Second Opinion: Would alumni have saved Towson Catholic?

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Higher taxes for health care

Would you be willing to pay higher taxes to provide guaranteed, universal health insurance coverage to all Americans?

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Kevin Cowherd

Kevin Cowherd

Ravens remember McNair as the ultimate teammate - July 9, 2009 - The public tributes for Steve McNair began yesterday at LP Field in Nashville, a memorial service is...

Jay Hancock

Jay Hancock

Look out, Baltimore, health care reform is on the way - July 8, 2009 - New York thrived during the housing-finance bubble. The health-care bubble is being very good to...

Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper

At steamed-crab time, how do you eat? - July 8, 2009 - When you eat steamed crabs are you a dipper, a swiper or a sauce-maker?

Jacques Kelly

Jacques Kelly

Breathing new life into old buildings - July 4, 2009 - My curiosity led me to walk a few blocks from my front door and ask just what was happening at the...

Mike Preston

Mike Preston

Ravens got a boost when McNair came to town - July 4, 2009 - When former Ravens quarterback Steve McNair came to Baltimore in 2006, he was near the end of his career, but at the beginning of...

Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer

We thought Sanford was different - July 6, 2009 - We thought we'd found true love.

Dan Rodricks

Dan Rodricks

Forced into closet by nation they serve - July 5, 2009 - Wednesday in Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy welcomed the most racially and ethnically...

Peter Schmuck

Peter Schmuck

Strange things happening in Birdland - July 9, 2009 - News item: The Orioles came back from another big deficit on Wednesday to defeat the Seattle Mariners and take the rubber game of...

Ron Smith

Ron Smith

Things fall apart over time — even great cities - June 26, 2009 - Years ago, I was introduced to former Baltimore County Police Chief Cornelius Behan by my friend Alan...

Fleeing Md. taxes? Forget Delaware

Tax increases on their way in the First State

Losses in Lutherville

Our view: A light rail accident in Lutherville takes two teenagers' lives, raising questions about...

The mother of all loopholes

Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. has been raising...

Dynamic downtown

Our view: Hotel bookings and racing proposal are positive signs for Baltimore

Behind the wheel

Marylanders who took to their cars over the long July 4th weekend...

Competitive edge

Our view: New federal rules on stem cell research are a potential boon to Maryland's economy, but...

A dangerous precedent

New juvenile facility a step in the wrong direction

An unexpected decline

Baltimore County shrinks for 1st time in years

The fix-it approach

Our view: Spending to maintain roads is wise but can't be the whole picture

Rosewood's reckoning

Our view: A troubled facility closes, and its residents stake out new lives

Head of Towson Catholic should resign

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Towson Catholic closure will be hard on students

I have never ever been asked for a dime, I would have been happy to help out and I am sure other...

Smith the kingmaker

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Towson Catholic alumni would have helped

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Parish didn't support Towson Catholic

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'Fair share' about more than negotiations

Collective bargaining means much more than sitting down at a bargaining table ("How fair is 'fair...

EZ-Pass is a boondoggle

What an incredible tale of waste, incompetence, and perhaps fraud Michael Dresser tells ("EZ-Pass...

Red Line would help Canton

It would seem that most people in the Canton area understand and support the need for the Red Line,...

'Fair share' is political payback

Restating the last line of your editorial, AFSCME does believe in the power of the legislature it...

Herd mentality drives Red Line opposition

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Seeds of liberty

Read what Marylanders were saying on July 4, 1776.

Maryland spends to repair roads, not build new ones

Here's a preview of an editorial we're working on. Let us know what you think by sending an e-mail to talkback@baltimoresun.com We'll print the best...

Health care reform

Our view: Faster than you can say 'roll back prices,' Wal-Mart shifts strategy and now sees a need for government to mandate health insurance benefits

Treatment saves lives

Our view: A drop in drug overdose deaths in the city is cause for cautious optimism

Overdose stats show treatment beats jail

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A generous gift

Our view: The Meyerhoff family foundation wants to encourage middle-class families to live in the city; the best way to do that is to support the public schools

How fair is 'fair share?'

In principle, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has an excellent argument for the so-called "fair share" law that went into effect...

Justice for all

For the first time in more than a decade, Congress has a real chance to lift the crippling restrictions on the federally financed Legal Services Corporation (LSC)...

A healthy start

At a time when some cash-strapped states are contemplating reducing Medicaid coverage, Maryland has boldly moved in the opposite direction. Today marks the first...