463 days ago - When you go home, take off all your clothes, go through all the labels on them, and realize that "almost 95 percent of them come to these shores by boat."
467 days ago - With the Beijing Olympics, China will be in our face for the next two weeks. China has been on my mind ever since I made my first visit there 15 years ago, leading a group of Maryland journalists in a 3-week exchange program.
477 days ago - The voice of the Catholic Church at the State House, longtime lobbyist Richard Dowling, will be retiring in November, and the Maryland bishops have appointed his deputy, Mary Ellen Russell, to succeed him.
478 days ago - A big unity fundraiser for the Maryland Democratic Party in downtown Baltimore tonight will be missing one of its headline draws as Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, reportedly on a short list of the party’s potential vice presidential nominees, canceled his appearance Tuesday morning.
481 days ago - I heard John McCain came to Baltimore last week. I even wrote two stories about Tuesday’s visit, one before and one after. But I never actually saw McCain.
483 days ago - Gov. Martin O’Malley touted Maryland’s StateStat performance measures on Capitol Hill on Thursday to a U.S. Senate subcommittee that hopes to recommend similar management improvement programs to the new U.S. president.
484 days ago - Kim Kennedy, president of Baltimore shipping container company K&K International Inc., was appointed this week by Gov. Martin O’Malley to serve on an expanded Maryland Drug and Alcohol Council.
484 days ago - Republican Andy Harris’ campaign for the First Congressional District released a poll Wednesday showing him ahead of Democratic nominee Frank Kratovil Jr. by 16 points — 44 percent to 28 percent — with Harris better known and viewed more favorably.
485 days ago - Arizona Sen. John McCain hoped to leave Baltimore on Tuesday night with his presidential campaign coffers $1 million fuller, according to former Gov. Robert Ehrlich. Ehrlich planned to introduce the Republican nominee to a crowd of 200 to 300 at the Center Club atop the Legg Mason tower.
485 days ago - An expanded Maryland Drug and Alcohol Council was established Tuesday by Gov. Martin O’Malley with an executive order that seeks to better coordinate the state’s delivery of $184 million in drug and alcohol treatment.
486 days ago - Republican presidential nominee John McCain visits downtown Baltimore tonight for a major fundraiser at the elite Center Club in the Legg Mason tower. At a rally across the street Monday, Democratic bigwigs were laying out the not-so-welcome mat.