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Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, John D. Rockefeller IV, Medtronic Incorporated, Small Businesses
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How not to run a local government
One of the more enjoyable aspects of my public career was an excellent relationship with public safety unions. Law enforcement, fire and EMT groups were supportive of my races for the state legislature, Congress and governor. Although not unheard of,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Bankruptcy, U.S. Congress, National Government
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Republicans' fake outrage over Benghazi
Republicans like Rep. Darrell Issa and Bob Ehrlich must be getting pretty desperate trying to make a big deal about an Obama cover up on Benghazi ("Benghazi: The Obama spin continues," May 12). What is known is that a murderous crowd attacked the U.S....Tags: Benghazi, Al-Qaeda
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Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy
Apparently, columnist Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. doesn't understand the difference between manufacturing and mining or mineral extraction ("New day for U.S. manufacturing," May 5). While manufacturing is sustainable as long as there is a demand for the...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Mining, Metal and Mineral
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Benghazi: The Obama spin continues
"Bumps in the road." — President Barack Obama on the unrest in Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East that included the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, an information officer, and two Navy SEALS. "Crude and disgusting"… "an...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Benghazi, Al-Qaeda, Susan Rice, Crime, Law and Justice
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Dick Hug's hard work helped improve Maryland
A forceful friend and an active advocate: These words describe my feelings about business and civic leader Richard E. Hug, whose hard work helped improve Maryland politics (May 7). As a volunteer participant in Bob Ehrlich's campaign for governor, I...
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Brown to launch campaign for governor
Seeking to emerge from the long shadow of Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make official Friday what everyone in Maryland politics has known for a long time: He's running for governor. Brown, 51, will announce his candidacy in his...
Tags: Polls, Regional Authority, Primaries, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Crime, Law and Justice
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A new day for U.S. manufacturing
Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...Tags: Intel Corp., Allegheny Technologies Inc., Energy Resources, U.S. Congress, Royal Dutch Shell Plc
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Richard E. 'Dick' Hug, Republican fundraiser and civic leader, dies at 78
Richard E. "Dick" Hug, a prominent businessman and prolific fundraiser for Republican candidates, died Saturday. He was 78. Mr. Hug was the finance chairman for three Maryland gubernatorial campaigns — Ellen R. Sauerbrey in 1998 and Robert L....
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Duke Blue Devils, George W. Bush, Regional Authority, University System of Maryland
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We're a nation of dependents, all right — dependent on rich corporations for jobs that pay a living wage
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. writes about "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). But if the programs of the New Deal and the Great Society have been less than successful, it should be noted that the lack of funding from "big government" has...
Tags: Personal Income, Politics, Taxation, Annapolis, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Trade Dispute, Lyndon B. Johnson, Economic Organization, Bill Clinton, U.S. Congress
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State approves settlement to ex-inmate amid corrections scrutiny
With the state corrections system already under scrutiny, the Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a $40,000 settlement with a former inmate of the Baltimore jail who claimed he was assaulted by gang members for not assisting with a drug...
Tags: Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Executive Branch, Rod J. Rosenstein
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