State of the Union Address

President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges

2013-05-17 11:47:00

Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. � THE PRESIDENT:� Hello, Baltimore!� (Applause.)� Well, it is wonderful to see all of you.� Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...

Labor official brings minimum-wage push to Baltimore

2013-05-13 15:27:09

The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't make — ends meet. Seth D. Harris, the agency'...

Obama to visit Baltimore next week

2013-05-10 14:57:35

President Barack Obama will visit Baltimore next Friday, the second in a series of outings aimed at selling his stalled jobs agenda. The trip follows one the president took this week to Austin, Texas, where he visited a school and a manufacturing plant....

Back Story: Presidents say the darnedest things

2013-04-25 15:08:00

Paul Dickson, a Garrett Park resident, loves the origins of words and is a compiler of word books and dictionaries. So imagine my delight and pleasure when my friend, Mary Garson, who is also fascinated with etymology, gave me a copy of Dickson's...

'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...

What's so terrible about 'portable' classrooms? [Commentary]

2013-04-22 07:07:00

There seems to be a consensus that school trailers are horrible, and there is a constant push to build bigger schools so we can get rid of the need for "portable classrooms." At a recent community meeting, Harford school board member Bob Frisch said...

America's just not that into Obama

2013-04-22 04:00:00

"You know, I actually believe my own bull----." That's what President Barack Obama once told a reporter. If the man ever uttered a statement that spoke more to his approach to politics, I haven't heard it. Whether it stems from a grandiose...

How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture

2013-04-07 05:00:00

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...

Obama settles for half measures on gun control

2013-03-18 09:35:00

For all the clamor from the White House and many in Congress to address the American scourge of gun violence, signs continue to point to a half-measure solution at best. President Barack Obama's State of the Union plea to the nation's lawmakers that the...

Carson says his message sells to both parties

2013-03-17 07:31:00

A day after firing up conservatives and hinting at his own political aspirations at a conference in Prince George's County, Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson kept his distance from the Republican Party during a national television appearance Sunday,...

From pride to disillusionment: a black leader sours on Obama

2013-03-17 05:00:00

I can hear 'em now. "He's a good guy"; "He's a family man"; "He'll govern like a moderate"; "It will be so good for the country"; "He's post-partisan." That the election of a mixed-race candidate for president sent positive messages about America around...

Dr. Ben Carson announces his retirement, hints at political future

2013-03-16 11:34:00

Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Dr. Ben Carson, a conservative darling since he critiqued President Obama’s health care overhaul at the National Prayer Breakfast last month, was met with several standing ovations at the Conservative Political...

During his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Obama called for a higher federal minimum wage.

2013-03-16 07:51:27

State of the Union, upstaged

2013-02-25 06:21:00

One of the biggest mysteries of the evening: Why was the Oscars orchestra sequestered a few blocks down Hollywood Boulevard in a studio in the Capitol Records building?

2013-02-24 00:00:00