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Reaction to the death of 41st president George H.W. Bush at age 94 is pouring in locally and nationally.

The Commission on College Basketball punted on perhaps the most important issue it faced: the status of players as amateurs and their inability to earn any money from their likeness and their performances as an athlete.

Harford Tech football coach Tim Palmer, The Baltimore Sun and the Ravens Coach of the Year for turning the Cobras program around in his first season as head coach, has been nominated for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award to be presented at the Pro Bowl.

Big Ten coaches and commissioner Jim Delany react to sport's ongoing scandal and FBI investigation

The recent issue with Russians hacking into our emails and making these private correspondences public is troubling. The private emails from organizations such as the Democratic National Committee and from individuals such as Colin Powell demonstrate that nothing we write in an email is certain to be protected from public viewing and entertainment.

Opposition to Hillary Clinton is based on a lack of integrity, not her gender

Cal Thomas says Snoop Dogg is right: 'Roots' won't help African-Americans succeed.

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.

The racial troubles at the University of Missouri that spilled over onto other college campuses brought with them a disturbing element — the denial of free speech. The well-meaning minority students, who appeared to have a valid case, violated long-held standards of civility and acceptability when they didn't allow others to also speak; to transform their haranguing monologues into a shared dialogue. In one instance they clashed with a journalist from ESPN. As he argued his First Amendment

Cal Thomas offers his lessons for building wealth: Get married, invest, save, help others, and prepare for change.

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Here's our take on 40 things definitely in store for Baltimore in 2015. We hope.

Only former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida has the potential to best Mitt Romney for the nomination if he decides to run

The NFL should put more women in positions of power if they want to squelch the athletes frequently violent, outrageous and even criminal behavior.

For a growing number of people in academia, the upcoming commencement ceremony offers the chance to engage in mini-inquisitions of selected keynote speakers — including, this year, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Christine Lagarde. While not as bloody as grand inquisitions, academic inquisitions are otherwise quite similar. Their leaders are as unwavering in their convictions and self-righteousness.

Graduates can learn from commencement speakers they disagree with.

A push by congressional Republicans Friday to increase pressure on the Obama White House over the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi has put Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings back on the job as one of the administration's leading defenders.

Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a widely influential educator, reflected Sunday on the 50th anniversary of the daylight bombing of the Birmingham church.

Manning paying for his actions but Iraq war's instigators never held accountable

A Senate bill on visa waivers for Israel would allow it to keep out those it suspects for any reason — including their religion, Arab heritage or sympathy for the Palestinian cause.

Don't miss the first simulcast presentation of Chick-fil-A Leadercast—Harford on Friday, May 10 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Richlin Ballroom in Edgewood

Doyle McManus says disastrous war revealed deep problems with how the U.S. gathers and handles intelligence

Rewriting No Child Left Behind, funding Common Core standards and encouraging classroom diversity should be the top priorities of education reformers.

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

Robert Ehrlich denounces suggestion that RGIII isn't black enough

Meghan Daum says that for women in high places, meeting a physical standard is part of the deal

The Romney campaign's effort to double-down on his criticism of President Obama's handling of last week's attacks in Libya distracted from his core strength: the economy.

Gov. Martin O'Malley will have an opportunity at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte to solidify his standing as a possible presidential candidate in 2016.