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Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy

Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy

Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that...

Obama and the drones

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Baltimore's new downtown

Baltimore's new downtown

Harbor East is moving farther east with baker-cum-developer John Paterakis Sr.'s announcement Friday that he will break ground this summer on a new, mega-Whole Foods and later on a new residential/...

Taxing the tea party

Taxing the tea party

Loyal readers of this page are likely aware that we have not been great supporters of the tea party movement. Too often, we have found those anti-tax crusaders who call themselves tea party patriots...

School reform 2.0

School reform 2.0

With city schools CEO Andrés Alonso's announcement last week that he is stepping down at the end of this school year, Baltimore finds itself in the market for a new leader who can continue...

Stopping the cellphones that foster jailhouse corruption

Stopping the cellphones that foster jailhouse corruption

Gov. Martin O'Malley's announcement of several actions he is taking to combat jailhouse corruption in the wake of the Black Guerrilla Family scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center is a...

Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?

Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?

Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join...

To keep corporations here, fix the tax code

The report of Apple avoiding corporate income taxes the past four years signals it's time to overhaul the U.S. corporate tax code.

So much for messianic leadership

Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Barack...

The triumph of progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968

Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities.

Cellphones: Preserving a tool, combating a threat

In less than a generation, mobile communications have evolved from a luxury item to an essential element of everyday life. With nearly 7 billion devices in use, mobile communications are nearly...

Time for greens to embrace nukes

For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs.

NRA draws wrong conclusions from Boston

In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their...

Sister Gabriel taught us the meaning of pride

There were giants in those days. And some of them were only five feet tall.

In debate over 'biosimilars,' patient safety must come first

In 1988, I became extremely ill. I had many tests, saw many doctors and was given various medicines. Some caused allergic reactions. Through it all, I remained sick — and actually became worse.

Good intentions don't create jobs

Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week.