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Why is the Pentagon exempted from scrutiny?
The most common complaint from people who email me about my columns is that the federal government is horrible: Too big and growing too fast, too corrupt and wasteful, and providing too many benefits to too many Americans. If we just shrink the...
Tags: Political Corruption, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Public Employees, Ronald Reagan, Money and Monetary Policy
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Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer
Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Department of State, Russia, Civil Rights, Barack Obama
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The billionaires' long game
What's the biggest political lesson of 2012? Some say it's that money doesn't count all that much. Even though billionaires and big corporations poured huge amounts into the 2012 election, they lost big. They learned the lesson and won't try to buy...
Tags: John Boehner, Newspaper and Magazine, Elections, Eric Cantor, David Koch
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Paul Ryan's billionaire populism
Last Friday, Paul Ryan, the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee, made the most populist speech of this campaign season. "It's the people who are politically connected, it's the people who have access to Washington that get the breaks," he...
Tags: David Koch, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, ABC (tv network), Macau
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Israel, Weaponry, Stuxnet Virus, Computer Crime
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Self-interest trumps democracy
With so many tens of millions of dollars flowing into political campaigns anonymously this year, it's hard to believe anyone would oppose some minimum level of disclosure. After all, it was Justice Anthony Kennedy who wrote in the infamous Citizens United...
Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Elections, Freedom of the Press, John McCain, Olympia J. Snowe
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Arundel police official seeks probe into how councilman got his personnel information
The Anne Arundel County police official who wants a federal probe into his agency is asking the County Council to investigate how a member learned about a personnel complaint against him that he contends the council member raised publicly to try to...Tags: Political Corruption, Police Investigations, Anne Arundel County, Ethics, Prosecution
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Cummings seeks Wal-Mart investigation
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday requested a meeting with Wal-Mart officials in response to allegations that the retailer covered up a bribery scheme to expand its business in...Tags: Walmart, Political Corruption, Companies and Corporations, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Elijah E. Cummings
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Young campaigns to keep council presidency
Campaigning on foot along a stretch of tidy brick rowhouses in East Baltimore, joined by a small entourage of family members, campaign consultants and volunteers, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young rarely needs an introduction.
"Whassup,...Tags: Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Baltimore Development Corporation, Local Elections, Satellite and Cable Service, Primaries
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Lorenzo Gaztanaga
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve as council president.
I have been involved with independent party politics since 1992, fighting with my colleagues against the powers that be (in...Tags: Transportation, Public Officials, Property Tax, Laws, Public Transportation
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Wall Street Journal attacks News Corp. critics, invokes First Amendment
The Baltimore SunIf you want to get a sense of how desperate things have become in Rupert Murdoch's empire, take a look at this editorial in today's Wall Street Journal. To cast what is happening in the UK -- and what certainly seems headed for the US -- as the work of...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, WikiLeaks, Eric Holder, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.
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Which way in Afghanistan?
With the first anniversary of the U.S. "surge" in Afghanistan coming up in August, President Barack Obama will soon have to decide whether to maintain the current force levels or begin withdrawing some of the 30,000 additional troops he ordered there last...Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Military, Pakistan
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