Dan Rodricks: As Dixon trial nears end, a demand for 'equal justice'
I am sticking with my instinct: Lindbergh Carpenter Jr. could turn out to be the most effective witness for the prosecution in State v....
I am sticking with my instinct: Lindbergh Carpenter Jr. could turn out to be the most effective witness for the prosecution in State v....
Just before Halloween, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her latest Obamacare proposal: H.R. 3962, a 2,...
Next week, India's prime minister will be the first international leader to make an official state...
The agency's Earth-science budget has been slashed at a time when it is most needed
Fiery Williams gets Terps cooking - November 19, 2009 - Gary Williams was in midseason form: stomping and swearing and sweating through his designer suit.
Economic refrain: 'We're forever blowing bubbles' - November 20, 2009 - Thursday's stock market decline was just what Ben Bernanke needed.
Cranberry condiment conundrum - November 18, 2009 - On a day that is supposed to bring families together, this dish has a tendency to push them apart.
The sights and smells of Thanksgivings past - November 21, 2009 - My mother endorsed Thanksgiving because she felt it was an unemotional holiday. It didn't carry all the...
Ravens' Oher, Gaither face NFL's top pass rushers - November 20, 2009 - On one side is Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney, possibly the top pass rusher in the...
Skipped on Skype, forgone on Facebook - November 16, 2009 - A friend posted a message on Facebook asking if anyone knew what Skype was, if anyone had Skype and...
Mayor's defense hopes silence is golden - November 19, 2009 - When he instructs the jurors in the Dixon theft case, Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney will tell them...
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Tough choice awaits Ehrlich as time slips away - November 10, 2009 - On Saturday afternoon, I attended the 12th annual Annapolis Tug-of-War. Every autumn, locals string a...
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Fort Hood massacre shows how political correctness can kill - November 13, 2009 - The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, last week has shined a harsh, unremitting light on the hold that...
Most people think of Thanksgiving as Turkey Day. Maybe it's my Midwestern roots, but no matter how succulent the bird, I have room in my heart for only one love on...
Baltimore, long a center of African-American culture on the East Coast, is a natural home for the region's first Negro League baseball museum, and from a...
When Gov. Martin O'Malley brought his latest package of budget cuts to the Board of Public Works on Wednesday, some of the loudest objections came from Maryland's...
Now that the prosecution and defense have rested in Mayor Sheila Dixon's trial on charges she stole gift cards meant for the poor, at least one thing is certain: The...
The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida and an early season nor'easter combined to pack a one-two wallop that lashed at Ocean City, along with much of the East Coast,...
It's hard to decide which is worse: the notion that dozens of Baltimore City parking lots might not be paying the taxes they owe, or the fact that the city is so...
If there are two groups of people held in disregard these days, it's anyone who works for an insurance company or the government. That makes those employed by the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund,...
Our view: Odorless carbon monoxide gas can be deadly; Balt. County should require all rental units to install detectors, and it should study reported alarms for patterns
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. made the right decision to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four accomplices in criminal court in New...
Our view: Towson University did the right thing by banning smoking everywhere on campus; what's taking all of Maryland's other colleges and universities so long?
Doesn't it occur to this city the stabbing at Beans & Bread this week is the reason local residents are opposed to that facility's expansion? I wish The Sun would investigate all neighborhoods and...
In response to a comment left online, and printed in The Sun, by one Larry G.: What do you mean by "stop crying over this. This is a -1 on a scale of 1-10"?
The ICC is intended to be a highway for rich people ("ICC was always intended to exclude most people," Nov. 2) and is supposed to be paid for with exorbitant tolls. Now we are told that we will all...
In his op-ed "Democrats need to focus on jobs" (Nov 17), John Nichols cites the very disheartening unemployment rate of 10.2 percent, but his analysis would be more complete if he offered more...
Your Associated Press article: "Palestinians to ask U.N. for state" (Nov. 16) caught my attention. I immediately thought, how about asking Israel since they are the ones who will be threatened by...
With the economy still struggling and unemployment levels high, we ask which should concern Marylanders the most: the balance in the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund or jobs? The state labor...
The Sun's reporting of a stabbing at Beans and Bread ("Homeless center worker charged in stabbing," Nov. 18) illustrates the difficulties we in the Fell's Point area have endured as a result of the...
David Berry's op-ed "Focusing on bay's small ecosystems makes conservation more manageable" (Nov. 16) makes several critically correct points. First, problems can only be solved by local watershed...
In his op-ed "Democrats need to focus on jobs" (Nov 17), John Nichols cites the very disheartening unemployment rate of 10.2 percent, but his analysis would be more complete if he offered more...
As citizens and taxpayers of the city of Baltimore, we are very uncomfortable with the City Council acting as a political arm of Planned Parenthood and NARAL ("City Council OKs bill on pregnancy...
Guns and the mentally illWhile the mentally ill this country face numerous inequities -- a lack of adequate health care and employment opportunities and ostracism from the mainstream of society are among the more obvious... |
Courage on campusIn deciding not to become the first university system in the nation to adopt a policy about how and when pornography can be shown on campus, the University System of... |
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Parking payoutsOur view: Something's amiss when a $52 ticket mushrooms into a $1,000 fine, but weaning Baltimore off such ill-gotten gains is going to be easier said than done |
Marylanders know when to hold 'emFor all the reluctance to go "all in" on casinos (and only recent acceptance of slot machines), Marylanders know a thing or two about poker. Perhaps it's the nature of a state that wagered against the... |
Nostalgia has its limitsBaltimore's a-rabs, men who sell fruit from horse-drawn carts, are a charming tradition. But the city's health department was right that it could not ignore the poor... |
D.C. archdiocese oversteps its boundsThe Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. went too far when it threatened the City Council last week that it would halt its social service programs in the capital if... |
A chance for redemptionWe treat children differently from adults in all sorts of ways because we recognize they are not fully formed intellectually, emotionally or ethically. We restrict... |
Walk this wayIt's not hard to spot the flaws in the study released this week that ranked Maryland 49th among 50 states in per capita spending of federal transportation money on... |