Mitt Romney

Republicans, choice and pain

2013-06-19 12:14:00

Two-thirds of American voters support Roe v. Wade. Women overwhelmingly favored Barack Obama over Mitt Romney, the Republican who wanted to de-fund Planned Parenthood and overturn Roe. Public approval of Congress is at or near its lowest level ever...

Paul Ryan to address Maryland Republicans in Baltimore

2013-06-17 12:08:00

Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2012, is scheduled to speak in Baltimore on Thursday at the Maryland Republican Party's�annual Red, White and Blue Dinner. Ryan, who chairs the House Budget Committee, is seen as a leading...

Kittleman launches run for Howard executive

2013-06-11 17:17:21

The race to lead Maryland's most affluent county began Tuesday as state Sen. Allan H. Kittleman launched his bid to become just the second Republican to be elected Howard County executive. In an afternoon appearance at the Columbia Lakefront, Kittleman,...

Health care act will spur competition among insurers

2013-06-10 04:30:00

I work for a mid-size firm Baltimore, and our health insurance costs will rise only modestly in 2013. However, in talking to friends at local companies, their health insurers are raising rates exorbitantly in anticipation of the state health exchanges...

Obama foreign policy follies befuddle right and left alike

2013-06-09 05:00:00

The young Barack Obama's early enthusiasm for anti-war progressivism is well chronicled in his autobiography. Friendships with the likes of anti-war activists/bombers Bill Ayers and wife Bernardine Dohrn, poet Frank Marshall Davis, and the notorious Rev....

Obama 'obsession' fueled by radicalism and racism

2013-06-01 08:00:00

I've enjoyed reading the more moderate conservative pundits trying to reason with their base to, as Timothy Meyer puts it, get over their "Obama obsession" ("Conservatives: Lose the Obama obsession," May 30). Good luck with that. President Barack Obama...

GOP's Craig to enter race for governor; Brown picks Ulman for ticket

2013-05-29 17:45:55

The 2014 governor's race came into clearer focus Wednesday as Harford County Executive David R. Craig set a date to announce his Republican candidacy and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown's campaign confirmed that Howard County Executive Ken Ulman will be his...

Conservatives: lose the obsession with Obama

2013-05-29 11:58:00

Conservatives have long viewed Washington as one giant, inevitable disaster waiting to happen. For conservative political strategists, part of our job is helping to frame that eventual disaster as President Barack Obama's fault. But conservatives should...

Obama's 'Katrina moment'

2013-05-17 06:05:00

It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...

Biased press doesn't deserve protection

2013-05-20 11:15:00

The IRS is constitutionally protected in the execution of its duties to collect income taxes. Reporters are constitutionally protected when they report fairly and honestly. The First Amendment gives the right to print the truth, not to print biased...

Should we continue to be the indispensable nation?

2013-05-10 00:00:00

In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation." "We are the force for...

The hollowing out of government

2013-05-07 11:26:00

The chemical and fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection by a...

mentioned the fact that his father was born in Mexico during a presidential debate. According to the 30th article of the Mexican constitution, there are two ways in which a person can acquire the Mexican nationality, by birth and by naturalization.

2013-04-13 00:00:00

Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's 2012 presidential candidate, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference last week.

2013-03-19 07:42:13

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced on March 14, 2013 that he has reversed his stance against same-sex marriage because his son, Will Portman, is gay.

2013-03-15 15:24:00