Maryland's Governor wants to apply the state's six percent sales tax to the wholesale price of gasoline. It's not a popular idea, but in the end, might it be a good one? Karen Hosler writes about the bright spot.
Water levels are creeping up and often overflow the Bay’s shallow rim, leading Tom Horton to suggest that it’s time to begin an orderly withdrawal from the shores. Horton has written six books about the Chesapeake.
A Virginia senator, who represents a district where menhaden is king, has proposed that the Old Dominion leave the union – the union of states that govern the Atlantic coast fishery that is. But Beau Beasley writes that may not be a good idea, and certainly won’t win the war.
Some enthusiastic big-cat supporters would like to see cougars living in Eastern forests once again. And while the cougars might help control deer numbers, game departments, farmers, and many others pause at the idea, writes Tim Rowland.