Michael Bloomberg

Hopkins gun research is not biased

2013-05-18 11:00:00

In reference to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15), the article quotes a Harford County councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York City Mayor...

Harford County Council condemns state gun law

2013-05-16 13:41:04

The Harford County Council passed a resolution Tuesday, by a 6-1 vote, criticizing the state's new gun safety bill. The resolution says the Firearms Safety Act, which bans the sale of 45 kinds of rifles and magazines and requires "law-abiding citizens"...

Benefactor doesn't dictate direction of research

2013-05-16 09:54:47

Editor: In response to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15th, 2013): The article quotes a Harford County Councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York...

Hopkins announces $4.5 billion fundraising goal

2013-05-04 17:30:00

Johns Hopkins announced Saturday a $4.5 billion fundraising goal — among the largest in the country — to help the university and health system address some of the world's most challenging issues, including water scarcity, education quality and...

NRA takes political aim at state gun laws

2013-04-22 17:55:00

National Rifle Association President David Keene said Wednesday the organization will pursue lawsuits in two states where Democratic governors are believed to have presidential aspirations, but it might not challenge new state gun laws elsewhere. "We're...

Malaria, a scourge that we can defeat

2013-04-25 03:00:00

Malaria is an enormous and tragic problem — that can be beat. It takes the life of a child every minute in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a million people die from malaria each year. It also stifles economic development, as malaria prevents children from...

'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'

2013-04-25 00:00:00

"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...

In Senate gun control vote, tyranny of the minority

2013-04-18 08:56:00

"We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone." — National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, in testimony before the...

NRA plans to challenge Maryland gun law

2013-04-09 17:03:00

National Rifle Association President David Keene said Tuesday that the organization intends to challenge the constitutionality of Maryland's newly passed gun law, as a conservative group readied plans to try to overturn the law through voter referendum....

Bloomberg's soda battle draws parallel to our nation's public health activism

2013-04-09 06:00:00

Melissa Healey's article, "NYC's failed cap on sugary drinks prompts soul searching" on April 4 draws an interesting parallel between New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's improbable public health battle against obesity and our nation's long history...

A thirst-quenching blow for freedom

2013-03-12 15:17:00

Perhaps you remember when Dr. Doom conquered the world. Or perhaps you don't. Sadly enough, even in this day and age, not everyone is comic book literate. Suffice it to say, then, that back in the 1980s, Marvel Comics published a graphic novel in...

Bloomberg loses the soda battle, not the war

2013-03-12 12:31:00

The beverage industry is claiming victory after a New York City judge on Monday overturned a ban on super-size sodas and sugary drinks Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg had championed as a way to combat obesity among residents. But the battle is hardly over. Mr....

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to actress Barbra Streisand during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 27.

2013-04-27 20:53:03

New York City's Times Square, the scene of a May 2010 failed bombing attempt, was to be the next target for the Boston Marathon suspects, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday.

2013-04-25 14:53:42

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, seen here in 2006 with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a public school in Brooklyn, donated $1 million to a group that campaigns for education reform.

2013-04-17 15:09:14