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Figaro Project gives admirable premiere of 'Camelot Requiem'
Since "Nixon in China," the 1987 masterwork by John Adams that launched what some wag described as a new genre labeled "CNN Opera," contemporary events have been fairer game than ever for composers and librettists. The list of newsy operas, which...
Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Harvey Milk, Music
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Isaiah 'Ike' Dixon, state delegate from Baltimore
Isaiah Dixon Jr., a jazz fan, world traveler and four-term state delegate from Baltimore City whose accomplishments included introducing a bill that made cross burnings a felony in Maryland, died of heart failure April 26 at Stella Maris Hospice in...
Tags: National Aquarium Baltimore, NAACP, Trials, Martin Luther King Jr., Government
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Bill Clinton still turning on the charm
When Bill Clinton took the podium to address the country in January 1993, I was moved to tears. Here, then, was my first president. My parents had had all the presidents up to that point. Here was a man of my generation. Married to the working mother of...
Tags: Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush
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Orioles keep Sept. 5 home game, Ravens to open 2013 on road
The Ravens and the NFL will open up their 2013 regular season on the road after failing to find compromise in a scheduling conflict with the Orioles and Major League Baseball. Both the Ravens and Orioles released statements Friday saying that...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Football, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Roger Goodell
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Orioles aren't at fault for scheduling conflict with Ravens
In the greater context of world affairs, the scheduling problem that has put the Ravens and Orioles at odds this week doesn't really amount to a whole lot, but the public relations dust-up over what normally would be a non-descript Thursday night in early...
Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Football, Ozzie Newsome, Roger Goodell, Business
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Obama 2.0
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama laid out clearly and forcefully the philosophy that animates his presidency and placed it in context of America's history and values. He believes in individual initiative and hard work, in the...
Tags: Values, U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama
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Michelle Obama is fashion icon with an affordable, accessible style
Her affinity for sleeveless frocks has caused a buying frenzy and inspired people to turn to workouts for toning their arms. She has become a highly coveted canvas for fashion designers and retailers. She steals the scene in pointed-toe flats, colored...Tags: Fashion Shows, Christian Siriano, Charlotte, White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot dies at 73
Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73. Guyot had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died...
Tags: Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Voting, Diabetes, Heart Problems
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Will it be Clinton? Cuomo? Warren?
Shortly after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party's nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Regional Authority, Mark R. Warner, Scott P. Brown, Democratic Party
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The Stone truth: Left-wingers are boring
When, at long last, will people understand that the left is boring? The question came to mind as I was dipping in and out of Oliver Stone's miasmic 700-plus-page tome. I'll never read the whole thing, and not because it's a left-wing screed full of...
Tags: Democratic Party, Oliver Stone, Entertainment Events, Jimmy Carter, Occupy Wall Street
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Liberal obsession with race is growing old
When will liberals stop living in the past? Specifically, when will they accept that they aren't all that stands between a wonderful, tolerant America and Jim Crow? I was in the room when, during the Democratic National Convention, civil rights hero...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Nikki Haley, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Racism
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Baltimore City schoolchildren deserve a real choice
"Greetings from Maryland, home of the number one public school system in America for four years in a row!" That is how Gov. Martin O'Malley opened his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., last week to a roar of applause. He...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Aid, New York City, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel
May 15, 2013
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Nov 25, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 24, 2012
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Sep 11, 2012
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