Elections

Generational nonsense at commencement time

2012-05-21 03:00:00

This is the season of generational twaddle. At graduation ceremonies across the country, politicians, authors, actors and businessmen take to the stage to tell young people they are fantastic simply because they are young. This year, the ritual is more...

In D.C. schools, Obama chooses unions over kids

2012-05-20 05:00:00

Just when you thought the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for poor, predominantly minority kids was fully protected from politics, here comes the Obama administration with another broadside. The popular program (which falls under...

NAACP votes to support same-sex marriage

2012-05-19 16:56:41

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the nation's oldest civil rights organizations, is officially supporting marriage for same-sex couples. The 103-year-old organization's resolution may help garner support for gay...

The president's 'other gospel'

2012-05-19 03:00:00

It is one thing to talk about "fairness" when it comes to allowing gays and lesbians to marry; it is quite another to claim biblical authority for such relationships. President Barack Obama cited the "Golden Rule" about treating others as you would...

Another boost for same-sex marriage

2012-05-20 00:00:00

How ironic that a divorce will be remembered for strengthening the rights of all Marylanders to be married regardless of sexual orientation. With its slam-dunk 7-0 opinion issued Friday in the matter of two women seeking a divorce, the Maryland Court...

Maryland court recognizes out-of-state, same-sex marriages

2012-05-18 18:54:00

Maryland's highest court handed a victory to same-sex couples Friday in a ruling that the governor and other advocates hailed as an endorsement of administration policies recognizing gay marriages performed in other states. "To treat families differently...

New president, directors elected for county citizens association

2012-05-18 14:04:00

Cathy Hudson of Elkridge has been selected as the new president of the Howard County Citizens Association, elected to a one-year term heading the local non-partisan organization. Hudson was voted in at the association's May 14 meeting. Also elected...

Bush's pithy endorsement of Romney

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Former President George W. Bush uttered his endorsement for president the other day as an elevator door was closing on him. To a question shouted by a reporter, he was said to have answered, simply, "I'm for Mitt Romney," and that was it. It was sort...

Stokes: Committee has votes to kill bottle tax

2012-05-18 17:57:22

Three members of a key City Council committee say they oppose Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposal to more than double the city's bottle tax — enough to kill the bill. That has angered supporters of the bill, who accuse Councilman Carl Stokes,...

New Grand Prix chief has been a big city contractor, campaign donor

2012-05-17 20:20:00

Despite financing more than $140 million city contracts in the past 12 years, donating tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and being a member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's inner circle, J.P. Grant III has largely avoided the...

Sunday hours for libraries to be decided during June-July

2012-05-18 09:41:00

The Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees will make its final decisions in June and July regarding reinstatement of Sunday hours at some branches. The board members briefly discussed Sunday hours during their monthly meeting Thursday evening at...

Voters should make Democrats pay for their profligacy in 2014

2012-05-18 12:00:00

Maryland Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch, both Democrats, have now rubber-stamped Gov. Martin O'Malley's historic tax increases on Maryland families, even though Maryland's continued economic suffering and out-of-control...

Supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) celebrate party leader and presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic's victory in Belgrade.

2012-05-20 00:00:00

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to supporters in front of Sawyer Bridge during campaign event in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. (Reuters)

2012-05-18 15:19:00

Former presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards arrives at a federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors as he sought the White House in 2008.

2012-05-18 09:08:00