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Kevin Cowherd
Cowherd: Billy Cundiff not dwelling on missed kick - May 23, 2012 - In so many words, Billy Cundiff says he's not thinking about redemption.
The right call for voice of Camden Yards - May 21, 2012 - The 911 call came in like so many do, a frantic voice that cuts through the night like the wail of a siren.
Kevin Cowherd: With future at Pimlico secure, Preakness 2012 is best in years - May 19, 2012 - Let's come right out and say it: This was the best Preakness we've had in years.
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
Our limitless debt - May 27, 2012 - The U.S. debt clock is rapidly approaching $16 trillion. This year's federal deficit is in excess of $1.3 billion. These are staggering...
In D.C. schools, Obama chooses unions over kids - May 20, 2012 - Just when you thought the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for poor, predominantly minority kids was fully protected...
Key demographics of the 2012 campaign: youth, women and Hispanics - May 12, 2012 - Campaign 2012 is now joined. The darts heretofore traded between the Obama and Romney camps now have extra-sharp tips. And it's going to...
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Jay Hancock
A business columnist bids farewell and looks back - February 26, 2012 - There comes a time for every trader to tally the bets that paid off, revalue the stinkers and recalibrate assumptions according to...
Want to create jobs? Stop complaining and get to work - February 20, 2012 - I located some job creators. Fells Point Wholesale Meats puts protein on the table every day at hundreds of restaurants and hotels from...
Exelon gets tax cuts despite pledge to locate in Baltimore - February 12, 2012 - Among the many advantages Constellation Energy's headquarters gives Baltimore — Fortune 500 cachet, hundreds of well-paid workers,...
Jacques Kelly
A dignified tribute to those who served their country - May 25, 2012 - The hauntingly beautiful greensward that straddles the city and Baltimore County lines along Frederick Avenue was dedicated 71 years ago...
Woodwards raised Triple Crown champions at their Bowie farm - May 18, 2012 - My earliest recollection of the television that arrived in my family's Guilford Avenue home was the broadcast of the 1955 Preakness. We...
Shrine of St. Anthony has majestic history - May 11, 2012 - This coming week offers a chance to visit two worthy Maryland landmarks. The normally off-limits Gibson Island Club will be open, and...
Marta H. Mossburg
Defining down 'rich' won't save Maryland's budget - May 22, 2012 - Plastic surgery and Botox made 40 the new 30. In this month's special session of the General Assembly, Maryland's Democratic legislators...
Biology really is destiny - April 24, 2012 - We live in fascinating times. On the one hand, it is OK to detail the most intimate aspects of a woman's reproductive health in...
General Assembly elevates the trivial, neglects pension reform - April 10, 2012 - State legislators often prioritize important legislation the way kindergartners rank vegetables among the food groups.
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Mike Preston
Terps are most dangerous team heading into final four - May 20, 2012 - Top-seeded Loyola is the most balanced team, but unseeded Maryland will be the toughest to push out of the Division I men's lacrosse final...
Lehigh coach Kevin Cassese has brought an ACC flavor to the Mountain Hawks - May 11, 2012 - As a former Duke player and assistant coach, Lehigh's Kevin Cassese wanted to model his Mountain Hawks after his alma mater and other...
Wally Williams: Suggs can return from torn Achilles - May 7, 2012 - When team officials announced last week that Pro Bowl outside linebacker Terrell Suggs had torn his Achilles tendon, former Ravens...
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Susan Reimer
Both sides now: Judy Collins on life after alcoholism - May 24, 2012 - It was April 1978, and singer Judy Collins hadn't had an inspirational thought in four years.
Obama might wish he hadn't met 'Julia' - May 14, 2012 - Meet "Julia."
Maurice Sendak lit up dark corners of childhood - May 9, 2012 - Not everything in childhood is bowls of mush and little old ladies whispering "Hush," and Maurice Sendak understood that.
Dan Rodricks
Lack of familiarity breeds contempt for Baltimore? - May 25, 2012 - If you're used to watching an Orioles game in the quiet of a family room, then watching one at Camden Yards can be unsettling —...
One man's mob is another's crowd: Colliding realities of downtown Baltimore - May 23, 2012 - Whether they live in Baltimore or its suburbs, whether they're here every day, once in a blue moon or never at all, everyone has an...
What downtown needs: More cops, fewer knuckleheads - May 18, 2012 - During a stroll Thursday night from Little Italy to Harborplace, I bought jelly beans in The Best of Luck candy store, listened to a...
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Peter Schmuck
Schmuck: Securing Adam Jones is investment that reaches beyond the field - May 25, 2012 - While the Orioles and agent Nez Balelo were trying to work out the final details of his long-term contract , center fielder Adam Jones was...
Peter Schmuck: Effect of Brian Roberts' return on Orioles remains to be seen - May 22, 2012 - Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment Wednesday night at Double-A Bowie, which means that he...
Peter Schmuck: I'll Have Another's trainer awaits increased scrutiny at Belmont - May 19, 2012 - Start spreading the news if you want, but it won't be necessary. Doug O'Neill is about to take New York.
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Thomas F. Schaller
Government is flawed, but markets are too - May 15, 2012 - This column may stress you out. It stressed me out just writing it.
America avoids Europe's austerity nightmare - April 17, 2012 - As the global economic crisis grinds into its fourth year, we now have a clearer sense of which countries responded appropriately to the...
Worry about Romney's positions, not his gaffes - April 3, 2012 - Mitt Romney has been treated rather roughly, even unfairly, by the national media.
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