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• On the article O'Malley Announces $336M for School Construction

  

  Morris Zwick

  5:50 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

  I love it when people say things like "we didn't have car seats and we all lived" or "we all breathed asbestos and we all lived". Yes it is true, YOU lived. But others did NOT, which is why over time society invested in improving safety and comfort

  Then all of this "we had bad this, that and the other" is also specious. Yes, the kids should all go out to the outhouse too because schools were better back then and we didn't even have running water.

  Having two kids in high school and one in middle school, I think school is actually much TOUGHER than it used to be. It is much more difficult to get into college. The pressure is much higher. This line about how things were always so much better in the past is just bunk - these kids face a much more complicated, competitive world than we did. And given the pathetic leadership on both sides of the aisle in Washington, we need these kids to figure out how to pay for our fiscal sins. They need to invent the next new technology, find ways to deliver health care more cost effectively and govern in a more responsible fashion. I WANT them to get the finest education we can give them.

  I am not a fan of the Governor's general approach to budget and spending, but on this topic it is penny wise and pound foolish to not invest in education.

• On the article O'Malley Announces $336M for School Construction

  

  Morris Zwick

  4:24 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

  Well, given that we have the 8th highest cost of living in the nation, we are getting a bargain then! http://www.cnbc.com/id/48058145/page/4

• On the article O'Malley Announces $336M for School Construction

  

  Morris Zwick

  4:22 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

  Yes, as a percentage of the budget what would you rather see it spent on? You can argue about whether too much is spent, but when you start saying too much is spent as a percentage of the overall budget then you are saying it should be spent on something else...

• On the article O'Malley Announces $336M for School Construction

  

  Morris Zwick

  4:19 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

  The comparison to protecting banks and armored cars with armed guards is ridiculous. People who attack those things are looking to steal MONEY and get out ALIVE. They are taking a risk that they deem worth it. The people that go into schools, movie theaters, etc. have serious mental issues: they are looking to kill, and don't intend to make it out alive.

  It is also silly to say "such and such a school would have had more people die if there wasn't an armed person present". So I guess the first 10 or so kids are a worthy sacrifice to the alter of easy to access guns because we can protect the rest with an armed guard?

  I am not anti-gun. However, the rules for gun ownership need tightening up. Escalating armament over every incident brings us closer and closer to the Wild Wild West, where everyone was armed - gee that was a civil and safe society! Instead of having to protect children behind more armaments, lets get the armaments out of the hands of people that are mentally unstable and need help.

• On the article SPEAK OUT: Is Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten a Good Thing?

  

  Morris Zwick

  11:02 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  Northwestern is already the power in women's Lax, having beaten Maryland in the championship last year, and I think they had a six game championship streak before that. The coach is a Terp so it figures! :-)

• On the article SPEAK OUT: Is Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten a Good Thing?

  

  Morris Zwick

  11:00 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  The annual dook/Maryland game was already lost. I am sure such treatment of a "founding member" also played into the decision...

• On the article SPEAK OUT: Is Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten a Good Thing?

  

  Morris Zwick

  8:34 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  So would the basketball fans have warmed up to playing Pitt twice a year in basketball? Cause that's who the new ACC declared our "rival". dook and UNC were not coming to Maryland every year. The conference has CHANGED. Yes this is about money and exposure. And you contradict yourself by naming Iowa amongst the football also rans while also saying they have great football fans. Look up a little history and you will see that Iowa has had some excellent teams and Rose Bowl appearances. Don't use the last two years to judge Maryland's potential against the Big Ten.

  It's a great move, especially when you see what is going to happen to the ACC.

• On the article SPEAK OUT: Is Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten a Good Thing?

  

  Morris Zwick

  8:31 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  The state doesn't pay for any of this. The athletic department is self-sustaining. The closest the state comes to footing the bill is providing loans to the department, and as a taxpayer I like this deal so that the department will be able to pay it back!

• On the article SPEAK OUT: Is Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten a Good Thing?

  

  Morris Zwick

  8:29 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  Debbie Yow left because she could see what was coming. They built those suites at Byrd Stadium under the assumption that Friedgen would continue to field teams that people wanted to see. Combine that with the financial crisis and she skedaddled. Now, because of those unsold suites, the school has to kill sports. Friedgen's teams were no longer putting people in the seats because they weren't that good. Even his final year when they supposedly had their "come back" (largely based on an easy schedule), everybody saw through the weakness in the team. Hence the reason they were skipped over by the bowls and ended up at RFK.

  I am not an Anderson fan, but this was the right move, and while I am grateful to Yow in some ways, she fled when she knew the chips would be down.

• On the article SPEAK OUT: Is Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten a Good Thing?

  

  Morris Zwick

  8:25 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  Sorta like playing West Virginia at M&T next season? Or Navy in the recent past? over time I think Byrd will get bigger. But even Alabama and Notre Dame play offsite games at times.