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Secretary of State Colin Powell used to talk about the Pottery Barn Rule: If you break something, such as a foreign government, you’ve bought it. Unfortunately, the U.S. has a long history of intervening and leaving chaos behind. This is what I call the Blowback Rule of unintended consequences.

As baseball manager Casey Stengel is reputed to have asked, "Can't anyboyd here play this game?"

Donald Trump's accusation that President Obama and Hillary Clinton are "founders of ISIS" is not only a good example of his reckless fear-mongering but also his complete lack of understanding about true threats to national security.

Unlike our British brethren, George W. Bush has declined to engage in much reflection about his decision to invade Iraq.

The State Department's inspector general has found that former Secretary of State Colin Powell and staff close to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received classified national security information on their personal accounts, according to information disclosed Thursday by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings.

Underpinning the coverage of the Hillary Clinton email scandal is a double standard: She is being pilloried for email practices that are widely used throughout government from local school districts up to the federal level, from junior up to senior administrators and from many past as well as current officials.

If the Republican Party hopes to continue its own moment of success, it must resolve to forever lose the dog whistle it borrowed from the Dixiecrats long ago and re-embrace its civil rights legacy.

Ships from six foreign countries and all over the East Coast, plus Texas, will be coming to Baltimore in September for the city's Star-Spangled Spectacular celebration, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Tuesday morning during a press conference.

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and ships from six foreign countries will be coming to Baltimore in September for the city's Star-Spangled Spectacular celebration, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Tuesday.

The press has its faults, but saying it shills for politicians to gain cover for its own is quite a stretch.

A single payer system — where the government pays for health costs — is now recognized by many in the U.S. as the best solution for our health care problems. It

Milton Bromberg, a custom tailor and decorated World War II veteran who visited the White House to fit President Bill Clinton in suits, died of respiratory failure Nov. 1 at Season's Hospice at the Northwest Hospital Center. He was 90 and lived in Owings Mills.

There's a long history of vice presidents being denied a second term, either because the man in the role chose to shed a thankless, end-of-the-road political job or because some strategist imagined that a different nominee might offer a better geographical or other balance to the ticket.

Honor Flights

Few former failed presidential nominees have found a meaningful calling, but John Kerry may be finding his niche as secretary of state.

America's bungled relationship with the MEK/PMOI has led to missed opportunities and humanitarian catastrophe.

Jules Witcover isn't reluctant to say "I told you so" when it comes to America's misadventure in Iraq.

Having once been hoodwinked into war, the public won't be easily led astray anytime soon

Jonah Goldberg says if you think the GOP is the problem, you're not really a conservative

Leonard Pitts says making assumptions based on skin color is always wrong, whether whites or blacks are doing it.

Jonah Goldberg says accusations that the GOP is motivated by racism are absurd

Before GOP attacks Rice, they should remember Powell's claims on Iraq's weapons

A year ago, Oriol Servia said he should be Baltimore's favorite driver because his name, Oriol, means Oriole in Spanish. He felt he was Baltimore's own.

Activists hoping to repeal Maryland's same-sex marriage law plan to deliver the first batch of petitions Tuesday. Both sides will be looking at the number and geographic spread of the signers to gauge support for the repeal effort.

Two months before the Baltimore Grand Prix, the race's organizers, desperate for cash, entered into a $1.1 million loan they believed was necessary to save the event. But the two-month loan ended up draining funds needed to pay city taxes, organizers say.

Most of the coverage focused on IndyCar while fans flocked to exciting Le Mans event

Aegis letter writer keeps up the Obama debate

Living in the basement of his mother's Rodgers Forge home, Steven Wehner set his sights on his biggest challenge yet: Bringing an Indycar race to downtown Baltimore.