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Political ploys — including the prosecution of Tom Delay and claims that voter reforms discriminate — irk Maryland's former governor.

By Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Oct 18, 2014

The gubernatorial debates are the last chance to ensure that the campaign agenda before election day comprises material questions regarding important issues for the economic and social welfare of the state of Maryland.

Taxpayers are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act whether Republicans are willing to acknowledge it or not

The indictment against Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a misuse of the courts and an attempt to criminalize ordinary political activity, writes Leonard Pitts Jr.

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?.

Of the prospective GOP presidential nominees, none has yet developed the credentials to claim rightfully to be next in line.

The Texas governor plans to protect the border with 1,000 National Guard troops -- more than our president is doing.

What kind of human being looks at a humanitarian crisis and thinks: photo op?

A prediction: Hillary Clinton may be running against Rand Paul come 2016

Rick Perry takes on foreign policy and strikes two birds with one stone: President Obama and Sen. Rand Paul.

The appearance of great wealth can be an albatross for a national office-seeker in times of a weak economy.

President Barack Obama asked Congress Tuesday for $3.7 billion in emergency funding to address the influx of children from Central America entering the country illegally, a first step in what the White House described as a broader effort to speed deportations.

Effort to help 'ex-offenders' overlooks Maryland's lackluster jobs outlook

Why is Martin O'Malley running for the democratic presidential nomination when everyone on the planet knows it belongs to Hillary Clinton?

Maryland claims it does not use solitary confinement to discipline inmates, but isolating convicts either alone or with another inmate in the same cell for prolonged periods amounts to the same thing

Red Maryland attempts to fact check O'Malley's State of the State speech.

The last year saw progressive politics ascendant in Maryland — and a growing backlash.

As Obama continues his campaign to win over Americans skeptical of the Affordable Care Act, the ranks of critics are growing, swollen by people who are losing their existing health insurance because it does not comply with the law

Gov. Martin O'Malley is supposed to be Maryland's political TV star. Just ask him.

I will leave it to the political reporters and analysts at The Sun to judge how Maryland Congressman Andy Harris did on CNN's "Crossfire" Monday night.

Several candidates for governor — a Democrat and three Republicans — said Friday that they would cut taxes to improve Maryland's image as hostile to business and revive the ailing manufacturing industry.

Maryland received a new No. 1 title for Gov. Martin O'Malley to crow about Wednesday as the Center for American Progress ranked its the best of the 50 states for women.

Not only was the fake CNN debate between Martin O'Malley and Rick Perry a sorry example of what political discourse has come to on the low road of cable news TV these days. It was also a ratings failure.

In seeking a repeal of the stormwater fee, Harford County Executive David Craig threatens progress on clean water — and rejects an opportunity to create good jobs.

America's gun culture runs so deep that not even a mass shooting gives us pause anymore.

Cooked-up and dumbed-down TV cartoon of a debate between Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Texas counterpart Rick Perry on CNN's "Crossfire"

Televised debate comes as Perry meets with Md. businesses

Speaking outside a steakhouse in Bethesda on Wednesday where he met with Maryland business owners, Texas Gov. Rick Perry dismissed criticism of his visit to a gun manufacturer days after a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.