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Days to remember
A century and a half ago — and a drive of about two and a half hours from Harford County in modern times — Union and Confederate forces were in the midst of positioning themselves to become the masters of Harpers Ferry at the confluence of the...Tags: Harford County, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Holidays, Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions
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Super PACs: How did the Supreme Court not see this coming?
Maybe what this country needs on the Supreme Court is a real politician or at least a sensible political scientist or two. Perhaps they would help the court's majority understand how it has allowed unlimited big-donor money to contaminate and almost...
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Obama's end zone dance
This week, Republicans have been criticizing President Barack Obama for his surprise trip to Afghanistan marking the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. By accusing the president of hyping the commemoration, they apparently hope to...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Fox News Channel (tv network), Entertainment Events, Afghanistan, Parties and Movements
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Back to solid food
The Baltimore SunA rather subdued day yesterday at Casa McIntyre: The Son and Heir spent most of the day in his room with some sort of gastric distress that he generously shared wth me, and She Who Must Be returned ill from a conference. Today's main excitement will be... -
Sun corrections: Fessing up
Enraged at a Sun article that he thought misrepresented him, a gentleman named Rudolph Handel marched up and down Calvert Street for years in the 1970s and 1980s bearing signs that read "SUN LIES" and "SUN ERRS." We admit to the latter, but not the...
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Thief may have sold more historic documents
Document thief Barry Landau may have sold more of the national treasures he stole from museums — including the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, where his scheme unraveled — than previously thought, according to the National Archives...Tags: Theft, Lawyers, Prosecution, Trials, Rod J. Rosenstein
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For Republicans, moderation is the only vice
Meet Nathan Fletcher, candidate for mayor of San Diego. He will lose, at least if the polls are right. But he has raised a minor stir through a video posted online a few days back. In it, he explains his decision to leave the Republican Party and...
Tags: Gun Control, Gays and Lesbians, Personal Weapon Control, Nathan Fletcher, Ronald Reagan
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How about freedom from religion?
If Barack Obama is a cool combination of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., andJohn F. Kennedy, it is because he is extremely intelligent and well read. Whereas Republican candidates haven't read the Bible they pound. While President Obama seems...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Emancipation Day provides tax filing delay
Thanks to a quirk in this year's income tax filing deadline, many Americans are getting a lesson in Civil War history today. The IRS pushed back the filing deadline because April 15 landed on Sunday and today is Emancipation Day, which marks the...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Internal Revenue Service, Slavery, Wars and Interventions
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Mr. Santorum's misapprehension
Rick Santorum, who appears to have taken this week's lead in the race for the Republican nomination for the presidency, accused President Obama the other day of following a "phony theology," elevating earth above humankind. On Face the Nation yesterday,...Tags: Rick Santorum, Hinduism, Marcus Aurelius, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams
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Death in Afghanistan and an apology at home
Memorial Day is still several months away, but it would be nice to think that all Americans still hold some place in their hearts for those who have gave what Abraham Lincoln called the "last full measure of devotion" for their country. The conflicts in...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Rick Santorum, Hamid Karzai, Kabul (Afghanistan), Memorial Day
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Rodgers Forge: Lenten season brings slate of activities at area churches
Now that Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow and we've all declared our love for family, friends and others at Valentine's Day, it won't be long before local Christians begin the six-week observance of Lent. Our area churches will inaugurate the Lenten...Tags: Ash Wednesday, George Washington, Roman Catholicism, Trips and Vacations, Lent
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