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Some people unfortunately think that the best way to respond to the intolerance of Muslim fanatics is to insult all Muslims.

Latest study reinforces the alarming binge drinking trend and the cost associated with it — in dollars and lives

Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) is one of two finalists for 2015 Pulitzer in editorial cartooning category.

Historic site displays works by Chesapeake Math and IT Academy students

Without the freedom to offend -- even in the most outrageous way -- freedom is circumscribed and tepid.

The attack on a newspaper office in Paris by Islamic extremists was an attack on freedom of expression everywhere

Fifty years after "The Addams Family" debuted on TV in black and white, John Astin still has that wild gleam in his eye and the same marvelous voice with its mischievous undertones.

KAL channels Thomas Nast

Lewis C. Strudwick, a former partner in the Baltimore law firm of Ober/Kaler who had a penchant for drawing whimsical cartoons and a taste for culinary oddities, died Jan. 22 of complications from Parkinson's disease at Heron Point retirement community in Chestertown. He was 82.

The Baltimore Book Festival kicks off today with three full days of readings, music and more. Here are my top picks.

KAL cartoon is biased!

Facebook may have a lot of uses for social networking, but most people probably wouldn't guess that it could be a valuable creative muse, too. But a new comic-making application called Bitstrips is popping up on more and more people's Facebook updates. And after just a few months, Bitstrips has turned into something that everyone seems to be talking about.

Bring back The Sun's arts coverage

KAL comes to Pikesville Library for program and book ssigning, Paul Umansky and philanthropist Haron 'Hal' Dahan pass away

Mary J. Corey, whose personal warmth was matched by a drive that led her to become the first woman in The Baltimore Sun's 176-year history to head its newsroom, died Tuesday of breast cancer.

Despite a federal ban on synthetic drugs, fake marijuana is easy to obtain at gas stations and convenience stores in the Baltimore area, experts say. The drugs — which are often packaged to appeal to young people — can be more dangerous than actual marijuana.

Despite what President Obama says, small businesses aren't doing 'just fine'

KAL cartoon got the causes of the economic meltdown all wrong

Members of the news, editorial, sports, photography and web design staffs of The Aegis, The Record and APG News received 37 awards in the 2011 Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association's Editorial Contest. In addition to individual and team awards, The Aegis was named Newspaper of the Year among the association's non-daily newspapers with a circulation of more than 20,000.

Lou Panos, 86, who was inducted last week into the Maryland/Delaware/DC Press Association's Hall of Fame, cranked out articles, editorials and columns for the Associated Press for 20 years and later for the Baltimore Sun and the Patuxent Publishing Company newspapers, including the Towson Times.

Howard County Times honored by MDDC Press Association

It was that sage of Springfield Bart Simpson, a notoriously bad example for school children everywhere, who spoke the words that seem to have become an unofficial motto of Harford County Public Schools: The only bad excuse is no excuse.

Though he never had the chance to wear the cartoon bird on his cap day-in and day out, former Orioles outfielder and current Tampa Bay Ray Luke Scott is doing his best to, well, remain a cartoon character with his new ballclub -- and he¿s still endearing himself to Orioles fans while doing it.

Women think 'Doonesbury' strip on abortion was right on the mark

While other version continue to take center stage, the original, John Astin is still known for being a little kooky, mysterious and spooky.

Garry Trudeau attacks Newt Gingrich in Doonesbury while President Obama gets a free pass from the media

News reports last week about the return of the Oriole bird to players' caps failed to mention that its creator was Sun cartoonist James Adams Hartzell, who first introduced the original bird in 1954.

James Hall Bready, the venerable Evening Sun editorial writer who originated "Books and Authors," a Sunday Sun column that was published in The Sunday Sun and The Baltimore Sun for decades, died Saturday of renal failure at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. He was 92.

Hey Blockheads! McDaniel College will serve brunch with the Sunday Comics

Baltimore events: Lewis Black, Double Dagger, Ravens and more

The Hays-Heighe House on the campus of Harford Community College is hosting a traveling exhibit featuring the cartoons and commentary of legendary Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert Block, who was known as "Herblock."

Children make fewer unhealthy food choices when the influence of television advertising is diminished

A Hopkins study examines how kids persuade their parents to make unhealthy choices while grocery shopping

'Pearls Before Swine' comic strip gets sloppy with its piggish swearing

Anne Arundel: Cartoonist Inspires Anne Arundel Youngsters