civil unrest
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The Rev. Jamal Bryant saw in Ferguson protests a modern incarnation of Martin Luther King's legacy. - Carrie Evans, the executive director of Equality Maryland, was arrested at an immigration reform rally in Washington on Thursday afternoon, the state's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization confirmed.
- After Edward Snowden's Wednesday interview on NBC, the jury is still out on whether he's a patriot or a traitor
- In an act of civil disobedience, a broad coalition of taxi, limo and sedan companies in Baltimore say they refuse to pay a new city tax on the industry.
- By fleeing to Russia, NSA leaker Edward Snowden has forfeited any claim to the moral high ground of principled civil disobedience
- For Occupy Baltimore activists like Jabriera Handy, civil disobedience should be seen as a legitimate form of protest
- President Barack Obama is waging a needless war against churches over employee access to contraceptives
- Mayor Rick Meehan and town council members can't treat the Islamophobic views of a controversial guest speaker at Ocean City's annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast as business as usual
- Controversial retired Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin is scheduled to speak Thursday at Ocean City's annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast. The mayor's office says he didn't pick the speaker, but he will attend.
- Rather than signal an improvement in ties between two uneasy allies in the war against Islamic extremists, the resumption of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan could make an already tense relationship worse
- GOP primary contender Rick Santorum's expedient moral relativism should play well in South Carolina
- A besieged al-Qaida, weakened by 10 years of war and the killing of Osama bin Laden and other leaders, is focusing much of its attention on inspiring recruits in the United States and other nations to carry out attacks the terror group itself might no longer be able to mount.
- Denver quarterback Tim Tebow has had a remarkable season, but there's no reason to make more of it than that.
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
- The U.S. should explore peace talks with the Taliban while continuing to pound insurgent leaders
- Normal Lear: Activist and TV producer Norman Lear says the demonstrations of 2011 fit into a noble pattern of progressive protest in America
- Jonah Goldberg: Everyone from Charlie Sheen to Occupy Wall Street parlayed failure into something profound
- Ron Paul is what America needs despite what the neoconservatives might say
- Jong Jang of Marriottsville, who has spent years supporting the people of North Korea, has guarded hope that the death of Kim Jong Il will be good news for his adopted homeland.
- The violent crackdown on protesters in Cairo is showing the true colors of the Egyptian military and revealed its unwillingness to cede control of the government to civilian rule in any meaningful way
- More than eight years after the U.S. invasion, all American troops will be out of Iraq by the end of this week; but it may be years before we know whether their sacrifice was worth it
- Ruth L. Thomas, whose philanthropic interests ranged from medical institutions to helping newly arrived immigrants, died Wednesday from complications of a stroke at Springhouse Assisted-Living in Pikesville. She was 97.
- U.S. officials declared an end to the mission in Iraq on Thursday, lowering the flag used by the American forces in a ceremony at Baghdad International Airport attended by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Defense cuts: Pentagon expert Michael O'Hanlon says that in an age of austerity, the U.S. needs a military framework that's less ambitious but more flexible and realistic
- Baltimore police in riot gear moved in full force but peacefully evicted protesters with the Occupy Baltimore movement from the Inner Harbor's McKeldin Square during the early morning hours Tuesday.
- Both the police and protesters deserve credit for the peaceful clearing of Baltimore's Occupy encampment
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- They all reside at the Edenwald Retirement Community in Towson now. But on Dec. 7, 1941, that "Day of Infamy" when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they were all in different places when they heard the news, some of them thousands of miles from Towson.
- The strong showing of religious parties in Egypt's recent elections isn't necessarily inimical to the emergence of democracy
- Former slave Israel Crump Sr. fought in the Civil War and later was an active member of Queen's Chapel United Methodist Church in South Laurel. His family and the church historian researched Crump's military career at the U.S. Colored Troops Archives at the National Archives, in Washington.
- Just as we exit Iraq and look to leave Afghanistan comes pretext for a new war: reports of Iran's nuclear ambitions.
- This makes the issue of whether Bel Air should give its staff members off on Good Friday, a Christian holiday, slightly more complex than would be indicated on first glance.
- A nuclear-armed Iran would be an intolerable threat to peace and stability in the Mideast
- 100th anniversary of the Anne Arundel chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, with emphasis on the historic Rising Sun Inn where they've been headquartered since 1916. They meet at the inn every Monday at 10:30 a.m.
- More than two centuries after an American ship blew up off the shores of Tripoli, an ad hoc group that includes history buffs, military veterans and descendants of the sailors is working to repatriate their remains for burial with honors on U.S. soil.
- America has never acted as an empire in a traditional sense, and the withdrawal from Iraq -- however misguided -- is proof.
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- Rick Perry's pastor diminishes his spiritual message by linking it to politics.
- Crucial distinction is whether a faith stands the test of time, as Mormonism clearly has
- Best avenue to achieve stability might be to improve ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan
- The killing of anti-American Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was a political stunt unworthy of a great nation
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- Author's exhaustive study shows that San Remo Treaty of 1920 gave Jerusalem to the Jews
- The descendants of Holocaust victims, the survivors and the French railroad continue a lengthy battle over history and fairness — specifically whether the rail company should be liable for transporting some 76,000 Jews and others to Nazi death camps.
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