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Someone will choose your child's education; why not you?
This is National School Choice Week, an occasion that always makes me think back to 1976, when as a writer for my high school paper, I interviewed retiring Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joshua Wheeler. I asked Mr. Wheeler why our schools didn'...Tags: College Sports, Students, Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities
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The Interview: Robin Budish, community organizer for Baltimore Streetcar Campaign
Robin Budish spends her days rallying support for an idea she says will make downtown Baltimore more livable — building a streetcar line along Charles Street.
Budish was hired last fall as community organizer for the Baltimore Streetcar Campaign, a...Tags: Walters Art Museum, Overlea, Colleges and Universities, Druid Hill, Elections
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Netflix to film political thriller 'House of Cards' in Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun"House of Cards," a political thriller starring Kevin Spacey and directed by David Fincher, will be filmed in Baltimore starting this spring, it was confirmed Thursday by Gov. Martin O'Malley. The production, which involves 13 one-hour episodes for...Tags: Television, Ed Harris, Ian Richardson, HBO (tv network), Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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More with Amandeep Sandhu
As promised, here's the continuation of Rosalia Scalia's thoughtful Q&A with Indian novelist Amandeep Sandhu. He touches on inspirations, the challenge of writing in another language, and the role that emotion plays in great writing.
RS: You said that in...Tags: Kenzaburo Oe, Junot Diaz, Music, Russia, Jerzy Kosinski
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Democrats, Republicans agree to push package of bills in Annapolis
A bipartisan group of senators put aside the battling that often prevails in Annapolis to announce Thursday a common agenda of bills that Democrats and Republicans can rally around. The bills would preserve scholarships for veterans, protect children...Tags: Judges, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Democratic Party, Justice System, E.J. Pipkin
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Disgraced collector pleads guilty to stealing historical documents
Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, admitted in federal court Tuesday that he stole thousands of documents regarded as cultural treasures from historical societies and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast....Tags: Judges, Prozac (drug), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Charles Dickens, Justice System
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Saving a 'hidden treasure'
Decades after they joined the Girl Scouts, Kirsten Enzinger and Janet Brown still have fond memories of times they spent inside the giant tepee at Annapolis' Camp Woodlands.
"It was the place for orientation, the place for meals, the place for meetings,"...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Ceremonies, United States Naval Academy, Companies and Corporations, Architecture
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The case for Romney
Years ago, a friend told me a story from her days living in South America. The movie "Wayne's World" had come out, and she went to see it. She spoke English, but it was interesting to read the Spanish subtitles.
For instance, early in the film, Wayne...Tags: Sociology, Tea Party Movement, Mitt Romney, Elections, Sarah Palin
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Marine video is as despicable as it is destructive
The vile acts depicted in a video on the Internet this week — purportedly showing four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of three Taliban fighters — require condemnation in the strongest possible terms by U.S. and NATO officials. To do...Tags: Sociology, NATO, Wars and Interventions, Leon Panetta, Culture
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Rumors of demise exaggerated
A phrase appears today above the vignette (or nameplate) on the front page of The Sun: CELEBRATING 175 YEARS. The actual anniversary date is May 17, but the first celebration of the paper’s longevity began at midnight last night with sponsorship of...Tags: Ceremonies, Inner Harbor
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Everything is always going straight to hell
The other day I seconded Jan Freeman’s dismissal of Ron Rosenbaum’s carrying-on at Slate as the self-appointed “catchphrase executioner” of vogue usages that annoy him. Now there’s an article at Gizmodo asserting that...Tags: Verizon Communications, International Law, Facebook, International Law, International Court or Tribunal
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Gettysburg orchestra set to visit Towson, Dulaney high schools, then Goucher College
On Thursday, Jan.19, Gettysburg College Symphony Orchestra will visit both Towson High School and Dulaney High School to conduct a clinic and concert with each school. The visit and clinics were arranged by former Dulaney High student Elizabeth Amrhein,...Tags: Schools, Music, Colleges and Universities, Music, Music Industry
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