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Can O'Malley stop kicking the can't kick can?
The Baltimore SunThere's a new game in town. Or, actually, there's not. But judging from the enthusiasm with which Gov.Martin O'Malley has embraced his latest catchphrase, you could see why someone might think so. The governor doesn't want to play kick the can. Anyone...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Facebook, Media Industry, NPR, John Boehner
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In 8th Congressional District, it's 'getting to know you'
Redistricting, early voting and the flood of interest from a presidential election year has made March a critical month for candidates vying for positions in Congress, perhaps none as hectic as the 8th Congressional District race. Carroll County has...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Parties and Movements, Primaries, Frederick County (Maryland), Kensington
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Joining the affordable-housing movement
Mike Posko was building a house with Habitat for Humanity International — in Nepal — when the Baltimore-area affiliate emailed him late last year to ask him to come in for an interview.
He got the job.
Posko, who took over as Habitat for...Tags: Foreclosures, Finance, Mortgages, Nepal, Financial and Business Services
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The wrong fix for Medicare
Medicare is in desperate need of reform. Program costs are spiraling out of control and threatening to bankrupt the country. Here in Maryland, on average, each Medicare enrollee costs about $11,400 per year — that's a thousand dollars higher than...
Tags: Peter Orszag, Orthopedic Surgery, Medicare, Barack Obama, Health Organizations
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The danger of inflation is real
We have been hearing claims by our federal government that there is low to no inflation in this economy. The Federal Reserve continues an "easy money" policy, cranking up the printing presses at the U.S. Mint when the government needs more money to...Tags: Finance, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Inflation and Deflation
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Memo to the president: why being 'on the right track' isn't enough
Dear Mr. President: So far your election strategy can best be summed up as: "We're on the right track, my economic policies are working, we still have a long way to go, but stick with me and you'll be fine." I'm afraid this won't be enough to win you...
Tags: Elections, Public Finance, Petroleum Industry, Mitt Romney, Republican Party
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'Next economy' envisioned for Baltimore region
A new report being released today calls on the Baltimore region to rethink economic development, pointing to a worrying trend: a mounting share of low-wage jobs shutting more and more residents out of the middle class.
The number of jobs in largely low-...Tags: Employment, Johns Hopkins University, Port of Baltimore, Poverty, Retraining
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The imperial hypocrisy of Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a man whose political success is largely attributable to the aura of befuddled incompetence he uses to disarm his adversaries, was a failed Watergate baby.
In 1974, a slew of often sanctimonious and very liberal...Tags: Financial Markets, U.S. Senate, Elections, Parties and Movements, Harry Reid
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Starving public universities shrinks the middle class
Rick Santorum called the president "a snob" for wanting everyone to get a college education. (In fact, President Barack Obama never actually called for universal college education but only for a year or more of training after high school.) Mr. Santorum...
Tags: Rick Santorum, Colleges and Universities, Students, Barack Obama, University of California, Berkeley
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Setting the record straight on Ron Paul
In response to the recent letter written by Elizabeth Fixsen ("Paul is anti-war — but otherwise extremist," Jan. 5), I suggest that Ms. Fixsen check her facts. She states that Ron Paul is anti-abortion. The fact is Mr. Paul, a physician, does not...Tags: Immigration, Environmental Politics, Environmental Politics, Abortion, Catonsville
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Ron Paul's anti-war stance doesn't make up for his extremism on everything else
Granted, Democrats may be distressed that Barack Obama has not performed better as an anti-war president ("Ron Paul: The anti-war candidate," Jan. 2). But before people jump ship and vote for Ron Paul because he is "anti-war," they should check out the...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Ron Paul, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, North America
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Europe's problems hit home for some in Maryland
Kirk-Habicht Co. in Essex doesn't do much business in Europe, but problems on the continent are buffeting the manufacturer all the same.
Its employees rely on a heavy wire to make springs tough enough for trucks, and the only plant they know of that...Tags: Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Anirban Basu, Emerging Market, Bentley, Qiagen NV
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