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A virtual meeting of The Sun's editorial board, where issues are discussed, opinions made
About the editorial board
Andy Green, the opinion editor, has taken the "know a little bit about everything" approach in his time at The Sun. More ...
Mike Cross-Barnet, who spends most of his time running The Baltimore Sun's Commentary page, has been known to opine on whatever strikes his fancy. More ...
Peter Jensen, former State House reporter and features writer, takes the lead on state government, transportation issues and the environment. More ...
Glenn McNatt, keeps an eye on the arts, culture, politics and the law for the editorial board. More ...
Andy Green, the opinion editor, has taken the "know a little bit about everything" approach in his time at The Sun. More ...
Mike Cross-Barnet, who spends most of his time running The Baltimore Sun's Commentary page, has been known to opine on whatever strikes his fancy. More ...
Peter Jensen, former State House reporter and features writer, takes the lead on state government, transportation issues and the environment. More ...
Glenn McNatt, keeps an eye on the arts, culture, politics and the law for the editorial board. More ...
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Baltimore Sun columnists
Jay Hancock
A business columnist bids farewell and looks back - February 26, 2012
Marta H. Mossburg
Defining down 'rich' won't save Maryland's budget - May 22, 2012
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Mike Preston
Terps are most dangerous team heading into final four - May 20, 2012
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Dan Rodricks
Lack of familiarity breeds contempt for Baltimore? - May 25, 2012
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Thomas F. Schaller
Government is flawed, but markets are too - May 15, 2012
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In this bicentennial year of the start of the War of 1812, the StarSpangledBaltimore.com website tells us:
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That pop you may or may not have heard the other day was the bursting pipedream of a centrist presidential candidate outside the...
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For the past three years, Maryland has experienced an unprecedented crime wave of political corruption. The only comparable period in memory...
Rolling into summer
This weekend marks the beginning of summer vacation season for many Marylanders. From graduating students to young families, singles and seniors, the preferred place to be over Memorial Day weekend is...
Egypt's new beginning
For the first time in some 5,000 years of Egyptian civilization, voters went to the polls this week to select a leader in a contest where the outcome was uncertain. Given Egypt's crucial role in...
Rape and prison
The prospect of spending years behind bars in a tiny cell is sufficiently chilling to deter most people from ever committing a crime. Those who willfully break the law anyway and get caught have no...
Pensions, bonuses and county budgets
This is the season when local governments finalize their budgets for the next fiscal year, and the grousing about their penurious circumstances is in full swing. Some are even complaining that the...
The Bain of Romney's candidacy
Newark Mayor Cory Booker was wrong and President Barack Obama is right: Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital deserves closer scrutiny by voters. Whether a brief television ad accomplishes this is...
O'Malley's slots gamble
Our biggest concerns about the push to expand gambling at the end of this spring's regular session of the General Assembly were that there had been insufficient public debate about all of the...
Putin returns, and so does a Cold War mentality
Now that Vladimir Putin is Russia's president once again, the result of still another fraudulent election, we should expect ever more hostile relations with Moscow.
Citizens United II
"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics."
SpaceX pushes back the final frontier
If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to...
Another boost for same-sex marriage
How ironic that a divorce will be remembered for strengthening the rights of all Marylanders to be married regardless of sexual orientation.
Harbor disturbance exposed the myth of the 'two Baltimores'
I happened to be downtown onSt. Patrick's Dayand saw roving bands of kids, mostly black, bunching up on street corners. When approached by a group of cops, they would squeal in delight and run off...
Md. casinos: Five is enough
As a sometime visitor to Atlantic City casinos because of rebates, comps and free rooms, I know Maryland has to find a better way to get better activity than building more casinos. Just look at...
Md. Democrats have no shame
Enough is enough. Partisan politics in Maryland has hit an all-time low. As Maryland is hurling headlong into financial ruin, the working, legal resident taxpayers are being taxed to the hilt. Both...
McDonough a victim of political correctness
Del. Pat McDonough is a profile in courage, a man of honor who believes in God, the Ten Commandments and the Constitution, who takes his job seriously, who recognizes crises and offers viable...
Want to reduce injury? Ban smoking
In addition to the 10 measures outlined in the article, "Injury-prevention laws save lives, study says," (May 23), I believe a ban on smoking in Maryland is also a no-brainer.
Obama's record is fair game too
Your editorial on Mitt Romney's relationship to the private equity firm Bain Capital was not bad ("The Bain of Romney's candidacy," May 23).
Baltimore and Preakness go together
In response to the Preakness Stakes visitor who held that Baltimore and Pimlico Race Course were...
Camden Yards and Red Sox nation
For the past 20 years, Baltimore has played host to the legions of fans who descend upon our ...
Maryland, land of 'progressive' taxation
We taxpayers should be so very proud of our state leaders as evidenced by the increasingly frequent national attention given to the ineptitude of the Maryland General Assembly. Most recently, The Wall...
It's Obama who doesn't separate church from state
In response to the letter from Arthur Pierce of Randallstown ("Obama: good president, bad theologian," May 23), I would agree that voters should respect the intent of the Founding Fathers to keep...
