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- Adversarial system depends on adequate resources for both sides
- A loophole allows companies to deduct the cost of sky-high salaries, and the rest of us pay for it through higher taxes.
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There is no chance Republicans will prevail in attempt to repeal or de-fund the health care law, yet they persist in a politically risky strategy. - Consumers have benefited from huge private investment in broadband networks
- Lary Lewman, an actor who delighted Baby Boomers as television's Pete the Pirate and later became the recorded voice of national Democratic presidential campaign advertisements, died of Parkinson's disease complications Thursday at his Clarksville home. He was 76.
- Reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act — as well as a more recent effort to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage — has underscored just how dramatically lawmakers have changed their view on the issue in the course of 17 years.
- Celebrities who come to Baltimore frequent Tattooed Heart, Orioles, Center Stage.
- A divided Supreme Court struck down a federal law Wednesday that prohibited the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision that will make federal marriage benefits available to legally married same-sex couples for the first time in the nation's history.
- Jules Witcover writes that the bloom is already off the rose of President Obama's second term.
- Mayor discussed Vacants to Values, obesity and gun violence
- Cal Thomas writes that sexual misbehavior overseas is tarnishing America's global image.
- Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake got a rare opportunity to throw a question to former President Bill Clinton, courtesy of Bloomberg Businessweek -- and she used it to ask how the nation can stimulate a "more serious, bipartisan" discussion on infrastructure investment.
- Jules Witcover writes that the Rice and Power appointments may signal a modest shift in the direction of human rights.
- Democrats and the media love to claim Republicans have changed too much and not enough.
- Evelyn O. Kampmeyer, a retired educator who was active in Republican politics, died May 14 from complications of diabetes at Abington Hospice in Warminster, Pa. The former Severna Park resident was 81.
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- Forest Hill resident Thomas Franklin Keller earned the rank of Eagle Scout on Nov. 6, 2012. A ceremony was held on May 4 in recognition of his accomplishment
- With authentic scandals dropped in their laps, Congressional Republicans already show signs of overreaching
- By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning.
- Katherine L. Vaughns, a University of Maryland School of Law professor and secretary of the Center Stage board who immersed herself in the arts community, died of pancreatic cancer.
- Cal Thomas writes that the Marketplace Fairness Act promotes not more fairness but more taxing and spending.
- Jules Witcover writes that President Obama is discovering the difficulty of reducing the U.S. role in world conflicts.
- Jules Witcover writes that like Bill Clinton long ago, President Obama is called upon to demonstrate his relevance.
- Some admirers of George W. Bush envision a Harry Truman-like rise in public esteem for the 43rd president. Don't bet on it.
- Jonah Goldberg writes that the decades-long association of conservatives with violence is unjustified.
