Moscow (Russia)

Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer

2013-04-17 17:19:00

Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...

Cardin stands up for rights

2012-12-12 09:19:00

This month's passage of a new U.S.-Russia trade law has done more than showcase Senator Ben Cardin's dedication to international human rights. By sending the shock to the Kremlin — that the U.S. values prosecuting rights abusers as much as it...

Carroll County Dance Center is home base for 'Nutcracker'

2012-12-08 16:09:00

Just a few days before their live performances of "The Nutcracker," the intensity and concentration were evident on the faces of the teenage performers at the Carroll County Dance Center in Sykesville. Each of the cast members at this rehearsal had...

I 'like' me, I really 'like' me

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Recognize this pattern? Brag brag brag Bait for compliment Self-promote Promote someone else so as to be able to self-promote later Brag Wax indignant about political issue on which everyone you know agrees with you Bait again Brag...

Remembering a different version of Larry Hagman

2012-11-24 11:51:00

I wasn't going to write about Larry Hagman, who died Friday in Texas at age 81 from complications of cancer. Even though I had reported on him and reviewed much of his work over the years, as well as doing an interview with him during a party at his...

'Amazing Race' recap, grinding organs in Holland

2012-11-26 05:52:00

This week on "The Amazing Race," we say farewell to the curious passport-stealing cab drivers of Russia, and we say�do svidaniya�to the Swim Coach of Frustration and the Professor (of Love). Time to go to someplace with a red, white, and blue flag. No,...

Season of 'Nutcracker,' 'Messiah' starts early

2012-11-17 00:00:00

The holiday season wouldn't be the holiday season without colorful music and dance events. And, just as department stores break out the Christmas decorations earlier and earlier, some performing arts organizations get into the swing before Thanksgiving....

Sports on TV

2012-10-23 00:00:00

TUESDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || MLB play. || NLCS, Gm. 7: St. Louis@San Fran. (T) || MLB1 || || MLB || 1977 ALCS, Gm. 6: Dodgers@Yankees || ESPNC3 || || NBA pre. || Golden State@Clippers (T) || NBANoon || || Oklahoma City@...

Putin returns, and so does a Cold War mentality

2012-05-21 08:17:00

Now that Vladimir Putin is Russia's president once again, the result of still another fraudulent election, we should expect ever more hostile relations with Moscow. Mr. Putin, a vain and vulgar man, was born and bred to despise the United States. And...

Soviet fall and Arab Spring

2011-08-18 16:03:00

Twenty years ago, tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets of Moscow, just as Egyptians, Tunisians and Syrians have this year — rejecting the old order, demanding freedom and democracy. That August, the Russian democrats prevailed because...

Google Reader on a Saturday afternoon

2011-03-12 16:22:07

My Google Reader feeds me updates from the various food blogs I follow. Most of these blogs are listed in the blogroll, which you can find on this page at right. (Modifying the blogroll, even simply alphabetizing it, turns out......

99.8 degrees F ... in Moscow!

2010-07-30 16:22:14

The Moscow Times is reporting a new all-time record high temperature today in downtown Moscow of 37.7 degrees Celsius. That's an astonishing 99 degrees Fahrenheit. It was 101 degrees F at the airport. One-hundred-thirty-year-old records are toppling...

Protesters rally in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

The Kremlin in Moscow.

2013-04-16 12:01:41

Russians living in Cyprus join in demonstrations outside the Cypriot parliament in Nicosia on March 21, urging Moscow's help in staving off Cypriot government seizure of private bank deposits to secure a Eurozone bailout.

2013-03-26 16:17:19