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- Carla D. Hayden, the longtime CEO of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore, is to be sworn in as the 14
- Dissent and protest, my fellow Americans, is in the very DNA of this country. Colin Kaepernick is therefore the ultimate patriot, caring enough about his very flawed nation to call it out for its failings and shaming the rest of us into engaging with the issues he raises.
- Why are so many citizens disappointed with their elected officials? Why do so many elected officials fall short, or advocate policy inconsistent with expectations?
- There is nothing wrong and much right with Donald Trump's proposed loyalty oath, Cal Thomas writes.
- Republican U.S. Senate candidate is Trump sympathizer with a questionable record on education
- The Week in Review is a quick roundup of links to stories that we wrote and you clicked on this week.
- Latest legal stalemate underscores foolishness of ignoring Supreme Court nominee for a now-record six months — and counting
- Five Marylanders are among the 111 federal prisoners whose sentences were shortened Tuesday by President Barack Obama in the latest round of commutations from the White House for people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes.
- Local women represent GFWC at United State of Women Summit
- Bush didn't deserve criticism for golfing — disengagement brought out his best
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- Louisiana flood response under Obama has outperformed that under George W. Bush
- Ms. Clinton and Mr. Trump themselves may not say much directly about religion in this election, but their campaigns surely will be working hard to court key religious blocks, as all recognize the powerfully important role that faith plays in presidential elections.
- Maryland's blue collar support for Trump runs counter to self-interest
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- Woody Allen has observed, "More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other to total extinction." That's how I feel about national school reform these days. The choices — right and left — seem pretty bleak. Witness the wasteland in the education platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties.
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- She is the political opportunist of all time. The carpetbagger of the 21st century. Her skills lie (pun intended) in manipulating the system, political
- Bill Clinton offered a strong case to counter the image of his wife as cold and calculating, says Jules Witcover.
- For Johntel Greene, the moment came during the formal roll call, when representatives of each state stood on the floor of the Democratic National Convention to cast their votes for the presidential nomination.
- If Hillary Clinton wants to win in November, she needs to take up the cause of climate change
- The debate between supporters of Hillary Clinton and supporters of Bernie Sanders goes to the essential core of the Democratic Party — what it means, historically and contemporaneously, to be a Democrat.
- Opponents of Trans-Pacific Partnership are not serving U.S. economic (or security) interests
- The RNC convention—and by extension the Republican party these days—is a giant puzzle.
- Melania Trump had a thankless job.
- Using Louisiana police shootings to inflame public fears is irresponsible, contemptible and disrespectful to law enforcement
- As his 10th anniversary at Guantanamo Bay draws near, an al-Qaida plotter from Baltimore is at the center of a new plan that could help resolve the cases of the dozens of men still held at the military outpost on Cuba.
- Michael K. Williams, recently a guest on Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” talked about how playing Omar on "The Wire" changed his life.
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- The idea that a political nobody like Donald Trump is held on the same plane as an experienced public servant like Hillary Clinton is offensive.
- Republicans want credit for voting to address the overdose epidemic without spending the money needed to do the job.
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- What do religious extremists, terrorists, hate groups and mentally ill criminals have in common? They have easy access to military-style assault weapons and
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- Obama and Clinton should be held accountable for Benghazi
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- In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, the Democrats applied a law that serves them well: "Never let a good crisis go to waste."
- As the debate over access to guns in America rages in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, we aren't loudly discussing one thing we really should be despite a presidential push to do so: smart guns. They may not stop a committed killer, but they save your child's life.
- Deadlock has consequences for nation's broken immigration system — and the November election
- Tom Perez fought three years ago to win confirmation as U.S. labor secretary. Recently, he has been answering to another, unofficial title almost as frequently. "Potentially our next vice president," a union official roared into a microphone as the Marylander took a stage last week on Capitol Hill.
- I've been saying for some time that Barack Hussein Obama is the worst president of my lifetime. And it has taken some doing to take that title from Jimmy Carter, that's for sure. His reaction to the recent terrorist attack in Orlando has underscored that notion in my mind. The Incompetent-in-Chief's address to the nation on Sunday following the shooting is a case in point.
- Donald Trump has finally begun to reverse the hypnosis he cast over GOP voters, says Jules Witcover.
- House lawmakers are expected to pass legislation this week to encourage the Obama administration to engage more with small, startup cyber security firms, an effort supporters say could benefit Maryland's burgeoning cyber industry.
- The Orlando shooting has been taken as an opportunity to light a bonfire of the inanities, says Jonah Goldberg.
- President Obama and Secretary Clinton are foolish to describe shooter as anything but a radical Islamic terrorist
- Second Amendment gives Americans the right to self-defense and that includes an AR-15
- Donald Trump sinks to a new low with his remarks on the Orlando shooting, says Jules Witcover.
- As soon as news broke of the attack in Orlando, pundits and politicians returned to dog-eared scripts to repeat lines memorized long ago, says Jonah Goldberg.
