Government

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...

O'Malley is Obama's mini-me

2012-05-21 06:45:00

If the slogan "Maryland is America in miniature" is still relevant, it spells trouble for us by today's standards. What a double whammy. Our president and our governor. They are both two of a kind, and that means trouble for most of us. Talk about...

Red Line funding uncertain with failure of Maryland gas tax hike

2012-05-21 00:00:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley has long promised that Baltimore and the Washington suburbs would each get a new light-rail line and that the Red Line and its Purple counterpart outside D.C. could be built at the same time. But state financial documents recently...

One special session down, another to go?

2012-05-20 13:39:00

State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being told on the last day of classes that he has to attend summer school. But the Montgomery County...

We get the state government we pay for

2012-05-20 09:30:00

Recently I spent 90 minutes on the metal benches at the DMV in Glen Burnie waiting to renew my driver's license on a day a lot of my fellow Marylanders had the same idea. While waiting — especially without a book to read — can be difficult,...

Pat McDonough ratchets up 'mobs of black youth' talk, criticism of mayor on WCBM weekend show

2012-05-20 20:08:00

State Del. Pat McDonough told the Sun last week that he wasn't going to back down from claims made in a press release that 'black youth mobs terrorize" downtown Baltimore. And in his Saturday night radio show on WCBM (AM-680), he not only made good on...

Mayor calls St. Patrick's Day violence a "black eye" for city as police ramp up summer deployment

2012-05-19 14:23:00

Visitors to Baltimore's downtown on summer weekends will see up to 50 additional police officers, a show of force aimed at preventing a repeat of St. Patrick's Day, when hundreds of youths battled and a tourist was beaten — scenes the mayor...

Some consumers oppose smart meters in Md.

2012-05-20 00:00:00

Jonathan Libber likes his analog utility meter just fine. And no amount of debate will convince him that new wireless, digital "smart meters" being installed by Baltimore Gas & Electric and other utilities around the country would help conserve energy,...

Dramatic win caps off well-attended Preakness

2012-05-19 19:13:00

The largest crowd in Preakness Stakes history watched the thrilling victory of a horse that's now on a Triple Crown hunt, jammed to pop band Maroon 5 and basked under a Saturday sky whose only clouds were the wispy letters of an advertisement sprayed from...

I'll Have Another trainer tells governor horse is 'gonna win' Preakness Stakes

2012-05-19 12:15:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley scored the behind-the-scene tour most Preakness fans wish for: an up-close look at the 11 horses in the Stakes Stables. Tom Chuckas, president of the Maryland Jockey Club,�walked the governor�around the barns, packed high with hay...

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...

Outside G-8 summit, few protesters

2012-05-18 16:26:00

— A high-profile meeting of world leaders at Camp David drew only sparse protests Friday despite extensive security preparations by local officials. Frederick County closed public schools Friday and police said they felt obligated to "prepare for...

British Prime Minister David Cameron listens as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the opening session of the heads of state meeting on Afghanistan at the NATO Summit in Chicago .

2012-05-21 00:00:00

Members of the North Atlantic Council gather prior to the opening session of the 2012 NATO Summit . Sixty heads of state converge for the two day summit that will address the situation in Afghanistan among other global defense issues.

2012-05-20 00:00:00

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (R) during the G8 summit

2012-05-19 17:44:00