the computers, maybe to call a friend about breaking news. Probably no one will be waiting to ... [Continue Story]
Op-Ed
Focus On Talbot: Are We Being Had Yet Again? By Dan Watson
I think that’s about to happen. This time in the still of the night, in the quiet of a nearly empty Bradley Room at the tippy-tail end of this coming ... [Continue Story]
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- Satire: Scrabble Words You Can Make With “t-a-l-b-o-t-b-o-y-s.”
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Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Rabbi Hyman, Scouting Leader by Howard Freedlander
Temple B’Nai Israel’s Rabbi Peter Hyman is an Eagle Scout and proud of it. His two sons are Eagle Scouts. He represented the World Organization of ... [Continue Story]
- Out and About (Sort of): Ball Park Birthday by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Unsung, Unseen Heroes by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Incompetent, or Not by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Unforgotten by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Perils of Succession by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Hail the Rich Explorers by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Guard Misused by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Change of Mind by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): 1st Amendment Under Siege by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Rumsfeld, A Complex Leader Howard Freedlander
Jamie Kirkpatrick
Bone on Bone by Jamie Kirkpatrick
Good news winds its way home; bad news comes at you hard and fast. I learned this a few days ago when my phone dinged. It was a text message: “I just ... [Continue Story]
- Cake by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- The Life of a Cloud by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- American Exodus by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Dépaysé by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Undertow by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Taps by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Fireflying by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Sailing Along by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Solitude by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- The Compressions of Time by Jamie Kirkpatrick
George Merrill
Dead Serious by George Merrill
“What would you like me to say about you when I preach at your funeral?” my pastor asked me recently. He was dead serious. This is a once in a ... [Continue Story]
- Rendezvous by George Merrill
- In Touch by George Merrill
- Spinners by George Merrill
- Starburst by George Merrill
- Snapshots Of Daily Life: Snapshots by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Justice by George Merrill
- Snapshots Of Daily Life: Pandemic by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Medicine by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Intolerance by George Merrill
- Snapshots Of Daily Life: Murder by George Merrill
Angela Rieck
Lions and Tigers and Change, Oh My! By Angela Rieck
Last fall the voters in St. Michaels signaled their desire for change; and elected three new town commissioners. In my experience, most candidates ... [Continue Story]
- A Monolithic Future by Angela Rieck
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- The “Little People Behind the Desk” by Angela Rieck
- Scars by Angela Rieck
- Landscape of Fear by Angela Rieck
- Life’s Lessons – Listening by Angela Rieck
- Luck by Angela Rieck
- Canneries, Redux by Angela Rieck
- Beauty by Angela Rieck
- The Gift of Maturity by Angela Rieck
The Issue of Our Time by Al Sikes (Special Series)
The Issue of Our Time: A Chat with Al Sikes
Al Sikes has been a volunteer columnist with the Spy since 2016. Benefitting from a career in Washington, D.C., including his appointment to chair the ... [Continue Story]
Al Sikes
Right Here in River City by Al Sikes
Recently I watched a very impressive Border Collie quickly herd what appeared to be a hundred or so sheep into a pen. A hundred sheep, one ... [Continue Story]
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- Trusting Politicians by Al Sikes
- The Real Ambassadors by Al Sikes
- President Biden: The Opportunity Is Slipping Away by Al Sikes
- Islands of Division by Al Sikes
Dan Watson
Focus On Talbot: A Lakeside Cover Up? By Dan Watson
In obtaining the County’s approval to permit the huge Lakeside subdivision to begin, the Town of Trappe, and apparently others “in the know,” withheld ... [Continue Story]
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- Focus On Talbot: We Live With Zombies by Dan Watson
- Focus On Talbot: Mulberries And Silk—More To The Story by Dan Watson
- Focus On Talbot: Silk, then Maybe Pigs! By Dan Watson
- Focus on Talbot: $248.77 by Dan Watson
- Focus On Talbot: All About Those “Special Interests” by Dan Watson
- Focus on Talbot: Cordova Shows the Way by Dan Watson
Letter to Editor
Letter to Editor: Remember that Andy Harris Voted Against Honoring Our Capitol Police Heroes
Reading news of the unanimous Senate vote to give the Congressional Medal of Honor to all Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police members who defended ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to Editor: Removal of Robert E. Lee a Message for Talbot County
- Letter to Community: Callous Disregard by Refusing to get Vaccinated
- Letter to Editor: Andy Harris has Lost Ability to Plan for the Eastern Shore’s Future
- Letter to County Council: Please Rescind Resolution 281
- Preserve Talbot History on the Litigation to Remove the Talbot Boys
- Letter to Editor: Observations from the August 24 Talbot County Council Meeting
- Letter to Editor: The Cost of Talbot Boys Litigation
- Letter to Editor: St. Michaels is on the Side of Masking Everyone… Except…
- Letter to Editor: How important is justice to you?
- Open Letter to MD Dept of Environment on Trappe Lakeside Project