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The GOP's Donald Trump problem will fade, but the Democrats' Bernie Sanders troubles are just beginning.

This assessment of Obama's economic performance has become common fodder among the Republican faithful and serves as an ongoing trope in their echo chamber, especially if you are a fan of the GOP pep squad on WCBM and the talking heads on Fox News. According to them, the economy has been run into the ground by our dear president and all is gloom. But how true is this?

The long reintroduction of Hillary Clinton to the American public as a presidential candidate is getting to look like the coming-out of a wealthy and spoiled debutante.

The way the calendar falls this year, there are three months in which the 13th day falls on a Friday -- creating three of unlucky holidays that have spawned many a horror movie.

By Scott Dance

Mar 13, 2015

This Valentine's Day marks the 70th anniversary of the first meeting between a Saudi monarch and a U.S. president. They could not have picked a more appropriate date, for the meeting was the beginning of what would abide as one of history's most enduring love affairs between two countries whose cultures were as different then as they are today. The romance even included a vow quickly broken and a harem denied.

Hard line on Russia is not necessarily the wisest course of action

Carroll veterans reflect on the war on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

When it comes to giving thanks, there's nothing to be said that hasn't been said before — and better — so we opt for tradition instead.

These days, some parts of Big Hunting Creek do not seem nearly so presidential.

Joseph E. Howell, one of Baltimore's first World War II draftees who later became a vice president and general partner at Legg Mason, died Monday at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson of heart disease. He was 95.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 5, 2014

Ron Kain's medical experience seems limited to self-administering aspirin, how can he be the Ebola czar?

Michael Peroutka, the avowed secessionist running for Anne Arundel County Council, says we can believe what he says, so voters should be forewarned.

The latest disclosures of Secret Service breakdowns in the agency's prime mission, the physical protection of the president, are grim reminders of a most disturbing particularly American malady — the assassination of the nation's political leaders.

Do we sideline potentially great leaders when we learn too much about candidates' fallible humanity?

Neither Hillary Clinton nor Jeb Bush are objectionable as presidential candidates, but are these really the only two families from which solid candidates can come?.

About 300 people attended the inaugural Navy Day in Port Deposit Saturday to tour the former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge and visit the Main Street museum dedicated to its history, according to event organizers.

The future of the U.S. Export-Import bank, which provides loan guarantees and insurance for U.S. exporters, will be at the center of a debate in Congress next month.

WASHINGTON — Criticism of President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration appeared to evaporate Thursday at a confirmation hearing that featured few questions about controversial service cuts and recent allegations of mismanagement.

At the end of June my husband and I enjoyed a bus trip to Washington, D.C, to visit war memorials, particularly those of the World War II era, with members of the Laurel Chapter of the American Rosie the Riveter Association. We had not seen the World War II Memorial or the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial before.

Members of the Laurel Chapter of the American Rosie the Riveter Association, an organization that honors the working women of World War II, traveled by bus June 26 to the District of Columbia, to see the World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vietnam memorials.

As the middle class shrinks and distrust of the establishment grows, a new Democratic strategy for the downwardly mobile may be both necessary and inevitable.

America's real business leaders understand that unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable.

The GI Bill, signed 70 years ago today, provided opportunity for veterans and transformed post-war America.

Samuel L. Morison, 69, is charged with theft of government property

Cozy Village claims a long association with nearby Camp David

Today's young people seem to know and care more about sex, pop stars and the latest cellphones, than wisdom and knowledge from our past and the character of those who fought to preserve our freedoms.

Take pride in the sacrifices of D-Day and the triumph of democracy

At the Charlestown retirement community in Catonsville, Harper Griswold, Howard McNamara, Harold Rummel and Bill Swanner, to remember what they accomplished — and those they lost.

Obama's firing of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki follows a long history of presidential dismissals.

Murray Blum, and his 12-year-old son, Jordan Blum will travel to Cambridge England around Memorial Day to witness the dedication of the Cambridge American Cemetery visitors center, where an exhibit honors the heroic deeds of Merchant Marine Lt. Murray Blum, who died trying to save another solder's life in World War II.

The Republicans obviously are hoping Obamacare will dominate the midterm campaign debate. But the Democrats will strive to make income inequality their own class-warfare battleground, trying to swell the turnout of their minority and ethnic constituencies, traditionally less likely to vote in midterm elections.

Former Democratic National Chairman Robert S. Strauss, who passed away Wednesday at a robustly lived 95, was a happy political warrior whose talent and energies took him far afield from his chosen playground, even to Moscow where he served as the first American ambassador after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Obama is not a 'tyrant' for issuing executive orders

Presidential trade promotion authority expired in 2007 and must be renewed quickly to ensure America continues to lead in leveling the playing field for manufacturers and workers. The stakes are high. Without new market-opening trade agreements, manufacturers will be at a competitive disadvantage.

Criticisms of Baltimore, particularly of crime, are overstated and unfair

I'd have to say, though I'm not necessarily looking forward to some of the foolishness that can be expected this election year, part of me is looking forward to some fascinating, though largely meaningless discussions that I hear as echoes from my grandparents kitchen.

Robert V. Rood, a retired longshoreman who was a world champion powerlifter, died Tuesday of heart failure at his Pasadena home. He was 73.

In downtown Havre de Grace this eve (Friday) at 6 p.m. with a parade followed by meeting Santa Claus at 115 N. Washington St.