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Commenting on a recent student suicide at an Alaska high school, Alaska's Republican congressman, Don Young, said suicide didn't exist in Alaska before "government largesse" gave residents an entitlement mentality.

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

Anne Arundel County officials have approved plans to double the size of the Annapolis Library and — here is the best part — keep it right where it is. In my neighborhood.

The only reason an idea's time ever arrives is that some story gives birth to it

Cyber jihadists are now recruiting U.S. teens with the lure of romance

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For those of you inclined to send a message to Washington on Election Day, herewith a list of grievances that should get you plenty revved up:

Questions about the end of life have faced human beings for as long as we have walked the earth. When will it come? Is there life after death?

During preparation for my confirmation as secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), I was repeatedly asked, "Why doesn't VA just hand out vouchers allowing veterans to get care wherever they want?" For a department recovering from serious issues involving health care access and...

Tonight, as families of high school students across the country sit down to eat dinner, talk will likely turn to college applications. For those in the midst of the process, the conversation will almost definitely touch on affordability. And for those still a year or two out from college,...

I grew up here, so I'm allowed to say this: Baltimore is not known for being "cool."

The death of the famous Washington Post editor is a loss to journalism

I just saw Center Stage's production of "Next to Normal," a play portraying a family grappling with the wife/mother's bipolar disorder. I am not a theater critic. I am however, a psychiatrist on the teaching staff of Sheppard Pratt, University of Maryland and Johns...

The Baltimore City Health Department's mission is to help all city residents realize their full health potential. If passed, Bill 14-0371 (Electronic Smoking Devices), which was recently heard before the City Council Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee, will be a significant...

Why are black males 21 times more like than whites to be killed by police?

Ebola is not a crisis in the U.S., but the media hype is

"Wow, this doesn't really look like you," said what seemed like the hundredth person examining my driver's license photo.

Europe faces yet another recession, and the prospect is shaking global financial markets. To eliminate the persistent threat of collapse, Europe must drop the euro, and Germany must abandon mercantilism.

In the summer of 1990, some 2,000 U.S. Marines arrived off the coast of Liberia near the capital of Monrovia, which was then being overrun by rebel forces fighting against the government of Samuel Doe. The Marines were in four ships, one of them an amphibious landing craft.

Panetta has paved the way for Hillary Clinton to become the candidate with a warrior's heart

The New York Times report that the George W. Bush administration discovered old chemical bombs and rockets in Iraq and withheld the knowledge "from troops it sent into harm's way" is an echo of the discussion over alleged new weapons of mass destruction that triggered its 2003...