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Ronald Reagan (Feb. 6, 1911 ¿ June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California.
Ronald Reagan (Feb. 6, 1911 ¿ June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California.
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Demise of a centrist nominee dream
That pop you may or may not have heard the other day was the bursting pipedream of a centrist presidential candidate outside the establishment parties. The organizers of a group calling itself Americans Elect decided to close shop after failing to find...
Tags: Jon Huntsman, Jr., Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Michael Bloomberg, U.S. Electoral College
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1812: Our first war of choice
In this bicentennial year of the start of the War of 1812, the StarSpangledBaltimore.com website tells us: "The War of 1812 represents what many see as the definitive end of the American Revolution. A new nation, widely regarded as an upstart,...Tags: Iraq, Revolutions, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, United Kingdom, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Government is flawed, but markets are too
This column may stress you out. It stressed me out just writing it. Start counting on your fingers how many of the following aggravations you have encountered personally. Ready? •You call a customer line to report a problem with some product or...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Viral Diseases and Infections, Government Health Care, Medicare, Insurance
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Larry Simns' well-lived life on the water
It's 1943. First light colors the summer Chesapeake Bay off the fishing village of Rock Hall, revealing a 6-year-old boy rowing a wooden skiff, struggling to do it quietly, so not to scare the blue crabs his great-grandfather dips as they run their...
Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Fishing, Cancer, Credit and Debt
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Bush's pithy endorsement of Romney
Former President George W. Bush uttered his endorsement for president the other day as an elevator door was closing on him. To a question shouted by a reporter, he was said to have answered, simply, "I'm for Mitt Romney," and that was it. It was sort...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Georgetown, Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden
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O'Malley builds on tax-raising legacy
The General Assembly's speedy embrace of Gov. Martin O'Malley's income tax increases this week cleaned up a political mess in Annapolis, but the rate hikes could come back to haunt the Democrat if he seeks national office when his time in the governor's...Tags: Regional Authority, Income Tax, The New York Times, Executive Branch, State Income Tax
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Water bills and government's fragile reputation
I want to thank Ms. Nina Platt of Homeland for providing me with a copy of her outrageous water bill — and her neighbor's — because, until this happened, I was feeling left out of the Great Baltimore Water Bill Commiseration. It seems like...
Tags: Water Supply, Democratic Party, National Government, Government, William Donald Schaefer
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Jules Witcover: Romney's presumption
As Mitt Romneycontinued to build his delegate count for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with five more primary victories, his new campaign slogan proclaimed: "A better America begins tonight." The message seemed to announce that...
Tags: Republican National Conventions, Primaries, Republican Party, Jules Witcover, Elections
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Jules Witcover: Goodbye, Gingrich
The silence of the other shoe dropping pretty much describes the clamor that greeted the departure of Newt Gingrichfrom his overblown, self-centered fight for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The man who vowed he would go all the way to the...
Tags: Dylan Thomas, Rick Santorum, Republican National Conventions, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney
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The 'Pretty Woman' strategy for political victory
There's a scene in the movie "Pretty Woman" where the kindhearted hooker played by Julia Roberts asks her client, portrayed by Richard Gere: "Who do you want me to be?" Regardless of who she might really be, she realizes that it's far less attractive than...
Tags: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Political Systems
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Catholics inconsistent on marriage
I can understand the Catholic Church not recognizing or performing same-sex marriages. I can also understand the church not recognizing or performing marriages where one party is divorced and has a spouse living. The church takes the attitude that...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Family, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage
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Wanted: The second best man or woman for the job
With his nomination as the Republican candidate for president all but wrapped up, Mitt Romney now faces the challenging task of selecting a running mate. What was once a fairly ho-hum matter (the running gag in the 1931 Gershwin musical lampooning...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Al Gore, Mitt Romney
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