national government

• Opinion

Colin Kaepernick: the ultimate patriot

Dissent and protest, my fellow Americans, is in the very DNA of this country. Colin Kaepernick is therefore the ultimate patriot, caring enough about his very flawed nation to call it out for its failings and shaming the rest of us into engaging with the issues he raises.

By E.R. Shipp

Sep 6, 2016

• Opinion

Those 'old, tired ideas'

If Mr. Trump sticks to policies and not his personality, he could close the gap in opinion polls, says Cal Thomas.

• Health

Common kidney tests found useful in predicting future heart disease

Simple tests already used regularly to assess kidney function and damage could also help doctors predict who will suffer heart disease, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found.

By Meredith Cohn

Jun 13, 2015

• National Government

Obama order allows sharing of data on cyberattacks

Onstage at a major computer security summit at Stanford University, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday to make it easier for private companies to dip into the government's deep reservoirs of data on cyberattacks.

By Ian Duncan

Feb 13, 2015

• Journalism

Baltimore Sun newsroom directory

• Opinion

Gun violence: America's new pastime?

Given how frequent mass shootings have become, you'd think gun violence, not baseball, is the national pastime, David Horsey writes.

• Business

A bumpy year for Maryland's economy

Maryland's economy has grown almost without fail in the last quarter century, ticking up year after year. But 2013 was not among them.

• Opinion

Maryland's stagnant economy [Editorial]

Latest report shows state's lackluster GDP is not the fault of high taxes or regulations but reduced federal government spending

• Baltimore City

Rawlings-Blake voices concern over immigrant shelter

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake — who has gained a national reputation for welcoming Hispanic families to the city — joined a growing chorus of Maryland officials Tuesday raising concerns about a proposal to turn a vacant office building into a shelter for immigrant children.

• News

Navy veteran accused of stealing from files of famed historian grandfather

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

• Opinion

The populist foot soldiers of big business [Commentary]

The tea party may think it's fighting big government, but it's in the pocket of big business.

• Minority Groups

A push to boost Hispanic representation in federal workforce

A new effort is underway to increase the number of Hispanic and Latino employees within the federal workforce, where they remain among the most underrepresented minority groups despite being one of the nation's fastest growing demographics.

• Baltimore City Paper

Government shutdown to cause MARC changes, boiling rage...

• Baltimore City Paper

Mysterious “Corrupt-istan”

• Baltimore City Paper

More links in the drone kill chain

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Baltimore City Paper

We'll Call Them, um, "Bail Bonds"?

• Baltimore City Paper

Greece and Goldman: Sowing the Wind

• Baltimore City Paper

The End

• Baltimore City Paper

Drug-Dealing Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club Chapter President Wins One, Thanks to Government Error

• Baltimore City Paper

For Pit Bulls, No More Freebies

• Baltimore City Paper

Denial of the Day

• Baltimore City Paper

Tom Clancy, dead at 66, was an unlikely Baltimore booster

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Baltimore City Paper

The Morgue

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Opinion

Critics attack soldier swap

• Opinion

Forced faith is not faith [Commentary]

Can faith ever truly be faith if it is imposed by a nation state's force of law or threat of violence?

• Politics

GOP gubernatorial candidates focus fire on O'Malley

The four Republican candidates focused their fire on the O'Malley administration and avoided criticizing each other as they met Saturday night in the first televised debate of this year's GOP primary contest.

• Opinion

The tea party lives -- in Europe

Conservative parties with platforms like the tea party's are on the rise in Britain, France and elsewhere in Europe.

• Opinion

Snowden speaks [Editorial]

After Edward Snowden's Wednesday interview on NBC, the jury is still out on whether he's a patriot or a traitor

• Opinion

'Peace Cross' dispute turns on misreading of Constitution [Letter]

Dispute over PG County cross turns on misinterpretation of First Amendment

• Trials and Arbitration

Supreme Court agrees to hear Md. tax case

With $50 million a year in county revenues on the line, the U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will hear a challenge to a Maryland court ruling that some taxes on out-of-state income are collected in violation of the Constitution.

• Trials and Arbitration

Veterans' cross in Maryland at the center of national battle

The legal fight over a World War I memorial cross in Bladensburg is the latest front of a national battle over the separation of church and state.

• Hospitals and Clinics

Britain's NHS is a lesson for America's VA

Some privatization may be key to resolving long-standing faults in Veterans Administration health care.

• Opinion

Honoring our veterans [Commentary]

Over the past quarter-century, veterans appropriations bills have been passed on schedule only three times. For the other 22 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has had to wait days, weeks and often months before knowing what its funding would be.

• Baltimore City

Baltimore ranks 28th nationally in pedestrian danger study

An analysis of traffic fatalities in the last decade found Baltmore ranked as the 28th most dangerous city in the nation for pedestrians, out of 51 major metropolitan areas.

• News

Police Unity Tour comes to Baltimore

Baltimore Police said that the Police Unity Tour, an event that recognizes officers that have died on duty, will stop in the city on Sunday.

• Politics and Government

Candidates for governor differ on economic plans

As Maryland looks to re-energize its economy amid federal budget cuts and slow growth in the wake of the recession, the candidates vying to be the next governor each developed distinct plans for how to improve Maryland's business climate and promote job creation.

• Opinion

There is no Constitutional protection against feeling uncomfortable [Letter]

Dan Rodricks gets it wrong in his umbrage over the Supreme Court prayer ruling.

• Opinion

Court is fundamentally wrong on prayer [Letter]

Supreme Court decision allowing sectarian prayer at government meetings is not faithful to founders' vision of America

• Colleges and Universities

At College Park, an all-encompassing focus on entrepreneurship

University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh has made it his top priority to remake the college into a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship, pushing the strategy not just in the business school but in almost every corner.

• Health

Discovering new passions in retirement

The stories of three people who found more than something to occupy their time in retirement. They found new passions, avocations that add life to their retirement.

• Opinion

Don't ban Palcohol, tax it [Commentary]

In recent weeks, the web has been buzzing with excitement over Palcohol, the powdered alcohol that can turn water into vodka, rum or any one of four specialty cocktails. While it remains unclear when – or if -- the product will hit stores, due in part to some backtracking by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), states including Vermont and Minnesota are already moving to ban it.

• Opinion

First Amendment protects Donald Sterling from the government, not the NBA [Letter]

The First Amendment does not protect Donald Sterling from the consequences of his speech.

• Opinion

Democracy, not capitalism, is failing the middle class [Commentary]

French economist Thomas Piketty gets it wrong. It's a failure of democratic governments to act responsibly, not the shortcomings of capitalism that is failing America's workers and middle class.