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Security vs. privacy
The latest open debate over security and privacy is a welcome pivot from the irksome father-knows-best attitude that has prevailed too long regarding the government's contention of superior judgment in the realm of national security. As with most...
Tags: John Adams, Internal Revenue Service, National Government, Law Enforcement, Barack Obama
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Snooping, past and present
For us aging Vietnam War protesters, the secret domestic surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden, a young former CIA contractor, is like a bad flashback. In 1968, Lyndon Johnson demanded that something be done to curb the demonstrations that were...
Tags: Edward Snowden, The New York Times, National Security Agency, Vietnam War (1955-1975), National Government
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Surveillance leaks show Obama's hypocrisy
The revelation that the federal government has spied on millions of supposedly private phone and Internet communications makes President Barack Obama's headache over the IRS targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exemptions seem like a passing...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Jarmes R. Clapper, The New York Times, Internal Revenue Service, F James Jr Sensenbrenner
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Selective memory on judicial nominations
The Sun has developed a bad case of selective memory when it comes to judicial nominations ("Judicial profiling," June 5). When President George W. Bush nominated candidates for judgeships during the years that Republicans controlled the Senate, the...Tags: Harry Reid, Elections, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Hyatt Regency Chesapeake dips into reserves to pay debt
The state-owned Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay resort in Cambridge continues to deplete a reserve fund to cover its semiannual debt payments because it is not making enough money. The state withdrew $2 million from the reserve June 1, cutting the fund's...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Credit and Debt, Finance, Dorchester County, Hotels and Accommodations
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Church of the Redeemer rector to retire in 2014
The Rev. Paul Tunkle is retiring next year as rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Homeland, one of the largest churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. "I am sensing a call from Christ to do something new," Tunkle, 63, of Bolton Hill, said...
Tags: Bolton Hill, Suicide, Christianity, Anglicanism
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Keeping college affordable
On Friday, President Barack Obama met with college students at the White House to reprise a familiar appeal on behalf of the nation's young people: urging lawmakers to prevent the cost of student college loans from doubling on July 1. Interest rates on...Tags: Parties and Movements, Finance, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Bob Dole pitches the wrong path for the GOP
Who doesn't admire former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole? Wounded World War II veteran, part-time comedian (Mr. Dole once described a meeting of former presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon as "see no evil, hear no evil -- and evil"), former...
Tags: Bob Dole, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, New Year's Day, Philosophy
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How the death penalty will end: first Maryland, then the nation
The death penalty debate in Maryland is finally over. This spring's decision by the General Assembly to replace the death penalty with life without parole was cemented last week, when right-wing activists failed to muster enough signatures to force the...
Tags: Murder, U.S. Supreme Court, Punishment, John Hickenlooper, NAACP
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The Sun Remembers: June 2-8
June 7, 2001: At the White House, President George W. Bush greets the NFL champion Ravens, who present him with an autographed football and a personalized jersey. "It was cool, man," defensive tackle Tony Siragusa says. "[But] I was depressed that they...
Tags: Football, New York Yankees, Syracuse Orange, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Ravens
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When president checks out, abuses mount
May has been a rough month for President Barack Obama: more Benghazi developments, plus the breaking IRS and journo-bugging scandals. Taken separately, none of these episodes is fatal. They do not reach Watergate levels. Given that previously classified...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Journalism, Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, Barack Obama
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House Speaker Busch visits Annapolis elementary school's Career Day
House Speaker Michael Busch began his Career Day visit at Tyler Heights Elementary School by venturing to the front of the media center with a state flag. He explained the meaning behind its colors and patterns, then gave the assembled fourth-graders...
Tags: Josh Cohen, Michael E. Busch, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Students
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