Baltimore struggles to overcome homicides, and gun violence. The horrific death of Stephen Pitcairn, brilliant Hopkins student, with a knife to his chest ("A promising life is cut short," July 27), is...
All who hate mosquitoes and garden pests should be pleased with the news that the "Bike trail will spare bat refuge" (July 27). The last thing the best bat cave in the East needed to face was...
My service on the Maryland State Board of Education overlapped with Jim Campbell's service on the City School Board. I am writing to correct some important facts, but, first of all, I agree that CEO...
If the senseless and brutal murder of 23-year-old Stephen Pitcairn does not lead to a prosecution by Patricia Jessamy that seeks a death sentence penalty, then something is terribly wrong with the...
Once again, an out-of-towner has been cut down in their prime in Baltimore's crime wave. A student learning to be a physician.
The story of Stephen Pitcairn's murder ("A promising life is cut short," July 27) elicits feelings of outrage and profound sadness, but much worse still, it elicits despair. As I consider the contrast...
I am writing in response to Peter Hermann's article re John David Brown's complaint with Towson University about his inability to work on Jewish Sabbath because he is an Orthodox Jew ("Jewish...
I would like to comment on the article titled "Major health savings forecast" (July 27) by Andrea K. Walker. To report that there will be great savings for Maryland taxpayers because funding for...
Maryland's senators continue to show they follow in lockstep with the Obama administration and not with the majority of the populace's views.
I can't resist commenting on the July 14, 2010, piece "Historic Rodgers Tavern to undergo restoration." This is not its first. In 1993, the recently restored tavern was turned over to the town of...
This letter in in relation to Liz Bowie's article, "Maryland grapples with evaluating its teachers," July 16. As a retired middle school principal, I remain deeply concerned and disturbed when the...
Cry me a river! It's inconvenient to have neighbors applying for jobs in the defense and intelligence sectors because you might get interviewed ("Secrecy industry hits home," Commentary, July 26)? You...
In reference to your article on firefighter behavior on July 23 ("Visiting firefighters warned about behaving themselves"), Id like to comment on Capt. Stephen G. Fugate, who does not seem to have a...
It's ridiculous to hear the comments coming from Bob Ehrlich and his campaign about the slots referendum in Anne Arundel County. "There is a recognition that the state has failed," said Ehrlich...
People who are wary of identity theft and protective of their personal information will find the actions of a state worker at the Maryland Department of Human Resources unsettling. The Social Security...
In his column "Risk to city outweighs benefits of living wage" (July 25) Jay Hancock perpetuates the myth that wage rates are the dominant factor influencing decisions of where large business will...
I have great respect for Jay Hancock and in the words of an old country western song was almost persuaded by his reasoning on why a living wage hourly salary for 3,000 Baltimoreans laboring at big box...
The fate of potential surplus land at Spring Grove State Hospital campus in Catonsville seems to be having a powerful impact on the County Council race in the 1st District of Baltimore County. The...
Marta Mossburg's column ("A 'living wage' bill Baltimore can't live with," July 19) was short on logic and facts in charging that a proposed living wage law for large retailers in Baltimore would...
I appreciated The Baltimore Sun's recent article ("Teen jobs feel pinch of slump; Fewer openings in city's summer work program as U.S. stimulus funds are cut entitled," July 20), which highlighted the...
