July 24, 2008
Having Your Say
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State police spying is dangerous repression
As one of the members of the Baltimore Pledge of Resistance who has been spied on by the Maryland State Police, I feel it important that people understand we in the Pledge of Resistance are the most peaceful, nonterrorist-type folks you could ever hope to meet. We are committed to raising awareness about the destructive forces of violence in our society and our country, which is one of the reasons we have protested the invasion of Iraq since before it occurred. It is because we love and value this country so much that we work to make it better, and we start by insisting that those in power obey its laws. It is because we are profoundly anguished by our government's illegal actions and what it has done to us and to our brothers and sisters around the world that we continue our peaceful work.
Hiring illegals confers unfair advantage
In several letters to the editor after the recent raid on an Annapolis painting company, the people who were arrested for being in the country illegally are portrayed as the victims. When are people going to understand that illegal immigrants do a disservice to every legal citizen of the United States by their being in the country illegally?
Leave film tax credits on cutting-room floor
Lately, the motion picture industry has been aggressively seeking, and largely getting, generous state tax credits for producing movies in Maryland. I love film and am very disappointed that Hairspray wasn't filmed in Baltimore, but the argument for movie tax credits simply does not hold up economically or as a matter of public policy.
A more sensible site for Keswick center
Let's take a broader view of the issue The Sun presented in letters to the editor as "Open space fight roils Roland Park."
Memo to state lawmakers: Tag me out — and save
I am crossing the street, well within the hatched pedestrian pathway. Ahead, the green light that spells "WALK" verifies that I am proceeding in the right direction, in the right place, and at the right time.
When fear of commitment is applied to rear bumper
I never put bumper stickers on my car. Except when I do.
This summer, let's try to save the endangered bookworm
Last summer, I flew from Salt Lake City to BWI Marshall Airport and found myself sitting next to two kids from a small town in Utah. Ten-year-old James occupied the seat by the window while his sister Andrea, 8, sat in the middle. The siblings were flying out to visit their father before the coming start of the school year.
City should reinstate anonymous-tip gun bounty
If Mayor Sheila Dixon's goal is to get guns off the streets of Baltimore, she should look to the past and reintroduce a gun bounty program similar to the one initiated by Police Commissioner Donald D. Pomerleau in 1974.
Why UMBC should welcome ROTC
As an alumnus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, I hope that UMBC will accept an ROTC department on its campus.
Baltimore needs help -- not reinvention
Does Baltimore need to be "remade," as some have recently suggested? The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health is on board, insisting that the basic social organization in the city is out of date, that human capital has been stripped away, and that we need to reinvent something (again).
Time for moratorium on harvest, sale of female crabs
The harvesting of female crabs is something I could never understand. When I was growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, it was considered taboo to eat a female crab.
To the man who called me N-word
You remember? It was a week ago Wednesday, about 7:35 a.m., in Hampden. I was southbound on Falls Road. My car was the fourth vehicle in the left-hand lane, waiting for the light to change at 41st Street. I was a little late meeting my friend Doug at Café Hon for a quick breakfast. The light changed, and the large SUV immediately in front of me (and blocking my view of everything) slowly began to turn onto 41st Street. As I began to accelerate through the intersection, there you were, about 75 feet from the corner - not in the crosswalk - helping three little ones across the street.
Light rail becomes heavy burden
Public transportation can and should be a great thing in any city; it just takes a little marketing, a little money and a sincere interest and commitment to customer service.
Now it's your turn to boost city
William P. Carey's decision to leave the bulk of his estate to a foundation dedicated to reinvigorating Baltimore's economy represents a unique opportunity for Baltimore to move forward. All who love Baltimore should respond by asking themselves how they can contribute to the tasks necessary to realize Mr. Carey's visionary and generous dream.
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