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Countdown to Iowa
Although the first voting for presidential delegates is still four days off in Iowa, the political crystal-ball gazers are already speculating which Republican candidates will survive and which will fall off the cliff into oblivion.
It's being said...Tags: Voting, Hampshire, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Ron Paul
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The Ron Smith legacy: How to write, how to live, how to die
For virtually all the time I spent in politics, my main function was to craft words for someone else.
And, for a long time, I was pretty good at it. In fact, I got so good at it that, when I finally decided I wanted to start opining under my own name...Tags: Radio, Tim Russert, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Talk Shows (genre), Republican Party
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Soviet fall and Arab Spring
Twenty years ago, tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets of Moscow, just as Egyptians, Tunisians and Syrians have this year — rejecting the old order, demanding freedom and democracy. That August, the Russian democrats prevailed because...Tags: Radio, White House, Maryland, Communist Party of China, Coup d'Etat
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GOP objections to taxing the rich don't add up
In his recent opinion piece on taxing the rich, Brian Murphy packs in just about every Republican tax myth and deception as humanly possible ("Warren Buffett is wrong," Aug. 24). Somehow, in talking about Mr. Buffet's proposal to raise federal taxes on...Tags: Warren Buffett, Wages and Pensions, Vehicles, Productivity, Social Security
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A Republican leader goes his own way
Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander caused a ripple on Capitol Hill last week by announcing he will drop out of his party's Senate leadership to pursue a more independent course, which would seem to be a break from the GOP's my-way-or-the-highway...Tags: White House, U.S. Senate, John Cornyn, U.S. Army, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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City man connects to Czech heritage through Wilson statue
Michael G. Rokos has traveled thousands of miles to pay homage to his American and Czech heritage and to the 28th U.S. president, who befriended his family nearly a century ago.
The lifelong Baltimorean will reconnect with cousins in the Czech Republic...Tags: Prague (Czech Republic), White House, Johns Hopkins University, Nazi Party, Sculpture
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Md. projects seek foreign dollars from would-be immigrants
The private developers of two high-profile state projects are seeking financing through a visa program that lets wealthy foreigners go to the front of the line for green cards and possible U.S. citizenship in return for a $500,000 investment....Tags: Migration, Westport, Harford County, Peter G. Angelos, National Government
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Betty Ford is dead at 93, founded addiction center
Betty Ford, the widow of late President Gerald Ford and a co-founder of an eponymous addiction center in California, has died at the age of 93, according to the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. Ford died Friday evening with...Tags: Substance Abuse, Awards and Prizes, White House, Larry King, University of Michigan
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Obama calls the GOP's bluff
With time running out for Congress to raise the federal debt limit or see the nation face fiscal calamity and an almost certain end to the tenuous economic recovery, President Barack Obama has taken the lead on the issue with a proposal that...Tags: Eric Cantor, Government Debt, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elections
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This time with feeling: The GOP needs to do a retake on its debt limit rhetoric
A lot of conservatives are having fun at President Obama's expense after his latest gaffe. In the midst of testy debt-limit negotiations last week, Mr. Obama told House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, "Don't call my bluff."
The first rule in bluffing is...Tags: White House, Eric Cantor, Laura Ingraham, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell
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Balanced budget amendment: Here's why it's a bad idea
The U.S. government teeters on the brink of an unprecedented, self-inflicted debt default, and the House of Representatives can't seem to keep its eye on the ball.
After the House debated the fate of incandescent lightbulbs last week, it approved on...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Congressional Budget Office, Local Government, Elections, Finance
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Anne Arundel officers seek handicapped parking violators
It was just after noon on a recent weekday, the parking lots at the Annapolis Westfield Mall were already full, and a woman in a dark sedan weaved through the swelling traffic, looking for a place to park. Jessica Lawrence, a Glen Burnie resident, saw...Tags: Lupus, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Physical Disabilities, NAACP
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