I was disappointed to see the editorial opposing the plastic shopping bag ban ("Bag it, City Council,Please do not allow the mayor to go unscathed with her review of fees and taxes ("Rawlings-Blake seeking study of Baltimore's taxes and fees," Nov. 12).
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As a pacifist, I am unqualified to articulate a military strategy. But I am aware of the potentially disastrous consequences of sending U.S. "advisers" into combat zones ("1,500 more troops to Iraq," Nov. 8).
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I read the commentary by Ben Jealous ("A bipartisan case for prison reform," Nov. 10). Prisons are built for both simple and smart reasons — to punish people for crimes and to protect that society from those people so they create neither more victims nor future criminals.
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David Super's commentary ("U.S. is short-sighted in Egypt," Nov. 10) overlooks or chooses to ignore several facets of the Arab Spring and this country's role.
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By popular demand, please rerun the KAL cartoon of the 2013 Baltimore Orioles and their salaries that ran on July 14, 2013.
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T he Sun continues to unfairly disparage "the era" of former Anne Arundel County executive John Leopold ("Schuh for Anne Arundel County executive," Oct. 27)
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Oh, the arrogance of power. The top Maryland lobbyist for telecom giant Comcast couldn't even wait for the dust to settle after Election Day to start bashing Maryland lawmakers.
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"Crab cakes and football, that's what Maryland does!"
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The meeting of the Russian foreign minister and the U.S. secretary of state in Paris last month has led to a surprise thaw in relations: The two countries will share intelligence on ISIS and work together to combat terrorism in the region. The significance of this outcome cannot be...
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The Chesapeake Bay and all of its connected lakes and tributaries are a vital resource for Maryland, providing clean drinking water and drawing millions of visitors each year to the area who seek outdoor activities such as canoeing, hiking, sailing and bird watching. What's more, large...
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Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" provides an appropriate allegory to reflect upon polling and Maryland's recent gubernatorial election.
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Here's the gist of the recent report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Conowingo Dam: Don't confuse a red herring with a red tide. The notion that all the pollution woes of the Chesapeake Bay could be heaped on one 86-year-old hydroelectric facility on the Lower Susquehanna River was...
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In an ideal world, the City Council and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake would work together to equip Baltimore police officers with body cameras that record their interactions with the public. The anecdotal evidence from departments that have adopted the devices shows they significantly reduce...
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The deal made by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama to limit greenhouse gases from those two nations represents the most significant action in the fight against climate change in years. Suddenly, it appears international progress is possible in combating one of the most...
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The O'Malley administration today pulled back from a sweetheart deal to buy $2.8 million in Eastern Shore farmland and hand it over for $1 a year to a Democratic campaign donor who wanted to use it as an "organic food hub" for the region. After questions from Comptroller Peter Franchot and an...
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It now appears that City Hall not only lacks updated phone equipment but suffers a shortage of TV sets, radios and other modern communications gear. Nothing else could explain the Baltimore City Council's handling of plastic shopping bag legislation, which on Monday night morphed from an...
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As an American history educator, I have always thought that a key factor in evaluating teacher performance should be voter turnout.
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I could not help but notice the lack of any recognition by President Barack Obama of two recent milestone events. The first was Sunday's 25th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, marking the collapse of the communist Soviet Empire, and the end of two generations of ruthless,...
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The election's over. Reality defeated rhetoric. The proposed light rail Red Line is one of the broken legacies which Governor-elect Larry Hogan must resolve ("A to-do list for Hogan," Nov. 9).
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