Klingaman's top 175
It would appear that Mike Klingaman already tried to avoid the unavoidable controversy of his selection of Maryland's greatest athletes when he...
The Sun's bigotry and bias
Though I am not a supporter of Del. Pat McDonough, I must say your editorial "Baltimore and bigotry" (May 18) shows the hypocrisy on your part. Why is it relevant that children being harassed at their...
McDonough deserves praise for speaking truth
I am a huge supporter of Pat McDonough and The Sun is ripping him apart for the truth he states ("Baltimore and bigotry," May 18). I read another article recently in your paper that now after Mr....
McDonough told it like it is
State Del. Pat McDonough was right to complain about violence among black youths at the Inner Harbor over theSt. Patrick's Day weekend, and it took his words to get Baltimore City MayorStephanie...
Md. voters will decide whether to allow same-sex marriage
I suggest that The Sun and the Maryland Court of Appeals of Maryland are in too much haste to agree with a too-loud, aggressive minority ("Another boost for same-sex marriage," May 21). The grant of a...
Vans for the disabled are an expensive, unnecessary luxury
The Metropolitan Transit Authority's mobility program for the disabled looks like an expensive and unnecessary luxury. On a recent 20-minute trip to West Baltimore I spotted three of these vans that...
Not many 'likes' for Facebook IPO
Kevin Kallaugher's depiction of new investors in Facebook essentially as being sheep waiting to be sheared ("Standing between Fortune and Chaos," May 20) was right on the mark. Despite a reported...
Restore Mt. Vernon, but save the trees
Your editorial on the restoration of historic Mt. Vernon revealed The Sun's lack intimacy with this issue ("Restoring Mount Vernon," May 14). The Mount Vernon Conservancy's plan for removing the site'...
Sun's racial hypocrisy is showing again
The recent editorial "Baltimore and bigotry" *May 18) regarding Del. Pat McDonough was by far the most hypocritical thing I have ever encountered in The Sun.
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Reducing the threat of Armageddon
President Obama achieved a major foreign policy goal in 2010 when he concluded the New START Treaty committing the U.S. and Russia to reduce the size of their long-range nuclear arsenals by a third...
We need a war on lead poisoning
The reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold for lead poisoning from 10 micrograms per deciliter to 5 micrograms were something of a simplification. What the CDC...
Baltimore and bigotry
It is always tempting to ignore the bluster and bombast emanating from the vicinity of Patrick L. McDonough, the Baltimore County delegate and radio talk show host who considers himself a man of the...
At Preakness time, a new optimism
The Preakness Stakes arrives at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday absent one of the event's hallowed...
The Sun at 175
If Arunah S. Abell dared to imagine 175 years into the future when he produced the first copies of The Sun on May 17, 1837, he almost surely would have guessed that the nature of his business would...
Baltimore welcomes a new archbishop
Today's installation of William E. Lori as the 16th archbishop of Baltimore is a noteworthy event, not only for the half-million Catholics in an archdiocese that stretches from...
Special session fallout
They did what they had to do, and they went home. That's the best that can be said of the special session of the Maryland General Assembly that concluded today. The tax increases, spending cuts,...
The St. Patrick's Day brawl
New details of the Baltimore police response to a particularly large, unruly and violent crowd of youths downtown over theSt. Patrick's Dayweekend not only raise the question of whether the department...
Annapolis' unfinished business: Transportation funding
Not long after the Maryland General Assembly last adjourned back in mid-April, gasoline prices were approaching $4 a gallon. Currently, a price-conscious shopper can purchase a gallon of regular...
Crowding Balto. Co.'s classrooms
The results of Baltimore County Superintendent Joe Hairston's poor decision to cut teachers from high schools are now clear: A sharp drop in the number of classes available to students (including...
Setting boundaries in Frederick
How far should a locally elected official have to go to avoid business dealings in his city or county?
Restoring Mount Vernon
Baltimore's Washington Monument in Mount Vernon Square is one of the city's most recognizable landmarks, a classical Doric column towering 178 feet above its elegant surroundings. But nearly 200 years...
Lesson of a high-school prank
If never having done anything stupid or regrettable in high school were a requirement for holding public office, only angels and saints would qualify. Still, it's a bit ironic that Mitt Romney's...
Henson verdict a disappointment
Political consultant Julius Henson deserved to be held to account for his role in producing a fraudulent robocall on the night of the 2010 gubernatorial election that was clearly designed to prevent...
New Grand Prix deal is worse than the last
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blakesays the new organizers she has selected for September's Baltimore Grand Prix — including a member of the legendary Andretti family — "have what it takes to...
The GOP's spendthrift ways
There's a tendency among some to shorthand the ongoing federal budget debate as between Republicans who want to reduce government spending and Democrats who don't. This isn't really the case, as...
Wegmans vs. the liquor lobby
If local pharmacists could write the regulations, Marylanders probably wouldn't ever have been allowed to get their prescriptions filled at chain stores like Walgreens and Rite-Aid. Independent...
Obama must turn his embrace of gay marriage into action
President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports gay marriage is a heartening development in the campaign for equality, and it is commendable that he made his view public before the November...
