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Dan Gainor
Dan Gainor: Time to get a handle on racing
- Shout from the highest mountain. I agree with Gov. Martin O’Malley. OK, not a lot, but at least a little. (I’ve been accused of being a bit hard on the Gov. I think he’s a nice guy. But I hear they said that about Pretty Boy Floyd as well. Both showed the same attitude about our money being their money.)
Dan Gainor: Delaware opens arms to spurned Marylanders
- It’s a simple green piece of paper. Hundreds or thousands of them are mailed to Marylanders who contemplate living in a state more free than the one we call home.
Dan Gainor: Fears about fears
- You can tell the days we’re supposed to be afraid — they end in a “y.”
Dan Gainor: We don’t get to pass on retirement
- You can learn a lot about life through sports. You can aspire to be like Cal Ripken Jr. and exemplify the American work ethic. You can manage people like Peter Angelos and Bob Irsay and run your businesses into the ground. And you can retire like Steve McNair — full of class and ready for the next stage of life.
Dan Gainor: Time off for bad behavior
- Maryland needs a new holiday. Sure, we have all the traditionals — Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Christmas — but I have something special in mind.
Dan Gainor: All that green comes straight from your wallet
- What do the United Nations, Maryland and Howard County have in common?
Dan Gainor: Fat free: Not fat and definitely not free in the Free State
- “You are what you eat” is one of those pop culture slogans geared to get us all to treat our bodies like temples of something other than fast food.
Dan Gainor: Time to stop the five-ring circus
- Forget my complaints about state government for a week. A glance at the news is all it takes to realize Americans have little to worry about by comparison. In some parts of the world, government is truly something to fear.
Dan Gainor: To thine own self be true, especially on the job
- One of the wisest movie quotes ever. When tough-guy detective Harry Callahan says something, listen. That’s a lesson for everyone, but few of us apply it to our jobs.
Dan Gainor: Politics shouldn’t be a Trivial Pursuit
- Checkers. Chess. Parcheesi. Scrabble. We played them all when I was growing up.
Dan Gainor: It’s Tuesday: A primary reason to think about the ’08 election
- Go out and vote for a Democratic presidential candidate, or vote for a Republican if you are registered Republican.
Dan Gainor: When we vote we send in the clowns
- I’m remembering when the circus was a big deal. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey would bring three rings of fun to town, and we would go to see everything from high-wire acts to clowns.
Dan Gainor: Package stimulates politics, not economy
- Today’s word is “stimulus.” Government wants to spend $150 billion to keep the economy out of a recession that not everyone even agrees is likely. It’s an election year; it doesn’t have to make sense. Politicos hope the package will boost the economy. Call it stim-elation.