The Wall Street Journal weighs in on the local housing boom with a fairly puffy—no mention of the difficulties people without D.C. salaries are facing--but well-written long piece by James R. Hagerty and Kemba J. Dunham. WSJ doesn’t allow non-paying customers much access on its web site, so kudos to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for picking the story up.
Speaking of Pittsburgh, the Tribune-Review’s Michael Machosky previews the John Waters exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Monday, May 23, 2005
Manure
This weekend’s Preakness Stakes--Afleet Alex won, by the way--brought with it a load of national attention to Maryland’s slots issue. The Sun dutifully covers the story here. For the Conventional Wisdom, and a national perspective, see USA Today. WYPR’s own Marc Steiner discusses slots, horse racing, etc., on Saturday’s All Things Considered.
The best take I could find came from Louisville Courier-Jornal sports columnist Rick Bozich, who’s OK with slots, and admits they’re a decent short-time solution, but says the horse-racing needs a lot more than that to thrive. The New York Post’s Ray Kerrison, on the other hand, happily carries water for track owners/politicians who are all about the slots.
Most nonslots Preakness coverage is pretty perfunctory (what do you expect after 130 years?), but for more color check out David Snyder’s homage to Pimlico’s longtime “Switchboard” operators for the Wash Post and Sun sports columnist John Eisenberg’s breakdown of a moment during the actual horse race.
The best take I could find came from Louisville Courier-Jornal sports columnist Rick Bozich, who’s OK with slots, and admits they’re a decent short-time solution, but says the horse-racing needs a lot more than that to thrive. The New York Post’s Ray Kerrison, on the other hand, happily carries water for track owners/politicians who are all about the slots.
Most nonslots Preakness coverage is pretty perfunctory (what do you expect after 130 years?), but for more color check out David Snyder’s homage to Pimlico’s longtime “Switchboard” operators for the Wash Post and Sun sports columnist John Eisenberg’s breakdown of a moment during the actual horse race.
Nyet!
As expected, late last week Gov. Ehrlich traveled to the Eastern Shore to veto the so-called Wal-Mart bill. (AP story, Heritage Foundation fellow pleads state to leave poor little Wal-Mart alone via a Sun op-ed, Washington Times story, Salisbury Daily Times report on Somerset County W-M distribution center delay.
Not so expectedly, Ehrlich also vetoed the medical rights bill, which would have allowed gay couples hospital visitation rights and such (though he says he will sign the hate crime bill including sexual orientation): "[T]he mechanism it uses, the creation of a new term of life partner, will open the door to undermine the sanctity of traditional marriage," he said in a written statement. Oh well, better luck next year. Anyway, further coverage from the Washington Blade, The New York Times, The Washington Times, The Washington Post. (Speaking of next year, the Post reports that Gov. Bob plans to come up with his own, sure-to-be-swell gay rights bill next session.)
Not so expectedly, Ehrlich also vetoed the medical rights bill, which would have allowed gay couples hospital visitation rights and such (though he says he will sign the hate crime bill including sexual orientation): "[T]he mechanism it uses, the creation of a new term of life partner, will open the door to undermine the sanctity of traditional marriage," he said in a written statement. Oh well, better luck next year. Anyway, further coverage from the Washington Blade, The New York Times, The Washington Times, The Washington Post. (Speaking of next year, the Post reports that Gov. Bob plans to come up with his own, sure-to-be-swell gay rights bill next session.)
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