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    Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Where's the urgency to addressing global climate change?

    Your editorial on the International Energy Agency's "World Energy Outlook Special Report: Redrawing the Climate Energy Map" was right on the money ("Climate change warnings," June 11). Having read several books about the lead-up to World War II, it is...

    Tags: Conservation, Ecosystems, Global Change, Hurricane Sandy (2012), International Energy

    2. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Generals at the brink of disaster

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    Some people read military history for the technical details--why General X failed to match Hanibal's pincer movement at Cannae. Others, like me, dip into it to see how individuals and societies respond to circumstances of immense stress. Victor Davis...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Harry S. Truman, Abraham Lincoln, Sociology, David Petraeus

    3. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule

    Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending<b> </b>air-quality regulation that would require<b> </b>large, ocean-going ships to burn cleaner fuel.
    Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-...

    Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress, Lobbying, Manufacturing and Engineering, Festive Events

    4. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Mildred Kern, U.N. worker

    Mildred Kern, an original resident of the North Oaks Retirement Community who had worked overseas for the United Nations, died of heart disease Sunday at her home. She was six days short of turning 105.
    Mildred Kern, an original resident of the North Oaks Retirement Community who had worked overseas for the United Nations, died of heart disease Sunday at her home. She was six days short of turning 105. "She was our oldest resident, and she was our...

    Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Stock Market, The Pope, Washington, DC, The New York Times

    5. May 31, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Clarence M. "Erick" Erickson, veteran

    Clarence M. "Erick" Erickson, a decorated Korean War Navy flier and retired defense worker, died May 25 of complications from dementia at Madonna Heritage, a Jarrettsville assisted-living facility. He was 94.
    Clarence M. "Erick" Erickson, a decorated Korean War Navy flier and retired defense worker, died May 25 of complications from dementia at Madonna Heritage, a Jarrettsville assisted-living facility. He was 94. The son of farmers, Clarence Merlin...

    Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Hereford, Alzheimer's Disease

    6. May 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Harford Republicans condemn Maryland's Septic Bill [letter]

    The Harford County Republican Central Committee earlier this year approved a resolution relating to Senate Bill 236 and recently provided a copy for publication. The resolution affirms citizens private property rights, condemns the Sustainable Growth and...

    Tags: International Organizations, Local Government, Elections, Harford County, Agriculture

    7. May 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy

    Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's council kicked off the trend with a resolution stating its intent that no county resources be used to enforce the law. Harford took a more moderate tack, with its councilmen merely urging more study of the constitutionality of the law.
    Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...

    Tags: Laws, Gun Control, Justice System, U.S. Senate, Judges

    8. May 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Fighting homophobia by tracking down its source

    As a journalist, I'm a big believer in free speech, but also in the idea that bigotry and wrongdoing are fair game for scrutiny.
    As a journalist, I'm a big believer in free speech, but also in the idea that bigotry and wrongdoing are fair game for scrutiny. Regardless of your political leanings, it's fair to say that publicly ridiculing others in a confrontational and...

    Tags: Health Organizations, Human Rights, Susan Rice, Homophobia, Social Media

    9. May 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Taxing the tea party

    Loyal readers of this page are likely aware that we have not been great supporters of the tea party movement. Too often, we have found those anti-tax crusaders who call themselves tea party patriots are simply rebranded John Birch Society members of an earlier time with all the extremist anti-civil rights, anti-immigration, and anti-United Nations rhetoric that comes with it.
    Loyal readers of this page are likely aware that we have not been great supporters of the tea party movement. Too often, we have found those anti-tax crusaders who call themselves tea party patriots are simply rebranded John Birch Society members of an...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Susan Collins, Internal Revenue Service

    10. May 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. 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 found to have used chemical weapons against its people, but he has bent the red line so far, the hawks say, that not only the Syrians, but the Iranians and North Koreans will conclude Mr. Obama is a man with a marshmallow spine whose warnings can be flouted with impunity.
    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: Islam, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Chuck Hagel, Wars and Interventions

    11. May 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Dalai Lama packs UM Comcast Center for address on compassion

    He pulled on a <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/">Terps</a> visor, to the crowd's delight. He rubbed noses with Gov. Martin O'Malley. And the Dalai Lama was met Tuesday with rounds of applause from a crowd of 15,000 at the University of Maryland, College Park's Comcast Center.
    He pulled on a Terps visor, to the crowd's delight. He rubbed noses with Gov. Martin O'Malley. And the Dalai Lama was met Tuesday with rounds of applause from a crowd of 15,000 at the University of Maryland, College Park's Comcast Center. "Sit down,"...

    Tags: Nelson Mandela, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Customs and Tradition, Buddhism, China

    12. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Obama must find the best bad option in Syria

    Having vowed that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would cross a U.S. "red line" and provoke a strong American response "with enormous consequences," President Barack Obama now finds himself under increasing pressure to act, following reports by U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies that the regime of President Bashar Assad used deadly sarin gas against opponents last year. The problem for Mr. Obama is that the military options for enforcing his promise range from bad to very bad &mdash; while the risks of doing nothing may be even worse.
    Having vowed that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would cross a U.S. "red line" and provoke a strong American response "with enormous consequences," President Barack Obama now finds himself under increasing pressure to act, following reports by U.S....

    Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama

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