Archive for April, 2010
In The Washington Post! (sort of)
Apr 26th
Posted by Graham Moomaw in Published Stories
Getting a story picked up by The Washington Post was one of my main goals for my Capital News Service semester.
I may have fallen short of getting a full bylined story into the Post, but my latest piece about campaign finance in the congressional race in Maryland’s 1st District was kindly included in the Post’s “First Click” email/blog about Maryland politics.
It’s not a huge deal, but it’s a nice morale boost after a J-school year that’s been chock-full of doom and gloom about journalism’s future.
Hoyer’s Health Care Honeymoon Chilled by Fiscal Reality
Apr 2nd
Posted by Graham Moomaw in Published Stories
COLLEGE PARK — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Mechanicsville, was less celebratory Thursday than he’s been in the nearly two weeks since the passage of historic health care reform, striking a gloomy tone as he spoke about America’s troubled fiscal future.
Addressing a crowd of roughly 100 University of Maryland students, Hoyer issued a somber warning to the younger generation about the looming problems caused by a government that promises more than it can afford.
“This means more to you than it does to me. It means a lot to me. But to you, it is crushing your generation with debt,” Hoyer said. “If we’re not careful, if you have your Iraq and Afghanistan, or your H1N1 or your Katrina, you will have no resources with which to respond.”