A New Meaning for Citizen-Soldiers
For years, like lots of people, I’ve driven up-and-down Virginia’s highways glancing at roadsigns acknowledging the famed 29th Division Infantry Division. I’ve seen a movie or two about the Fighting...
View ArticleAn Afternoon with Martin
By HARRY COVERT It’s a warm June afternoon in 1966. At about 4 o’clock I was in the vestibule of the Hampton Institute chapel. A light breeze flowed through the windows raised about 12 inches....
View ArticleSarah Isn’t Spiro: It’s all in the sayin’
By NORMAN M. COVERT Former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin sets off a fire storm wherever she goes, whatever she says and whatever happens external to her. She is a politician both men and women take pleasure...
View ArticleDINNER WITH FOXES & CONFEDERATE MONEY
By Harry Covert I always chuckle hearing the old line, “Save yore Confederate money boys, the South’s gonna rise again.” Andy Griffith made that famous. For years as a gag, I had fun using $100...
View ArticleJANE WATREL: From News Star to Sheriff’s Star
By Harry M. Covert For five years, I pestered Jane Watrel. At least three times a week—and sometimes more—I either emailed or telephoned her with news story suggestions. She never ignored me. If she...
View ArticleCovert Matters Digest
My Word At Bat with the ‘Iron Man’ Real Virtues of a Real Hall of Famer Baseball’s Black Eye is Fading By Harry M. Covert Frederick, Md. After five standing ovations I stopped counting. The capacity...
View ArticleMiracles for Officer Peter Laboy
Covert Matters Life-Saving Techniques of First Responders By Harry M. Covert “Officer down. Officer Down.” Those words shrieked a few weeks ago over police radio. Terror echoed in the hearts and minds...
View ArticleCrescent City Easter Season
Covert Matters Digest Childhood Memories and Holy Week By Roy Meachum The Easter season started ten days after Christmas in New Orleans. While the rest of the western...
View ArticleNo Sneaking into Newsroom
FCC’s Muzzling the Media is Stopped for a While, At least By Harry M. Covert Consider for a moment if local jurisdictions decided to join the federal government to send agents, inspectors or...
View ArticlePerils in the Modern Mission Fields
Syrian Christians Forced to Sign Treaty of Submission to Islamists By Harry M. Covert The melodious four-part harmony Christian song, “I’m on the battlefield for my Lord,” rang to the rafters. It was...
View ArticleReading the Judge’s Mail
Courtroom Fun but No Games By Harry M. Covert When the weather gets bad its a good thing to find an old box full of scribbles on napkins, paper scraps and old note pads. Recent days have proved...
View ArticleThe 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
War to End All Wars Continues, Soldiers and Vets Still Suffering BEGIN MILITARY CHARITY AT HOME By Harry M. Covert There is much to be considered on Last Tuesday’s somber day of remembrance. The...
View ArticleDON’T CRY FOR CAPTURED TERRORISTS
Take a Few Moments to Recollect By Harry M. Covert Verbal bashings continue out of control towards a former president, vice president and the intelligence agency, the “covert ones” if you please....
View ArticleTHREATS TO BALTIMORE POLICE ABOUND
When Lawbreakers Takeover Peaceful Protests By Harry M. Covert [Editor’s Note: This column was written Monday before the looting and burning devastated Baltimore and prior to the mayor and governor...
View ArticleWISHING, HINDSIGHT ALL WASTEFUL
By Harry M. Covert Imagine for a few moments if hindsight was 20-20 vision. Imagine if mistakes could be corrected years after the fact. Imagine not having to say “if only I could have done...
View Article‘LET THE WORD GO FORTH . . .’
Ready for Some High Volume Trials? By Harry M. Covert Those with news nose sensibilities rank high in getting a jump on monumental decisions by those in authority or their authoritarian...
View ArticleA LOVE NOTE TO REMEMBER
Sweet Elocutions and Electronic Mail By Harry M. Covert Time is now to affirm, promise, pledge and swear – yes, swear – that no more politicians from Maryland will be jumping into the...
View ArticleOf Course, the Language is American!
American Spoken Here By Harry M. Covert Changes popular or not seem to be invading all over and the majority of citizens are like lambs to the slaughter. The latest challenge involves...
View ArticleTHE PRATTLING OF SOUTHERN HATERS
Who Skews America? By Harry M. Covert A Novel Victory I am in no way a racist. I am a lover of history, good, bad or indifferent. I was all set to ignore all of the hand-wringing about the battle...
View ArticleWHEN SHERIFFS, I.C.E. COOPERATE
Dealing with Illegals Not Difficult By Chuck Jenkins (Jenkins is the respected three-term Frederick County, Md., Sheriff) I’ve been Frederick County sheriff for nine years. We’re located about one...
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