Barack Obama

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...

Obama: Good president, bad theologian

2012-05-21 05:15:00

There are those with strong religious convictions who have expressed outrage at President Barack Obama's support of same-sex unions. Some have opined that Mr. Obama's stance makes him unsuited to continue to lead this country. I would argue that his...

Mids describe smooth transition from 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

2012-05-21 06:35:00

When his roommate at the Naval Academy said jokingly last year that Andrew Atwill was a homosexual, the midshipman told him to cut it out. His friend didn't know it, Atwill says, but he really was gay — and under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy,...

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...

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...

Americans should have the right to marry whomever they choose

2012-05-21 04:30:00

Marriage is a choice that two people make, and the legal system shouldn't be a third party to the decision. Making same-sex marriage illegal is akin to criminalizing a black person's marriage to a white person or an American's right to marry a Mexican....

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...

Reducing the threat of Armageddon

2012-05-20 00:00:00

President Obama achieved a major foreign policy goal in 2010 when he concluded the New START Treaty committing the U.S. and Russia to reduce the size of their long-range nuclear arsenals by a third within six years, to 1,550 warheads on each side. But...

Treasury Secretary Geithner speaks to Greater Baltimore Committee

2012-05-17 15:47:00

Speaking to hundreds of Baltimore's business leaders in Harbor East on Thursday morning, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner praised President Barack Obama's handling of the recession and outlined his boss' financial reform wish list, which...

If it weren't for Obama, bin Laden would still be alive

2012-05-18 05:15:00

I find it amazing that people really don't understand the death of Osama bin Laden and that a reader of your paper could write that President Barack Obama shouldn't get credit for it ("SEALs, not Obama, deserve credit for bin Laden death," May 9). No one...

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

President Barack Obama and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talk to others before a meeting of International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

2012-05-21 00:00:00

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and President Obama shake hands at the NATO summit in Chicago.

2012-05-20 22:34:00