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Wondering aloud: thoughts on religion and politics, energy and athletics
Some things I've been wondering about: Do nervous Mitt Romney supporters remember then-Sen. Hillary Clinton thumping then-Sen. Barack Obama in three major primary states just prior to Obama declaring victory in the 2008 Democratic primaries? Does the...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Labor Legislation, Petroleum Industry, Ron Paul, College Sports
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Letters: Judges' vital role in government must be reflected in compensation
The independent Judicial Compensation Commission recently reported its findings to the Maryland General Assembly — presented to the Senate and House of Delegates in the form of joint resolutions — regarding judge's salaries Our state's judges...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Laws, Judges, National Government, John Adams
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Judges' pay in Maryland ranks near the bottom nationally
The independent Judicial Compensation Commission recently reported its findings to the Maryland General Assembly, which presented them to the Senate and House of Delegates in the form of Joint Resolutions. Our state's judges have not received a raise...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Judges, John Adams, Justice System, Maryland General Assembly
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A. Hamilton Bishop III, headmaster
Baltimore Sun reporterAlexander Hamilton "Ham" Bishop III, a respected headmaster who led five independent schools during his lengthy career in education, died of kidney failure complications Saturday at Manor Care Health Services Dulaney. He was 85 and lived in North...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Lacrosse, Manor Care Incorporated, Dyslexia, Students
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Tea party: an albatross around the GOP's neck
In 1789 there was a great divide in the new American nation: Alexander Hamilton feared the tyranny of an uniformed majority, while Thomas Jefferson feared the tyranny of an elite minority. James Madison crafted the hybrid system that we have today as a...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Pikesville, Elections
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Glenn Beck ends Fox run with an empty, banal hour
The Baltimore SunIn the end, Glenn Beck's last hour on Fox News Thursday after 2 and 1/2 years of considerable controversy, was relatively quiet, banal and kind of pathetic. Beck told viewers several times how "amazing" the last 2 and 1/2 years have been. It was an...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Talk Shows (genre), Colleges and Universities, Fox News Channel (tv network), CNN (tv network)
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Turn it around
The day Andrés Alonso dreaded came the Friday before Thanksgiving.
For his first year and a half as Baltimore schools chief, the system was showing unprecedented progress. Four decades of enrollment decline ended. Test scores were their best since the...Tags: Philosophy, Gloria Estefan, Johns Hopkins University, National Security, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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American history is right at home in New Hope
Special To The SunJust before the Civil War, thousands of mule-drawn boats carried coal, lumber and produce along the Delaware Canal in eastern Pennsylvania. Today, mules still pull vessels through the manmade waterway, but the numbers are far fewer, and instead of food...Tags: Arts, Dining and Drinking, Transportation, Minority Groups, Homes
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Old man in a bar, or: A meditation against entropy
Paul GreenbergThe old man in a rumpled linen suit at the end of the bar stood out like a weed at a garden show. All around him the young couples and swinging singles, so impressionable and so eager to impress, went on laughing and talking about whatever they laugh...Tags: Energy Resources, Philosophy, Solyndra LLC, Natural Resources, Walker Percy
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Dueling views of Aaron Burr
Heroes may inspire — but it's the scalawags, the rogues, the blackguards and the mountebanks who captivate. In an aphorism that I've taken to quoting almost hourly, because it so perfectly expresses our propensity to embrace the bad boys and to...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Civil Rights, George Washington, Petroleum Industry, Gore Vidal
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Planning commissions focus on coordinated development
JAMES CITY – Affordable housing and smarter and more coordinated development were among the topics discussed Monday during a joint meeting of the James City, York and Williamsburg planning commissions. The three planning commissions met as part...Tags: Lightfoot (York, Virginia), Lightfoot (James City, Virginia)
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