The spectacular explosion that destroyed a privately owned spacecraft seconds after lift-off from NASA's Wallops Island launch pad in Virginia Tuesday was a temporary setback for Orbital Science, the company that developed the unmanned vehicle, but if history is any guide it won't seriously...
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We can understand the possibility that the Baltimore state's attorney's office concluded, after examining the evidence, that it did not have a criminal case against two city police officers who repeatedly struck a patient at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital with a Taser last May. But...
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No matter who wins the governor's race, one thing is clear: The state will run better if it has a comptroller with the ability and willingness to exercise independent judgment and the stature to act as a real check on one of the most powerful state chief executives in the nation. The...
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Baltimore homeowners can lose their property for as little as $250 in unpaid taxes, a threshold far lower than in other cities, according to a new Abell Foundation report. But amazingly, Baltimore City claims this is a benevolent policy that benefits homeowners by forcing them to address...
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When legislation passes the Maryland General Assembly unanimously, it usually means that it doesn't do much aside from make lawmakers look good. Such was the case with House Bill 658, which started life as an effort to make state government more transparent and was ultimately reduced to...
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I was surprised by The Sun's endorsement of Wade Kach for Baltimore County Council ("Baltimore County endorsements," Oct. 27).
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Your report on the need for Section 8 housing described a young woman who was 23 years old, with two children and a third on the way, but no mention of a job, husband or other means of support ("Thousands sign up as city's Section 8 wait list opens for first time in a decade,"...
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Look past Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Larry Hogan and ask yourself: Do you want your state to be governed by the Democrats or the Republicans?
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I would love to believe that The Baltimore Sun "struggled" in arriving at its tepid endorsement of Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown for governor, but history would indicate otherwise ("Brown for governor," Oct. 25). No matter how weak the candidate or how disastrous the record (the...
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Aside from the rest of the content of Del. Frank Conaway's letter published October 26 in the Sun ("Conaway: My views on evolution are not pertinent"), I would like to correct his misstatement of Charles Darwin's theory.
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With so many Republicans running on a string of falsehoods, it would be nice to see more Democrats speaking up for a fact-based version of reality
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Today's self-proclaimed 'Clinton Democrats' are more like Mr. Obama than they want to admit
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There is no need for panic over Ebola, but there is need for concern about the CDC
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Only former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida has the potential to best Mitt Romney for the nomination if he decides to run
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It wasn't until a mentally ill woman killed her father that she got the help her mother had long been asking for
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