James Stewart

Howard JV teams wrap up successful winter season

2013-03-26 16:51:00

Like their varsity counterparts, junior varsity teams left everything they had each night on the court and on the mats this winter. In gyms all over the county, players developed their talents in what was for many their first taste of high school...

Fixing the filibuster

2013-03-10 05:00:00

The filibuster is back in the news, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon on U.S. drone policy last week. Putting aside the merits of Mr. Paul's national security views, his feat of endurance was in the best tradition of the Senate. He...

On stage at Chapelgate, a man and his big rabbit

2013-03-05 08:29:37

When taking note of local high school plays, remember that several private schools also offer spring productions. This year at Chapelgate Academy, students will perform "Harvey," a comedy best-known for its 1950 film adaptation starring Jimmy Stewart. In...

Missed chance to fix the filibuster

2013-01-24 13:17:33

The best chance to get the U.S. Senate to do its job is not to withhold pay (although withholding campaign contributions might have done the trick) but to reform the Senate rules so that filibusters aren't used so routinely to gum up the works. Majority...

Ending filibuster abuse

2012-12-11 11:18:00

The announcement last week that South Carolina's Jim DeMint is leaving his Senate seat to run the Heritage Foundation caused some in Washington to wishfully think that perhaps the move might usher in a more congenial, if not cooperative, outlook in the U....

Speed camera flaws provide vindication for complaints

2012-11-28 15:22:00

Two and a half years ago, I wrote a column about getting nailed by a speed camera in Baltimore for the first time, and, let me tell you, did the righteous readers of this newspaper — people who never ever ever drive over the speed limit — give...

Who bears the burden in America?

2012-10-31 07:30:00

Before WWII, a large number of people were against America's involvement in the wars in Europe and Asia. After Pearl Harbor, however, that argument disappeared, and virtually everyone got involved. Sons of rich families enlisted. The Kennedys, for...

50 years ago: Land bought for private, Catholic high school

2012-06-04 09:16:00

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, June 7, 1962: The Catholic archdiocese purchased an 87-acre tract fronting Churchville Road, formerly Wagner's Farm, which would become the site of a new large Catholic high school. The new school...

Eagle Archive: Celebrating Carroll County at the 4-H and FFA Fair

2012-07-30 13:10:00

The Carroll County Agriculture Center has been a beehive of activity in preparation of the annual Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair, which officially opened on July 27. Historically, the summer and end of harvest events have always played an important role...

Andy Griffith and the myth of a fair-minded, small-town Southern America in the turbulent '60s

2012-07-03 10:57:00

Andy Griffith, one of the stars who put CBS on top of the TV world in the 1960s with an easy-going but culturally-packed sitcom that ran for eight seasons during that stormy decade in American life, died Tuesday at 86 at his North Carolina home in Roanoke...

Hammond High School

2012-05-30 07:49:00

Mikhaila Christina Abarcar, Ted Allen Adams, Mark Seichi Adamson, Louiza Akuyea Addy, Feyisayo Rahimah Adebiyi, Modupe Olufunmilayo Adetunji, Olumide Alani Adewumi, Daniel Arthur Agee Jr., Aroosha Nudrat Ahmed, Ademola Olufemi Akisanya, Samuel Joseph...

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-03-06 14:15:00

Harford Sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Dishesha M. Laurey, 24, of the 100 block of Hamilton Place, was charged Thursday with second-degree assault. William Franklin Richardson, 47, of the 800 block of Gilbert Road, was...

Alfred Hitchcock�s 1954 drama about a housebound man (James Stewart) who thinks he saw a crime. Saturday, April 13, at 1:30 p.m. at Wethersfield Library, 515 Silas Deane Highway. Free.

2013-04-02 12:30:00

The Duke portrayed a rancher who helps Jimmy Stewart in this 1962 western classic. Pictured are Lee Marvin, left, Stewart and Wayne in 1962's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."

2013-03-10 17:00:26

Child actor Jackie Cooper cuts the ribbon just before the departure of the Broadway Limited on its initial eighteen-hour run from Chicago to New York, April 25, 1932. Cooper had a successful acting career until retirement in 1989.

2013-01-25 15:37:23