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Joe Vellano, Demetrius Hartsfield highlight Maryland's All-ACC selections
The Baltimore SunFive Maryland football players were honored today by the Atlantic Coast Conference. Fifth-year senior defensive tackle Joe Vellano was named a first-team All-ACC selection, while senior linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield earned second-team honors....Tags: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Miami Hurricanes, North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech Hokies, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Laurel Mill Playhouse reaches boldly with 'Auntie Mame'
In the spirit of an irrepressible title character, the Laurel Mill Playhouse unveiled its Nov. 2 opening of "Auntie Mame" without a backward glance at Hurricane Sandy. A madcap comedy based on the fictional novel by Patrick Dennis, and adapted to film...
Tags: Carol Channing, Rosalind Russell, Lucille Ball, Angela Lansbury, Jerome Lawrence
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Voting to give more money to millionaires
As I drove by the old Playhouse cinema on 25th Street in Baltimore the other day, I thought of the hapless fellow I encountered on the screen there in the 1970s — Nino, the lead character in "Bread and Chocolate," a comedy about a poor Italian...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Voting, Personal Income, Italy, Democratic Party
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The Republican case for same-sex marriage
Marylanders have an important decision to make this Election Day: whether or not to affirm their belief in the traditional American principle of equal rights for all, or instead to continue a system of special rights for some. A "yes" vote on Question 6...
Tags: Family, Civil Rights, Dick Cheney, Freedom of Religion, Philosophy
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Cal Thomas: The Stossel solution
In order to get the correct answer to anything, one must ask the right question. That is what former ABC News and current Fox News TV host John Stossel does on his weekly program. If ever there was "must-see TV," this is it. Mr. Stossel's show on June 30...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Amtrak, John Stossel, Fox News Channel (tv network), Mitch Daniels
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Fatality raises concerns about police tactical raids
When members of Baltimore County's tactical unit burst into a Reisterstown home this summer, they were looking for potentially armed suspects in the attempted murder of a 15-year-old boy. But in the chaos of the raid, Officer Carlos Artson shot and killed...
Tags: Executive Branch, Montgomery County (Maryland), Baltimore County, Cheye Calvo, Howard County
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A trap for small businesses
Laws are like fine nets, catching the common fish even as the biggest push their way through. Or so you might think on learning of how federal prosecutors keep nabbing small and medium-size businesspeople who violate an obscure law relating to bank...
Tags: Judges, Consumers, Justice System, Eliot Spitzer, Organized Crime
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Laws are sometimes inconvenient
Walter Olson of Washington's militant Cato Institute is correct in implying laws should never be designed to injure innocent people ("A small business trap," May 30). Yet, the absolving of anyone responsible for ignoring, regularly at least, a federal tax... -
Maryland Public Policy Institute again shows its myopia
Sean Kennedy of the ever-voluble Maryland Policy Institute attempts in "Annapolis dines at federal expense" (June 13) to indict two governments simultaneously. If ever anyone finds oneself on a side with government, do please watch-out; you may be under...Tags: Annapolis
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Politicians in Annapolis gambling away the budget
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to bury the notion of Governing. It has been suffering the ravages of age for some time now, so it perhaps would not be surprised that people gather to bury rather than praise it. And yet the site of its...Tags: Executive Branch, Justice System, Annapolis, Rush Limbaugh, Democratic Party
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Norquist's 'beast' thrives
For the last 20 years, the charming Grover Norquist has been perhaps the most successful of American political entrepreneurs, having used a letterhead and small office to secure "no tax" pledges from a near-majority of Congress members and myriads of...Tags: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Senate, National Government, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ronald Reagan
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Convert defense cuts into civilian benefits
Weapons-makers, ideologues and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta are busy whipping up fears in reaction to scheduled reductions in our bloated military budget. Don't be fooled. These cuts will not put our security at risk, though they will cut into profits...Tags: Afghanistan, NATO, Leon Panetta, Defense, The Pentagon
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