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When president checks out, abuses mount
May has been a rough month for President Barack Obama: more Benghazi developments, plus the breaking IRS and journo-bugging scandals. Taken separately, none of these episodes is fatal. They do not reach Watergate levels. Given that previously classified...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Department of State, Benghazi, Freedom of the Press, Journalism
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Alan Trounson, California's Dr. Stem Cell
In 2004, with President George W. Bush dead set against stem cell research, California just went ahead and did it. Voters made stem cell research a state constitutional right, and endorsed $3 billion in bond sales for 10 years to cement the deal. CIRM,...Tags: Heart Disease, Australia, Alzheimer's Disease, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Medical Specialization
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House vote opens immigration divide
WASHINGTON — The partisan divide over immigration was exposed Thursday as House Republicans voted to stop funding the Obama administration program that has halted deportation of young immigrants who are in high school or college or have served in...
Tags: Voting, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, John Boehner, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Obama tells America the Jersey Shore is open for business
TRENTON, N.J. — President Barack Obama and New Jersey's Republican governor, Chris Christie, strolled along the Jersey Shore boardwalk like old friends on Tuesday, a political odd couple just hanging out together. The two men had a common purpose:...
Tags: Parties and Movements, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Internal Revenue Service, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Elections
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Is Obama willing to fight for right terror policy?
In his recent speech on terrorism and national security, President Barack Obama performed superbly as explainer in chief, a role in which he often hasn't succeeded. It may not matter much. However belatedly, Obama offered a cogent policy rationale for...Tags: Colin Powell, U.S. Military, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, John Podesta, U.S. Department of State
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The real IRS scandal
Should you need a license from the government to exercise free speech? The real scandal at the Internal Revenue Service should be seen not as a left-versus-right issue but instead as infringement on the 1st Amendment. The people targeted were political...
Tags: Taxation, Social Issues, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Discrimination, IBM
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To break D.C. logjam, Sen. Reid should revive the 'nuclear option'
As President Obama prepares to nominate three new judges for what is probably the nation's most important federal appeals court, Republicans in the Senate are escalating their attempts to stand in his way. Last month the Senate unanimously confirmed...
Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Lindsey O. Graham, Crime, Law and Justice, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Reid
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How the death penalty will end: first Maryland, then the nation
The death penalty debate in Maryland is finally over. This spring's decision by the General Assembly to replace the death penalty with life without parole was cemented last week, when right-wing activists failed to muster enough signatures to force the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Punishment, Environmental Issues, NAACP
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Setting record straight on Obama's record
After reading the rant against President Obama in Thursday's letters section, I got the feeling the writer may be a dedicated Fox News viewer. Here are some facts he may not have heard from Karl Rove and gang. First, President Obama cannot close Gitmo by...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Kelly Ayotte, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Senate, North Korea
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The Sun Remembers: June 2-8
June 7, 2001: At the White House, President George W. Bush greets the NFL champion Ravens, who present him with an autographed football and a personalized jersey. "It was cool, man," defensive tackle Tony Siragusa says. "[But] I was depressed that they...
Tags: Football, Maryland Terrapins, National Football League, Memorial Stadium, New York Yankees
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House Speaker Busch visits Annapolis elementary school's Career Day
House Speaker Michael Busch began his Career Day visit at Tyler Heights Elementary School by venturing to the front of the media center with a state flag. He explained the meaning behind its colors and patterns, then gave the assembled fourth-graders...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Michael E. Busch, Students, Josh Cohen
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Tim Weiner: James Comey understands power of FBI and saying 'no'
James Comey is the grandson of an Irish cop. But it's not the policeman in his DNA that makes him the right choice to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It's his deep understanding of the power of secret intelligence. Comey arrived as the No. 2...Tags: National Security Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, John Ashcroft , Lawyers, News Media
May 28, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
May 29, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Jun 6, 2013
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May 28, 2013
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Jun 3, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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May 27, 2013
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May 30, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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