Posts by Mark Uncapher

As the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) forces Americans to shelter in place and keep a social distance from each other, an opportunity exists to more fully harness available technology.  Expanding distance learning’s use has this potential. Beyond addressing the immediate challenge of educating during COVID, it can help make college more affordable, by reducing tuition costs and tuition…

The desire for increased population density and greater reliance on public transportation are among Maryland liberals’ most cherished public policy objectives. However, these misnamed “Smart Growth” policies come with a substantially higher cost of living price tag. For anyone doing business or living in Montgomery County, where these Smart Growth policies have been the most…

As already reported by Red Maryland and other media outlets, Delegates Neil Parrott, Dan Cox, and Warren Miller are among the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed against the Hogan Administration challenging state COVID-19 related restrictions. The Republican Delegates joined Reopen Maryland, Adventure Park USA, Antietam KOA, and many religious leaders in filing the lawsuit.…

A signature recommendation of the Maryland Kirwan Commission includes increasing full-day pre-K across the state. The Commission’s total price tag reaches a staggering $32 billion over the next decade. Kirwan’s interim report claims: “Research shows that investing in the early childhood learning and development of disadvantaged children yields a high return to society, offsetting taxpayer…

No Montgomery County government activity is harder to justify or to even explain, than its unique liquor monopoly. Maryland state law prohibits the county’s liquor sellers, retail stores and restaurants, from selling any alcohol not purchased from the county’s government-operated monopoly. Additionally, distilled spirits or hard liquor can only be sold at county-owned and operated…