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Op-ed

Trump's focus on ISIS reveals his ignorance

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.

Trump's focus on ISIS reveals his ignorance



Politics

Hogan trade mission to Israel to pack in business meetings, speeches

Gov. Larry Hogan will lead a trade mission to Israel later this month, hoping to lure cyber security and life science companies to open offices Maryland, his administration announced Wednesday. The seven-day mission begins Sept. 19 and includes a mix of business deals, public speeches, high-profile dignitary meetings and sight-seeing.

Hogan trade mission to Israel to pack in business meetings, speeches



Op-ed

An opportunity for meaningful school reform in Maryland

Maryland needs a statewide public school funding model that incentivizes the redesign of our schools, and develops the most innovative and forward-thinking school system in the country. A successful formula should focus not just on graduation rates and test scores, but on five core values that serve as a framework to improve our human condition, bring us together and help our children interact in schools that are as diverse and promising as the world in which we live.



Carroll County Times Opinion

Nonprofit View: Shepherd's Staff serves those with critical needs

Founded in 1991, The Shepherd's Staff is an ecumenical Christian organization that exists "to reach out to those in crisis, to aid those in need, to support those in trouble, to seek out and encourage pathways to self-sufficiency, and to be a witness for Christ in our community." Our guests include homeless and low-income individuals; employed, under- and unemployed residents; veterans, single parents, grandparents and extended families; out-of-school youth and elderly individuals on fixed

Nonprofit View: Shepherd's Staff serves those with critical needs


Maryland

Baltimoreans remember Mother Teresa: 'She outloved you at every turn'

The nuns who live at the Gift of Hope convent in East Baltimore have little time for frivolity. They care for house residents, many of them seriously ill. They scrub floors, call on shut-ins, visit prisoners. They pray four hours every day. But on Sunday, they're making time for an extravagance.

Baltimoreans remember Mother Teresa: 'She outloved you at every turn'







Op-ed

Abolishing 'man' at Princeton

Cal Thomas: Academic liberalism is now part of a larger effort to not only destroy America's foundations, but dilute and diminish God's greatest creation.

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Obituaries

Kathleen DeSales Nolan, PR executive

Kathleen DeSales Nolan, a public relations executive who headed communications for Constellation Energy, died of melanoma cancer March 2 at her Ellicott City home. She was 64.

Kathleen DeSales Nolan, PR executive


Howard County

Chapelgate Presbyterian shares development plans at Zoning Board meeting

Marriottsville's Chapelgate Presbyterian Church presented preliminary plans for a new sanctuary and town house development on the church's property to the Zoning Board and community members Wednesday night in one of the first steps of a new zoning process designed to give developments a chance for approval outside of the once-a-decade comprehensive zoning review.



Obituaries

Anna B. George, secretary

Anna B. George, a church secretary who was fond of celebrating her German heritage, died Friday of melanoma at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 79.

Anna B. George, secretary





Recipe Finder | Torta del re (Italian king's cake)

Not to be confused with the king cake common during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, this traditional, flour-less almond cake from the Piedmont region of Northern Italy is a popular choice for Passover dessert



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