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2011, the year of winning by losing
Charlie Sheen was clearly the man of the year.
You'll recall that 2011 began with the oafish actor celebrating his own narcotic and sexual crapulence like a victorious gladiator working the crowds. He was egged on by a media with as much decency as the...Tags: Punishment, Sarah Palin, Political Dissent, Gabrielle Giffords, Periodicals
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Home for Christmas
This week, the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq. After more than eight years of fighting an ill-conceived, inexcusably prolonged war made more devastating by official ineptitude and hubris, America's soldiers are coming home for Christmas. The nation...Tags: Iraq, Religious Festivals, National Government, Elections, Wars and Interventions
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Just say no to war with Iran
How fitting! On this year's Veterans' Day we're learning about the next war in the Middle East ("Iran and the bomb," Nov. 11). Now it's Iran that's in the crosshairs. In my opinion the Pentagon has become "too big to fail," and lessons from the recent...Tags: Chicago Housing Authority, NATO, Iran, Religious Conflicts
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Iran and the bomb
A report this week on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program by the International Atomic Energy Agency leaves little doubt that country's ruling clerics remain determined to acquire the means to produce a bomb. That poses a dilemma for the Obama...Tags: Israel, Russia, National Government, Nuclear Power, International Organizations
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Drop the 'two-war' plan
As defense strategists at the Pentagon carry out their review of how to make roughly $400 billion in cuts over 10 years, and Congress considers the possibility of reductions twice as large as required by the supercommittee's failure to reach agreement,...Tags: Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, George H.W. Bush, Defense
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The revolution betrayed
The high hopes of the Egyptian people for a peaceful transition to democracy are being thwarted by the brutal tactics of the country's military rulers, who in recent days have launched a bloody campaign of repression against protesters demanding an...Tags: Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Elections, Demonstration, Cairo (Egypt)
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Social media revolution
During the 1960s, baby boomers were a part of social revolution. Almost a half-century later, they’re a part of another social revolution, but this time it’s social media, as older generations are turning to sites like Facebook and Twitter...Tags: Demographics, Media Industry, Social Media, Woodstock Festival (1969), Twitter, Inc.
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The Ron Paul campaign turns a new Page
When Jordan Page was a boy of 11 with a yen for acting, his greatest thrill was playing the Crown Prince in '"The King and I" onstage.
Two decades later, in the middle of an odyssey that began on Maryland's Eastern Shore, he's starring in a real-life...Tags: Poetry, St. Michaels, Theater, Pendulum (music group), Music Theater
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Seniors: Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •A New Year, a New You. Jan. 30, 10 a.m. Free....Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, American Civil War (1861-1865), World War II (1939-1945), Diseases and Illnesses, Larry Cohen
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Ruth L. Thomas, philanthropist
Ruth L. Thomas, whose philanthropic interests ranged from medical and educational institutions to helping newly arrived immigrants, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at Springhouse Assisted-Living in Pikesville.
Mrs. Thomas would have...Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945)
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Loraine P. Bernstein
Loraine P. Bernstein, a musical trust's administrator who assisted young musicians in gaining an audience, died of a heart attack Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. The Mount Washington resident was 82.
Born Loraine Panek in Warehouse Point, Conn.,...Tags: Hobe Sound, Timonium, Opera (genre), Heart Attack, Fine Arts
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U.S. brings Iraq war to an end
Flying over Iraq this week, Maryland National Guard Col. David W. Carey surveyed miles and miles of emptiness.
Where 500 U.S. bases once housed as many as 170,000 troops, the American military footprint had shrunk to two bases and 4,000 soldiers —...Tags: Iraq, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Kuwait
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