Nancy Pelosi

Dramatic win caps off well-attended Preakness

2012-05-19 19:13:00

The largest crowd in Preakness Stakes history watched the thrilling victory of a horse that's now on a Triple Crown hunt, jammed to pop band Maroon 5 and basked under a Saturday sky whose only clouds were the wispy letters of an advertisement sprayed from...

Cherishing and celebrating our 175th year with you

2012-05-08 04:34:00

I was just beginning my career at The Sun when the paper (and, yes, it was just a paper then) marked its 150th anniversary. Everything seemed startlingly new to me, and the festivities around May 17, 1987, were a heady part of that. Twenty-five years...

Native daughter: The early edition and all the others, too

2012-05-10 07:44:00

The Baltimore Sun has been part of my family since my earliest memories. We eagerly awaited the paper's arrival on our doorstep -- The Sun in the morning and The Evening Sun in the afternoon. Growing up in the mayor's house, we would get the early...

Pelosi marks Mikulski milestone

2012-03-16 12:43:00

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi praised Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski for "opening wide the doors of opportunity for the next generation of women leaders" in a statement Friday to honor the senator's latest milestone: Mikulski will become the...

Maryland Senate passes gay marriage bill

2012-02-23 17:32:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill to legalize same-sex marriage quickly won approval in the Maryland Senate Thursday night. The measure now needs the governor's signature. Cheers erupted in the Senate chambers after the 25-22 vote was read out loud and the...

Cummings plays role in Fluke saga

2012-03-07 14:54:00

He has maintained a relatively low profile on the Sandra Fluke story, but Democratic Rep. Elijah E. Cummings played a big role in putting the Georgetown law student in the spotlight and sparking a nationwide conversation over contraceptives. Fluke, 30,...

Obamacare: the 2,300-page monstrosity

2012-03-25 05:00:00

The most important six hours of recent American history will start to unfold on Monday. That day, the Supreme Court begins three days of oral argument on the legal challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform law ("Obamacare"). The Court's...

The federalist solution

2012-03-26 03:00:00

The bleating about broken government and partisanship continues. "Why can't those boobs in Washington agree on anything?" We're constantly told that the way to fix the country is to dethrone the left and right and empower the middle. Americans Elect, No...

Obamacare: the 2,300-page monstrosity

2012-03-25 05:00:00

Romney vs. Gingrich: The technocrat and the self-anointed great statesman

2011-11-28 03:00:00

Whether the matchup between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is the final bout on the GOP primary card is impossible to know. The whole season has been more like professional wrestling than boxing, with weird characters sporting implausible hair appearing...

Punishments to fit the politicians' crimes

2011-12-21 09:00:00

I enjoyed the letter "A punishment that fits the crime: Sentence Schurick to register African-American voters." Tailoring punishment to fit crimes is exactly what good judges do. Here are some additional suggestions: Sentence Democratic congressman...

Ron Paul: The candidate who will never compromise

2011-12-20 12:00:00

The Sun and other national media have come under fire from Ron Paul supporters for ignoring their candidate. There's a reason for that: He himself said that he would be a different kind of president, one that got out of the way. It's hard for the media to...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is likely banking on Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and one of the more conservative justices siding with the left-leaning justices who are expected to favor the healthcare law.

2012-04-04 11:54:00

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" and struck a deal with host Stephen Colbert.

2012-02-22 00:00:00

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, second from right, and her family meet with former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, in College Station, Texas.

2012-02-20 18:03:25