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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...

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...

'VEEP' recap - Selina gets stuck with President's obesity initiative

2012-05-20 20:19:00

"VEEP" keeps getting better week by week. And the last couple of weeks, it feels as if�the HBO comedy has really�found its feet. Baltimore viewers will be especially interested in the ending of Sunday's episode as it sets the wheels in motion for a...

Baltimore native played key role in Johnson's swearing-in

2012-05-18 20:58:06

Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to President John F. Kennedy, stepped into a small cubicle at Parkland Hospital, where Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson nervously waited with his wife and several aides to learn the condition of the president. Kennedy had...

How Josh Gad was almost Cameron, and Sarah Palin led Jason Winer to '1600 Penn'

2012-05-18 13:31:00

Talk about instant success. Baltimore native Jason Winer doesn't even have a name yet for his Hollywood production company. But he and his two co-creators, "The Book of Mormon" Broadway star Josh Gad and former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett, already...

Feds, police in spat over G-8 summit costs

2012-05-17 18:33:00

In a standoff that might require delicate diplomacy to resolve, officials in Western Maryland are pressing the federal government to reconsider its refusal to help pay for local security costs for this week's G-8 summit at Camp David. Local police say...

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...

O'Malley builds on tax-raising legacy

2012-05-16 17:05:00

The General Assembly's speedy embrace of Gov. Martin O'Malley's income tax increases this week cleaned up a political mess in Annapolis, but the rate hikes could come back to haunt the Democrat if he seeks national office when his time in the governor's...

President Obama dazzles in latest campaign stop on 'The View' Tuesday

2012-05-15 09:02:00

Readers of this blog know I have been grinding my teeth for years over President Obama's masterful manipulation of TV. It's not about Obama, it's about the press looking the other way, rolling over and refusing to critique and deconstruct the way�Team...

George Wallace shooting: The day a campaign, and chaos, came to Laurel

2012-05-10 11:00:00

WARNING: Video contains graphic content It was a quiet city back then, a place where a stage stood in a nondescript shopping center, a platform from which a controversial presidential candidate would speak. It was a day when Laurel would become...

Obama evolves, with a nudge from Biden

2012-05-11 00:00:00

Vice President Joe Biden was accused of committing another gaffe the other day when he declared on a Sunday television talk showthat he was "absolutely comfortable" with the idea of same-sex marriage. His crime supposedly was that he embarrassed his boss,...

Get lifted at Preakness Celebration Hot Air Balloon Festival

2012-05-10 11:36:00

It's been more than a decade since hot air ballooning was dealt a huge blow in the aftermath of Sept. 11, when concern for national safety was at an all-time high and many flights were grounded. "We've come a long way since then," said Ron Broderick, a...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta waits for the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama before beginning the Medal of Honor ceremony for Army Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr., for his actions in Cambodia in May 1970, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 16, 2012.

2012-05-18 22:02:44

President Obama at the White House

2012-05-18 17:27:00

President Barack Obama's birth certificate that was released by the White House in Washington. (Reuters)

2012-05-18 13:55:00