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Doesn't the slaughter of 19 children and two adults by a disturbed 18-year-old wielding military-grade firearms provide ample evidence of the compelling need to regulate them? - In the aftermath of major mass shootings, politicians and pundits depict the killers as crazed monsters and blame mental illness as the fundamental cause. But this a misleading narrative.
- Five years ago, our son was killed by a man with white supremacist ties on UMD’s campus. Today, his memory matters more than ever.
- With high gas prices, even Americans raised to view a driver's license as a ticket to freedom can understand the downside of being shackled to a car.
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- In a brazen display of political chutzpah, Gov. Hogan asks someone with no power to lower the motor fuel tax to lower it anyway. What's up with that?
- There are ambiguities in the sordid conflict between divorced actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, but some things are clear.
- A scarcity of blue crabs doesn't mean they should be off the dinner plate but it does suggest conservation and pollution control should be on the menu, too.
- While the Democrats are correct to assert the individual's right to make a moral choice, it would be foolish to completely ignore cultural norms.
- Critics of the death penalty claim it offers no deterrence but one wonders how people on death row see it.
- Five years ago, our son was killed by a man with white supremacist ties on UMD’s campus. Today, his memory matters more than ever.
- Here's a promising way to deter violence in the city: Lock up people who commit gun crimes.
- Sale to UMBC or not, history suggests that the quality of care for Spring Grove patients will only worsen whether under private or public care.
- With high gas prices, even Americans raised to view a driver's license as a ticket to freedom can understand the downside of being shackled to a car.
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- In a brazen display of political chutzpah, Gov. Hogan asks someone with no power to lower the motor fuel tax to lower it anyway. What's up with that?
- There are ambiguities in the sordid conflict between divorced actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, but some things are clear.
- A scarcity of blue crabs doesn't mean they should be off the dinner plate but it does suggest conservation and pollution control should be on the menu, too.
- $4.7 million has been allocated for trails along the Youghiogheny River
- Buffalo gunman's expectation of dying in a shootout demonstrates why the death penalty is no deterrence to mass murderers.
- Plastic waste is now recognized as an enormous problem - too bad consumers got played by makers of throwaway water bottles first.
- $4.7 million has been allocated for trails along the Youghiogheny River
- The media critic has engaged our readers for decades. He will be missed.
- In the aftermath of major mass shootings, politicians and pundits depict the killers as crazed monsters and blame mental illness as the fundamental cause. But this a misleading narrative.
