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Israel's critics ignore discrimination in the Arab and Muslim world

2013-05-06 12:45:00

The article by Zainab Choudry and Saqib Ali on Israel's supposed discrimination against Arab-American and Muslim citizens is missing a big part of the story in the Arab and Muslim world ("Don't let Israel discriminate," April 30). Former Secretary of...

Visa program doesn't discriminate against Arabs, Muslims

2013-05-03 06:45:00

Commentators Zainab Choudry and Saqib Ali complain that Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin co-sponsored legislation to extend a visa waiver program to Israel ("Don't let Israel discriminate," April 30). The waiver program currently allows citizens of 37...

Carson coverage shows media at its worst

2013-04-16 09:00:00

We have read and heard on a continuous basis from the national media outlets the distortion of the words used by Dr. Benjamin Carson in discussing his stance against gay marriage ("Dr. Ben Carson steps down as speaker at Hopkins graduation," April 11). If...

Oil spills and Keystone

2013-04-03 08:27:00

If Americans needed a reminder of the serious environmental risks posed by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, they got it last week with the oil spill in Mayflower, a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas. More than 12,000 barrels of crude spilled into the town...

How come we don't hear about 'conservative media bias'?

2013-03-05 10:16:00

Liberal media bias. So incessant is this complaint from conservatives that the three words string together as one, like Holy Roman Empire. But like the old saw about that infamous regime being neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, liberal media bias...

Other states woo Maryland's gun manufacturers

2013-03-09 12:41:00

As Maryland contemplates passing one of the nation's strictest gun laws, at least seven other states have courted its gun manufacturers, offering tax incentives and open arms elsewhere. The governor of Texas, West Virginia's House speaker and an Illinois...

Maryland exports reach record $11.8 billion

2013-02-26 10:21:00

Exports of Maryland merchandise rose 9 percent last year to a record $11.8 billion, the International Trade Administration said Tuesday. The state's export sales in 2012 far outpaced the 2011 export sales in places such as Belgium, Saudi Arabia,...

Area artist helps pioneer 3-D nipple tattoos for breast cancer patients

2013-02-14 05:25:00

After undergoing treatment for breast cancer, Lillie Shockney, the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center, had nipple reconstruction — twice. Despite the many shades of patients' skin tone, "The color choices for doing it in the...

Middle East mess was born in the U.S.A.

2012-11-29 10:16:00

Titillation over David Petraeus and political posturing over Susan Rice aside, here is the most important unasked question: Why did we foster regime change in Libya and Egypt that gave the Muslim Brotherhood control in the latter and produced a gaggle...

O'Malley lays out liberal agenda in State of State address

2013-01-30 14:34:00

Gov. Martin O’Malley urged the General Assembly on Wednesday to approve an unabashedly liberal agenda that includes repeal of the state’s death penalty, new curbs on guns and spending for construction projects that create jobs. Asking...

Assad's last stand

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Syria's 20-month-long civil war appears to be approaching a tipping point as fighting around Damascus intensifies amid signs that President Bashar Assad's grip on power may be weakening. As the final phase in the long conflict apparently draws nearer, the...

World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education

2013-01-23 18:15:42

A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...

Steve Blye has joined Legat Architects as senior design director and associate director of health care. In the former role, Blye will lead planning efforts, collaborative design charrettes and conceptual development of a variety of faciliies.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah arrives for the funeral of Prince Badr bin Abdul Aziz, former deputy commander of the National Guard in Riyadh.

2013-04-02 10:09:22

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland.

2013-02-24 00:00:00