religion and belief

I'm sympathetic to some charges that the conservative movement has failed, but the notion that conservatives haven't conserved anything suffers from a number of confusions. Exhibit A: Phyllis Schlafly.

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.

Gift will fund scholarships for 100 students

Gift will fund scholarships for 100 students

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.

By Erin Cox

Sep 7, 2016

Coleen Kramer Beal receives corporate values award Janney Velnoskey

Just two weeks before its grand opening, the Owings Mills Wegmans has already begun giving food away.

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.

A Westminster church is planning a "Blue Mass" to allow its congregation and the community to give their thanks to police officers and emergency responders.

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

The Cardinals, just as they did a year ago, put together a remarkable rally and stunned McDaniel yet again.

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.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Sep 3, 2016

McDaniel visits Catholic in first game for new coach Mike Dailey

The Philadelphia rapper Freeway talks dealing with chronic kidney disease, raising awareness in Baltimore.

By Wesley Case

Sep 1, 2016

An executive order from Maryland's governor says schools must start after Labor Day and finish by June 15. How would you fit in the required 180 days?

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's executive order forcing public schools to squeeze their 180 days of class time between Labor Day and June 15 will not apply to private schools.

It has become a pleasurable challenge to sit opposite Jonathan Flombaum in the Sun’s podcast studio and listen to him think out loud. An assistant professor in

By Dan Rodricks

Aug 31, 2016

Former FSK, Stevenson star Forney ready to change things up with Lions

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.

Karen Hillsley and Jeff Meyer met at the University of Delaware; they were married in Ellicott City in May.

By John-John Williams IV

Aug 26, 2016

The neighborhoods around the Baltimore County communities of Dundalk and Essex, once the heart of Maryland's blue-collar, Reagan Democrat constituency, is now a stronghold for Donald Trump.

By John Fritze

Aug 20, 2016

Since its founding in 1888, the Blue Book has documented the whereabouts and lineages of many "blue bloods" and nominated residents of the area, which have included sons of Francis Scott Key, relatives of Edgar Allan Poe and the family of John Waters.

By Brittany Britto

Aug 18, 2016

Five Minutes with Richard Huffman, CEO of Celebree Learning Centers

By Jeff Barker

Aug 12, 2016

Korryn Gaines lived and died on social media. The many photos and videos that the Randallstown woman posted on Instagram and Facebook show a confident, happy young woman bursting with pride in her young children, her family and her sense of fashion.

Monsters don't die easy. That's the thought I had all week as I reported the story of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes negotiating the terms of his departure from the channel he founded.

By David Zurawik

Jul 22, 2016

Stacia Brown's voice pours through speakers like velvet as she helps deliver a collection of narratives from some of the city's long-standing, nostalgia-inducing sites in her podcast "Baltimore: The Rise of Charm City."

By Brittany Britto

Jul 8, 2016

Oakland Mills dual-threat quarterback Tre Hopkins is named Howard County football Offensive Player of the Year for 2015 football season.

By Tim Schwartz

Jan 5, 2016

Nicholas Tsakalos, 72, co-owner of H&S Bakery, the Southeast Baltimore business founded by his father and grandfather, died Wednesday of complications related to Lewy Body Dementia at his Baltimore County home.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 19, 2015

Anyone who is in need this Thanksgiving and cannot share a holiday meal with family or friends has their pick of meals offered by local community groups and houses of worship around Harford and Cecil counties.

By David Anderson

Nov 19, 2015

Kurt Weill's "Street Scene," a blend of opera and musical, will be staged with a Baltimore twist by Peabody Opera Theatre at the Modell-Lyric Performing Arts Center.

Don Osman, a prominent Havre de Grace volunteer leader, retired teacher and one-time Harford County School Board member, is returning to the site where his longtime community high school service club, SMILES, got its start: Citizens Care & Rehabilitation Center.

Six lawyers who make regular appearances before the Harford County Liquor Control Board say changes are needed in the board's resident licensee rules, paperwork and personal appearance requirements and in the current setback laws regarding licensed alcoholic beverage establishments and schools.

By David Anderson

Oct 8, 2015

Each Ravens player prepares for the first whistle his own way

Why is the U.S. supporting Ukraine's 'fascist' coup?

Howard County datebook

Sunday is daylight saving time – set your clocks forward one hour, or you will be like the white rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland" – you will be late for a very important date.

It is a great honor and pleasure for me to announce my candidacy for Harford County Council (District E). Let me be perfectly honest and upfront from the word "go," I am running a very grass roots campaign

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.

LGBT-related news and commentary from around the web

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.

For the last month, Harford County AARP Tax-Aide Program volunteers have been preparing, for free, federal and Maryland tax return forms for the 2013 tax year for middle and low income taxpayers, with special attention given to those 60 and older. It continues through Tax Day.

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.

Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.

Howard County support groups

Help the homeless in Howard County by eating chili at the fourth annual Hotter Than Thou chili cook-off Sunday, March 9, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., at the Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City.

After yet another snowstorm this week, spring seems a long way off, but theologically speaking, it could be just around the corner.

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