Montgomery Community Media

BREAKING NEWS! There is absolutely NO “breaking news” in this article. As someone who has spent my whole life around the news and media business – dating back to my first editor’s job on the junior high school newspaper staff – I have always loved the notion of “breaking news.” I was that 12-year-old geek [...]

The horrific tragedy that took place recently at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, left so many people simply feeling shocked, saddened, and essentially helpless, in the face of such an unimaginable event that claimed the lives of so many innocent children and adults. My good friend, Kristin O’Keefe, decided instead to do something [...]

Certainly the action that the leadership took was a bold, but painful one, and it came off immediately as shocking and wildly unpopular. Still, it’s good to know that in potentially disastrous economic times like these, there is a president and governing body that is willing to do what is needed – despite the certain [...]

  Just another day or two and we’ll finally be able to say it: “Our long national nightmare is over.” The incessant political ads on TV, that is. I don’t know about you, but I have had it. Let’s do this election thing on Tuesday and move on! I can honestly say that while I [...]

  “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” I know what you’re thinking. Here he goes with yet another review of the first two presidential debates and the cumulative “split decision,” as we all now anxiously await the “rubber match” on Monday night. On the contrary, the two types of [...]

I’m usually pretty sure of myself when it comes time to cast my ballot. I’ve always been one of those folks who family members and friends call the night before the election to find out who and what to vote for. But in an election season in Montgomery County that may be best characterized as [...]