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The first Democratic candidate forum was a mish-mash of self promotion with little debate, says Jules Witcover.

By Jules Witcover

Jul 5, 2019

Witcover: The best or worst is yet to come in the second and third rounds of these DNC show-and-tells of Democratic presidential wannabees in July and August.

How Roger Ailes used Fox News to bend the arc of media toward propaganda and away from news. In a democracy, that's an existential development.

By David Zurawik

Jun 28, 2019

Cal Thomas: We don't need any more wars, because when it comes to the Middle East they never seem to end.

Likeability has become an even more important trait today as we see the president of the United States hurling abusive insults at nearly everyone.

Child support orders in Maryland should be written based on a parent's actual ability to pay them, according to an Abell Foundation report.

By Yvonne Wenger

Jun 18, 2019

Jules Witcover: The large field of 2020 Democratic candidates already has been reduced to a sideshow in the showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

By telling embassies not to fly pride flag, U.S. misses an opportunity to be a beacon of freedom and equality around the world.

Jonah Goldberg: Washington's dirty little secret is that no one is really running the show.

While Trump wants us to play down the significance of Russia’s assistance in his election, he also wants to blame former President Barack Obama for Russia’s interference.

Biden claims there were no scandals during Barack Obama's time in the White House but the record shows otherwise.

Cal Thomas: The so-called "Mueller report" is being read and interpreted through mostly biased eyes.

President Trump trots out an old, well-worn - and false - excuse for child separation policy: Obama did it first.

The notion of one nation, indivisible now feels like a sugarplum fairy tale, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

On the morning of July 2, 2012, in the most dangerous warzone in the world, Lieutenant Clint Lorance took command of his small band of American paratroopers at the spearhead of the American War in Afghanistan. Intelligence reports that morning warned of a Taliban ambush against Lorance's platoon. Fifteen minutes into their patrol, three military-age Afghan males crowded on a motorcycle and sped aggressively down a Taliban-controlled dirt road toward Lorance's men. Three weeks earlier, outside the massive American Kandahar Airfield, Taliban terrorists struck by motorcycle, riding into a crowded area, detonating body-bombs and killing twenty-two people. Sixty-three days before ...

President Trump is not a saint but neither were his Democratic predecessors. I am not saying two wrongs make a right but am simply pointing out the double standard liberals use to judge us conservatives.

Supporters of President Donald J. Trump may be happy with the outcomes of the Mueller report, but they are ignoring an agenda the president has that is not good for the country.

Despite a ban on fracking within Maryland, Dominion Energy's new Cove Point liquefied natural gas export facility in Calvert County has made the state a player in the global LNG market — with U.S. shale gas leaving through Maryland and arriving in countries all across the globe.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 20, 2019

The “Fight for $15” is destined to disappoint:  It will make Baltimore neither more prosperous nor more safe. In fact, it could increase property crime, according to one recent study.

As former Vice President Joe Biden edges his way toward declaring his presidential candidacy for 2020, two prospective Democratic challengers have handed him political gifts.

The Obama portraits, by Kehinde Wiley and Baltimore's Amy Sherald, have catapulted the National Portrait Gallery to the top tier of the ity’s attractions by dramatically increasing attendance.

Del. Mary Lehman, a former Prince George's County Councilwoman, is a dedicated public servant who is an education and environmental advocate.

By Jess Nocera

Feb 25, 2019

The president's decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was an act of weakness, not strength, says Jonah Goldberg.

Many Democrats are embracing socialist positions and these radicals are prepared for “war” to take control of the Democratic Party. Why does this matter to conservatives, or Americans at large? Because the “war” anticipated within their own party won’t stop at its borders.

As a media critic, the 2020 political story that speaks loudest to me in these early days of the campaign is the way that all of the Democratic candidates are after a magic mix of media that will help separate them from the pack as Donald Trump did with cable TV and Twitter in 2016.

By David Zurawik

Feb 6, 2019

Jonah Goldberg: Why are the Republicans are getting off scot-free in the shutdown blame game?

After so many years of Republican obstructionism, how can they complain now about Democrats being unwilling to capitulate to their demands to build a wall?

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday announced a series of initiatives to try to boost charter schools in the state.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 23, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats need to meet President Donald J. Trump on the border wall.

Whatever happened on the National Mall when teenagers from Kentucky encountered a group of Native Americans isn't going to be solved with wall-to-wall cable media coverage.

In the 2008 Democratic primary, Barack Obama ran against an individual mandate for health care coverage, which his rival Hillary Clinton supported. But Obama

Thirteen-year-old Alice Riley painstakingly painted the names of a series of soups around the rim of a ceramic bowl: chicken noodle, butternut squash, ramen.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 21, 2019

The treatment of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals right wing, 'fraidy-cat bigotry, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

The question legislators in Annapolis must consider is this: If we understand the mental health implications of solitary confinement on adults, why would we subject the developing minds of Maryland's children to this potentially irreparable torture?

Supporters of Donald Trump complain, with some legitimacy, that coverage of his presidency focuses more on his personal controversies and the Russia

President Trump's border wall claims reach new heights of solid prevarication.

The Trump administration has proposed removing small streams, isolated wetlands and other waterways from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's authority, a move proponents say simplifies a complex Obama-era rule. Environmental advocates say the changes could threaten Chesapeake Bay cleanup.

By Scott Dance

Dec 11, 2018

The Maryland General Assembly is bringing in former First Lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff to conduct sexual harassment prevention training for 188 lawmakers and their staffs. The training comes after a women’s caucus report that detailed accounts of harassment in Annapolis.

By Luke Broadwater

Dec 11, 2018

In response to another letter, a reader from Mount Airy writes not to assume teachers' don't share political beliefs with students, intentionally or otherwise; another writes about the contributions of the 'flower power' generation, in contrast to a recent columnist's take.

President Donald Trump is planning to visit Baltimore next week, his first trip to the city since taking office, a spokesman for Mayor Catherine Pugh confirms. The trip is to promote so-called “opportunity zones,” which are designed to encourage investment in struggling neighborhoods.

Christmas tribute to Donald Trump ignores the broad public support his policies now enjoy.

President Donald Trump will attend Saturday's Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia.

Between President Trump's unsecure iPhone, Ivanka's emails, millions spent on barbed wire at the border, skipping Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day, criticism of the Admiral that killed bin Laden, raking leaves to prevent forest fires and putting Saud Arabia first, is America Great Again yet?

After two years, Trump's impact on economy is finally apparent with GM layoffs and plant closings.

GM's decision to close White Marsh plant reflects not just market forces or GM choices but some questionable policy decisions by the federal government.

Due process and free speech are not the first causes one associates with the Donald Trump administration.

More than a week after the final votes were cast (but not necessarily counted), it's now looking like the Democrats had a blue wave after all, says Jonah Goldberg.

Less than a week after outgoing Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo dramatically scaling-back the ability of federal law enforcement officials to use consent decrees to enforce police reforms, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will call for a re-commitment to such efforts.

By Kevin Rector

Nov 15, 2018

Gender identity originates from the brain. Persons who are transgender or gender non-binary do not have a choice in who they are. The narrowly determined definitions of gender proposed by this administration would undermine the progress we have made to increase tolerance and acceptance.

In my worst fears since 2016 about what President Trump's right-wing media messaging machine would look like and how it might affect our democracy, I never thought I would see what I did Monday night on Fox News starting with the propaganda performance of Sean Hannity.

By David Zurawik

Nov 5, 2018