• What’s up with the wall?

    Why does it keep getting higher and higher? Why is it ever harder to see through? Why is it just so hard to penetrate?  I am speaking metaphorically about the divide that we find between Baltimore City and its surrounding suburbs. Two sets of people living very near each other but leading such different lives—there must […]

  • Green technology as the next great innovation

    As communities continue to endure the effects of a slumping national economy, it is imperative we utilize this opportunity to reassess the systems and programs of government.  These times require us being innovative in our approach to transform government to be smarter and more efficient.  Shifting the way we operate now will leave us in […]

  • Big solutions

    We enter the New Year with startling economic developments that threaten the security of residents throughout the country, including right here in Maryland:  soaring levels of unemployment, high rates of foreclosure, and dramatic losses in savings and investments.  The scope of the recession—and the time and reinvestment required to recover from it—oddly gives us the […]