Values

County councilman hasn't disclosed outside jobs for years

2013-05-19 08:18:00

A Baltimore County councilman did not disclose his outside employment over the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district. Councilman...

Yale goalie Eric Natale living the dream against No. 1 Syracuse

2013-05-17 13:35:00

Yale goalie Eric Natale doesn't want his dream to become a nightmare. During most of his childhood days while playing for the Gamber recreation program in Westminster, he dreamed of playing in a NCAA Division I tournament game against one of the top...

Military service

2013-05-13 10:55:31

VAUGHN: Army Reserve Pvt. Kyle L. Vaughn has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, Vaughn studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received...

Niall Ferguson's blooper

2013-05-09 00:00:00

At an investment conference last week, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson created a huge mess for himself. He glibly speculated that maybe because economist John Maynard Keynes was a childless, "effete" homosexual, he embraced a doctrine that favored...

Two from Columbia to run for open District 12 seats in House of Delegates

2013-05-03 14:55:03

With all three seats open in District 12 of the Maryland House of Delegates, candidates are starting to come forward for the 2014 election.� Del. Elizabeth Bobo, who represents Howard County in District 12B, announced her retirement in September 2012....

Mark D. Sokolik, corporate attorney, formerly of Hunt Valley

2013-04-28 13:10:08

Mark D. Sokolik, a corporate lawyer remembered as a fitness and music enthusiast, died last week after complications from a fall. He was 30. A former Hunt Valley resident who attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Mr. Sokolik went on to graduate from the...

Our country's core values shined through after Boston bombing

2013-04-27 11:00:00

As I watched the horrific scenes from the Boston Marathon, and later the activities at political, social, religious and sporting events, with disconnected disbelief, I realized that the terrorists exemplified a political miscalculation, a social...

Aberdeen mayor, council salaries could go up significantly

2013-04-24 11:20:31

The salary for any future mayors of Aberdeen would be more than doubled and the salary for city council members nearly doubled, if a bill introduced by the city council Monday night is approved. The mayor would get a salary of $24,000 instead of the...

Military News

2013-04-17 00:00:00

MEDINA: Navy Seaman Melnard B. Medina, son of Bernardita and Michael Medina of Forest Hill, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Medina completed a variety of training...

Ben Carson and the price of free speech

2013-04-12 08:17:00

There is much we don't know about Dr. Ben Carson's decision to withdraw as a commencement speaker for the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and education. His recent comments in opposition to gay marriage, in which he compared homosexuality to...

President Obama awards Navy football team with Commander-In-Chief's Trophy

2013-04-12 15:05:00

President Barack Obama awarded Navy's football team with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy on Thursday afternoon in the East Room at the White House. Here are the president's remarks: Hello, everybody.� (Applause.)� Hello.� Please, everybody have a seat.�...

Anti-abortion group stirs speech debate at Hopkins

2013-04-08 18:33:00

A group of students at the Johns Hopkins University is reviving a campus anti-abortion group that members say will perform "sidewalk counseling" — attempting to discourage pregnant women entering clinics from going through with the procedure....

Palm Beach County commissioners are considering changing county codes to change the makeup of the Ethics Commission.

2013-04-10 13:57:00

John R. Boatright has been named the founding director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility in the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago.

2013-03-06 10:16:00

iss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether attends the DKNY & Same Sky Ethical Shopping Event to celebrate International Women's Day at DKNY Store on March 6, 2013 in New York City.

2013-03-06 00:00:00