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Kevin Cowherd

Kevin Cowherd

Orioles send a message against Red Sox and long-time tormentor Lester - June 16, 2013 - This is how good the Orioles are going now: even Jon Lester can't stop them anymore.

Orioles are in a tough spot with scuffling Pedro Strop - June 12, 2013 - Forget the goofy way he wears his cap — Pedro Strop has bigger issues to deal with right now.

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Why the IRS scandal is worse than the others - June 16, 2013 - Happy Father's Day …

Obama foreign policy follies befuddle right and left alike - June 9, 2013 - The young Barack Obama's early enthusiasm for anti-war progressivism is well chronicled in his autobiography. Friendships with the likes...

Jacques Kelly

Jacques Kelly

Colorful screened windows go up in the city - June 14, 2013 - It sounded like a Baltimore-themed idea that made sense. To celebrate a century of screen painting, 100 new, colorful window screens would...

A peek inside the H&H building - June 7, 2013 - I went in search of a place recently named the Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District and found myself inside one of its most...

Marta H. Mossburg

Marta H. Mossburg

Why is O'Malley silent on NSA spying? - June 18, 2013 - As it turns out, we are "one" Maryland, as Gov. Martin O'Malley likes to say — one Maryland under surveillance by thousands of...

Maryland's Fair Share Act is misnamed - June 4, 2013 - Maryland's Fair Share Act is to fair what Liberace is to understated.

Mike Preston

Mike Preston

Diversity efforts in lacrosse slow to pay off, but it's a start - June 17, 2013 - When Chazz Woodson, a midfielder for Major League Lacrosse's Ohio Machine, stated recently that a racial epithet had been directed at...

Ravens defense ends minicamp with impressive performance - June 13, 2013 - It's not unusual for the defense to be ahead of the offense at this point, but it appears the Ravens have a chance to be special again.

Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer

Snooping, past and present - June 12, 2013 - For us aging Vietnam War protesters, the secret domestic surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden, a young former CIA contractor, is like a...

When mom is the breadwinner - June 10, 2013 - The Pew Research Center reports that mom is the top breadwinner — or the sole breadwinner — in 40 percent of homes with...

Dan Rodricks

Dan Rodricks

Two stores try to close the health gap in Baltimore - June 17, 2013 - The pause is familiar to anyone who has been in a supermarket: The grocery checkout suddenly stops as a customer, perhaps quietly...

Two Maryland women at the center of history, June 1963 - June 14, 2013 - The American clock brings us to the 50th anniversaries of two extraordinary events involving two extraordinary women, Gloria Richardson...

Peter Schmuck

Peter Schmuck

As he begins rehab, Reimold hoping for a better ending to this season - June 18, 2013 - BOWIE — Nolan Reimold has been so focused on getting healthy and getting back into the Orioles lineup, it didn't even occur to him...

Cursing Orioles' bad luck? Don't forget the good - June 15, 2013 - The Orioles have been, for the past season and a half, one of the most opportunistic teams in baseball, so it would not be fair for them...

Thomas F. Schaller

Thomas F. Schaller

Ulman and Brown: the power of two - June 11, 2013 - Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman shook up Maryland's 2014 gubernatorial race by announcing they will run as...

When president checks out, abuses mount - May 28, 2013 - May has been a rough month for President Barack Obama: more Benghazi developments, plus the breaking IRS and journo-bugging scandals.

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