Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Senators turn backs on the hungry

2013-05-28 09:45:00

Recently, The Sun drew attention to the rise of poverty and hunger in our region ("Poor people in Balto.'s suburbs outnumber those in city," May 21) while Maryland's senators turned their backs on those who need help buying food. I was saddened and...

Policy pits candy against sugar

2013-05-21 16:14:00

Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...

More poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in Baltimore

2013-05-20 18:21:34

More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades. Suburban poverty in the Baltimore area grew 58 percent between 2000 and...

Immigration deformed

2013-05-04 04:00:00

There's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked: If she had to do it all over again, would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...

Why is the Pentagon exempted from scrutiny?

2013-04-30 09:22:00

The most common complaint from people who email me about my columns is that the federal government is horrible: Too big and growing too fast, too corrupt and wasteful, and providing too many benefits to too many Americans. If we just shrink the...

Third annual gala benefits family center and auction winners

2013-04-15 09:26:00

Charles Curlett paid $2,000 Saturday night for a Cartier watch worth $5,600. "And for a good cause," said the attorney from Oakenshawe. But Curlett won't have the unisex watch all to himself. "We're going to share it," said his wife, Christina....

Oakland Mills principal inspires students by example

2013-04-14 09:15:00

The class at Oakland Mills High School was English for Speakers of Other Languages, which meant the students were accustomed to hearty doses of vocabulary. Even so, they appeared taken aback when Principal Frank Eastham laced his motivational speech...

Hats Off to Hampden annual fundraiser coming April 13

2013-04-09 08:59:00

Organziers are hoping you bring your best hat — and your money — to the third annual Hats Off to Hampden on April 13, a $125-per-person gala fundraiser to benefit the Hampden Family Center. A "top hat" table for 10 costs $1,250. Last year'...

Obama offers up a meaningless gesture

2013-04-07 09:30:00

The president is voluntarily giving 5 percent of his yearly salary back to the U.S. Treasury in order to show solidarity with government workers forced to take unpaid leaves due to what he calls the catastrophic effects of the sequestration ("President'...

On student loans, Hugo Chavez and Joe Flacco's taxes

2013-03-31 05:00:00

Remember when President Barack Obama stuck a federal takeover of the student loan program into the "Affordable Care Act," AKA "Obamacare"? The dirty deed was accompanied by a promise that federal control would save taxpayer money and cut off all the...

Cost of Iraq measured in schools and hunger

2013-03-24 05:00:00

It is great that the General Assembly has devised a program to spend $1 billion to rebuild the Baltimore City schools as related in your editorial ("Building for the future," March 20). Fifteen percent of Americans are on food stamps, which costs about...

Pet food stamps become a reality

2013-03-20 07:17:00

It’s a heartbreaking decision that thousands of devoted pet owners are forced to make every year: pay the bills or feed the dog or cat? The choice between paying for heat, water, or groceries and buying a bag of pet food is all too real for many...

Four dollars and fifty cents a day doesn't buy much food, but that's what Congressman Ted Deutch and some of his colleagues are planning to live on for a couple of days this week. It�s called a �SNAP challenge,� referring to the food stamp program, which provides an average benefit of $4.

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Four dollars and fifty cents a day doesn't buy much food, but that's what Congressman Ted Deutch and some of his colleagues are planning to live on for a couple of days this week. It's called a "SNAP challenge," referring to the food stamp program, which provides an average benefit of $4.

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Rep. Mark Pocan (D -Wis.) buys food at a Washington, D.C., supermarket as part of a challenge to live on $4.50 in daily food expenses. A group of Democratic representatives are protesting possible cuts to the food stamps program.

2013-06-13 15:33:13