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Congress, the tea party and the IRS: Sentence first, then the trial
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged "targeting" of conservative political groups by the IRS. Mr. Obama declared, "Americans are right to be angry...
Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress, Karl Rove, Media Industry
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Center Stage premieres 'Beneatha's Place,' Kwei-Armah's answer to 'Clybourne Park'
The multifaceted issue of race continues to cling to this country. Every sign of progress in relations seems to come with an opposite move, so that it often seems as if little has ever really, fundamentally changed since the age of Jim Crow, or even...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Tony Awards, Teachers, Awards and Prizes, Clybourne Park (play)
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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Journalism, Kent County, Washington College (Maryland), Northwestern University, Middletown
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Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure
Kwame Kwei-Armah is turning up the floodlights on Center Stage. It's been not quite two years since the British-born playwright became artistic director of Maryland's largest regional theater. With his production of two button-pushing dramas nicknamed...
Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, The Boston Globe, Triple Crown, PBS (tv network), Bruce Norris
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Breathless over Benghazi: Republicans can't help overplaying their hand
Republicans could make an easy hit on the Obama administration by highlighting the State Department's apparent bureaucratic blundering during and after the deadly terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last fall, but they refuse to...
Tags: Mike Huckabee, Benghazi, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Iran
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, O'Malley make Carnegie Hall appearance
The Baltimore SunNEW YORK -- Carnegie Hall put out the purple Monday night to welcome the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the opening of Spring For Music, a week-long festival showcasing American orchestras playing adventurous programs. Ravens-colored cloths adorned...Tags: Executive Branch, Music, Carnegie Hall, Government, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Obama's red line on Syria gets squiggly
The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Barack Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...
Tags: United Nations, Islam, Barack Obama, Biological and Chemical Weapons, George W. Bush
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Author Jeff Shaara speaks at Jarrettsville library
The Harford County Public Library Foundation hosted a crowd of nearly 200 guests on Friday, April 19 for its annual A Night Out @ the Library fundraiser. Attendees enjoyed lite fare, cocktails and the opportunity to hear and meet renowned military history...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Harford County, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated, The New York Times, Libraries
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Marin Alsop leads Baltimore Symphony in propulsive program
If it has a good beat, you can count on Marin Alsop to conduct it with infectious energy. That point is being driven home by her latest program with the Baltimore Symphony, which has one more local performance before the orchestra takes it to Carnegie...
Tags: Concerts, Carnegie Hall, Music Industry, Entertainment Events, Culture
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Everyman Theatre offers local premiere of gritty 'Topdog/Underdog'
Booth, the younger of two brothers in Suzan-Lori Parks' cauterizing play “Topdog/Underdog,” being given a trenchant Baltimore premiere by Everyman Theatre, is determined to perfect the old con game, three-card monte. As he rehearses his spiel...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Everyman Theatre, Entertainment Events
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Who says the Republicans are doomed?
Since Mitt Romney lost to President Obama on Nov. 6, the conventional wisdom has been that the Republican Party is in trouble. The less conventional truth is that it is the Democrats whose chances may be more bleak. Yes, Republicans are currently...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, Political Fundraising, Max Baucus
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BSO performs program of powerhouse Rouse, Wagner
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra didn’t think small when deciding to acknowledge the 2013 bicentennial of the birth of revolutionary composer, revolting human being Richard Wagner. Three separate programs were plugged into the season, starting...
Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Music Industry, Entertainment Events, Culture, Music
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