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"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Worse Before It Gets Better: Statistical Risk and the Wuhan Coronavirus

  For three consecutive days, Italy has reported declining numbers of new coronavirus cases, so that Monday’s number (4,050 new cases) was the lowest they have reported since March 17. At the same time, however, Italy reported 812 deaths from the virus Monday. This was the 10th consecutive day with more than 600 coronavirus deaths […]

Maryland Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Coronavirus Cases

“Emergency” is not a synonym for “panic”: The first three confirmed cases of coronavirus were reported in Maryland Thursday night. According to Gov. Larry Hogan the married couple in their 70s and an unrelated woman in her 50s from Montgomery County contracted COVID-19 while traveling abroad. Hogan also declared a state of emergency in Maryland […]

Two Illegal Aliens in Maryland Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl

In July, Democrats in Montgomery County, Maryland, banned local officials from cooperating with ICE: Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, a Democrat, on Monday signed the Promoting Community Trust Executive Order, prohibiting all executive-branch departments from, among other things, using local government resources to assist federal agents in civil immigration investigations. That means they cannot allow […]

How Dangerous Is Baltimore?

It’s worse than the countries from which “refugees” are fleeing: WJZ reviewed data from 2018, the last full year for which data is available. Data from the U.S. State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council lists El Salvador’s murder rate at 50 per 100,000 residents in 2018. The council’s report listed Guatemala’s 2018 murder rate at […]

‘Avenge the Patriotic Gore That Flecked the Streets of Baltimore’

During the Civil War, the Lincoln administration suppressed civil liberties in Maryland, where anti-war “Copperhead” Democrats were a majority. Both freedom of the press and the right of habeas corpus were denied to Lincoln’s opponents in Maryland and in April 1861, less than a week after the surrender of Fort Sumter, there was a riot […]

‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ Sparks Outrage in St. Mary’s County, Maryland

Todd Musick (left) as drag queen ‘Stormy Vain’ (right). A small town in southern Maryland is in the middle of a controversy after the local library hosted a “Drag Queen Story Hour” featuring a D.C.-area man who apparently operates a gay escort business. Todd Musick, who uses the stage name “Stormy Vain” for his drag […]

Maryland Democrat Shouts ‘Heil Hitler,’ Causes Scene in Baltimore Theater

Drunk Trump-hater provokes outrage: A man shouting “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump” during a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” in Baltimore smelled of alcohol and told police he was motivated by his hatred of President Donald Trump. Anthony M. Derlunas, 58, told an officer he “had been drinking heavily throughout the night” before the outburst […]

David Katz: Jacksonville Shooter Proves (Again) Crazy People Are Dangerous

  How many more psycho killers will it take to convince you? The suspect in the deadly shooting at a video game competition in Florida had a “weird” online presence and spent time in and out of psychiatric facilities as a teenager, according to court records and people who knew him. The suspect, David Katz, […]

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