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....
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Just before Halloween, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her latest Obamacare proposal: H.R. 3962, a 2,...
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Next week, India's prime minister will be the first international leader to make an official state...
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The agency's Earth-science budget has been slashed at a time when it is most needed
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Kevin Cowherd
Fiery Williams gets Terps cooking - November 19, 2009 - Gary Williams was in midseason form: stomping and swearing and sweating through his designer suit.
Jay Hancock
Economic refrain: 'We're forever blowing bubbles' - November 20, 2009 - Thursday's stock market decline was just what Ben Bernanke needed.
Rob Kasper
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.
Jacques Kelly
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...
Mike Preston
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...
Susan Reimer
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...
Dan Rodricks
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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Peter Schmuck
Quinn didn't learn that behavior at Notre Dame - November 21, 2009 -
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Thomas F. Schaller
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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Ron Smith
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...
A brief treatise on pie
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...
Honoring black baseball pioneers
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...
A public investment
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...
Awash in gift cards
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...
Waves, wind and water
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,...
The lax taxman
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...
Tips for an insurer
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,...
With no warning
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
Prosecuting terror
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...
Smoke-free U
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?
Beans & Bread destabilizes the community
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...
No amount of City Hall corruption is OK
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"?
With ICC, we're paying for a road we'll never use
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...
Time for government to invest in jobs
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...
Palestinians can't make an end run to the U.N.
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...
Business needs to fight unemployment tax increase
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...
Stabbing shows Beans and Bread doesn't belong in Fells Point
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...
We need cap and trade for the bay
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...
Time for government to invest in jobs
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...
When did City Council become a branch of NARAL?
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...
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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 |
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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... |
