wars and interventions

Nixon's biggest mistake was thinking he could get away with what other politicians had done, but forgetting that the rules are different for Republicans

The U.S. can't stand by as ISIS militants overrun Iraq and slaughter thousands of innocent civilians in its drive to impose an extreme form of Islamic law

The prospect of Harford County's economy losing in excess of 4,000 military and defense contracting jobs associated with various activities at Aberdeen Proving Ground is as unsavory a scenario that could be visited on the local economy.

For 20 years, Paul Bridge, 75, of Sykesville, has volunteered at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, researching and leading tours, all while getting a second hand look at the people, technology and transportation during the Civil War era. Now, thanks to the efforts of friends and strangers, he got a chance to experience it personally.

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene had served more than three decades in uniform without a combat tour when he got the assignment last year: He was wanted in Kabul to help train the Afghan National Security Forces.

Md. National Guard making final deployment to Afghanistan

What can be done to one person can be done to any person.

Highland resident Vic McCrary, vice president for research and economic development, Morgan State University, was selected to the 2014 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Cardin, Mikulski should call for ending U.S. aid to Israel

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to serve three years in the Carroll County Detention Center for a series of robberies, some armed, he committed in Westminster.

Thousands of American Jews have signed up to fight for Israel since the creation of the modern state in 1948. The Israel Defense Forces puts the number now on active duty at about 1,000, including 20 from Baltimore.

The U.S. got a good deal on Sgt. Bergdahl's return

War is still not over for some families whose loved ones were classified as missing in action or as prisoners of war who never returned home. In the Korean War, which ended 61 years ago this week, 8,000 service members were classified as POW/MIA, and the recovery of their remains has been stalled.

Fluid Movement's wacky water ballet pays homage to the War of 1812

Tough sanctions against Russia to punish its meddling in Ukraine show that the U.S. and its European allies can present a united front

Manchester receives Civil War Heritage Trail grant

American Legion Post hosts town hall on medical treatment at VA hospitals in the Baltimore region

David S. Ewell, a retired banker, who was a Civil War buff, died July 8 of lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 76.

Mugging for cameras in inappropriate places suggests a cluelessness and shallowness that have come to feel like the signature of these times.

David B. Dilworth, a highly decorated World War II veteran who fought at the Battle of the Bulge, died July 21 of renal failure at Oak Crest Village in Parkville. He was 90.

Newspaper dehumanizes Palestinian victims when headlines call them "other" dead

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

Russia's proxy war in Ukraine has backfired with the downing of a Malaysian airliner by separatist rebels

When Americans question the value of U.S. foreign aid, one only has to point to the explosions in Israel's skies to demonstrate its worth. The result of the Iron Dome air defense system in action, these blasts occur when there is a successful interception of a rocket fired toward an Israeli population center from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Iron Dome is a uniquely Israeli creation, but American foreign military financing has been crucial in the expansion of this system to provide adequate

A recap of the July 20 episode of "True Blood," a party at Sookie's

Terence T. Finn, a retired NASA executive whose passion for military history led him to write four books on the subject, died June 27 of complications from a rare blood disorder. The Chestertown resident was 71.

Carroll County commissioners' knee-jerk hypocrisy

Living history of what was once optimistically called the War to End All Wars may have faded, but we'd be foolish to allow our understanding of this key event in human history to be forgotten.

Patrick DeGroodt, who oversaw the development of a communications system for the Army that allows soldiers on the battlefield to communicate with the same ease that the rest of us have with cellphones, has been named a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal.

In 1864 the Civil War fighting came within three miles of Laurel.

Today, as I watch the edifice of order shatter all over Iraq, I wonder, as a veteran, whether our efforts there and the blood spilled was all worth it. I also wonder why this is happening.

The 150th anniversary of Major Harry Gilmor's "Great Train Raid" of the Civil War will be remembered with a bus tour retracing his route from Towson to Aberdeen.

The organizers of Friday's Independence Day parade in Kingsville were watching the weather closely during the hours leading up to the parade start time, hoping storms driven by Hurricane Arthur would not force them to cancel.

Renovation could make the Havre de Grace Opera House a star attraction

The historic district continues to offer great weekend entertainment. Every Saturday you can enjoy a free concert from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in parking lot D, behind Tonge Row. Then go up the block to the Wine Bin to enjoy one of their free movies, starting at 9 p.m.

City in zone between Germans, English and Scotch-Irish

Aberdeen city leaders, joined by first responders from the city and Harford County emergency officials, as well as Aberdeen Proving Ground military leaders, unveiled Saturday a memorial to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks.

How far can President Obama involve the U.S. in Iraq without taking ownership of a war he opposed and supposedly ended?

BAGHDAD (AP) ¿ Iraq's top Shiite cleric stepped up the pressure Friday on politicians to agree on Iraq's next prime minister, after incumbent Nouri al-Maliki lost the confidence of former allies in the fight against Sunni militants.

BRUSSELS (AP) ¿ Over Russia's objections, Ukraine's new president on Friday signed a free-trade deal binding his country more closely to Western Europe, sealing the very agreement that triggered the bloodshed and political convulsions of the past seven months.

We cannot expect countries like Jordan and Lebanon to keep their borders open to the tremendous amounts of refugees escaping the civil war in Syria if we are unwilling to do the same. Immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Northern Triangle of Central America deserve our utmost compassion and a chance to obtain refugee status, no matter whether they are children or adults.