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Status quo preserved
WASHINGTON -- America's 57th presidential election revealed that a second important national institution is on an unsustainable trajectory. The first, the entitlement state, is endangered by improvident promises to an aging population. It is now joined by...
Tags: Republican Party, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bain Capital, LLC, Executive Branch, Government
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Maryland surprises in gay marriage and Dream Act support
Maryland's vote for same-sex marriage and the Dream Act runs counter to history, political science and human nature — a majority of citizens upholding laws that benefit distinct minorities. I think a little more attention must be paid to this. I...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Executive Branch, Government, Maryland General Assembly
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Campaign's over, time to vote
Having just observed dozens of my fellow citizens standing in line for more than an hour to vote, I started to feel good about the country again. Some 430,000 Marylanders took advantage of five days of early voting this year, so many that Sandy Rosenberg,...
Tags: Republican Party, White House, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Rodricks: Thousands of undocumented workers pay state taxes
Under the Maryland Dream Act, students who want to attend our community colleges or public universities at the in-state tuition rate must have attended a Maryland high school for at least three years. They must prove that their families filed state income...Tags: The Washington Post, Extradition, Interior Policy, Internal Revenue Service, Maryland General Assembly
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Rodricks: For backers of education and veterans, Dream Act is a two-fer
The Baltimore Sun It hasn't received much attention, but there's a provision in the Maryland Dream Act, up for your approval or rejection on the November ballot, that extends a benefit to veterans. Voters ought to take note of it, because if we vote down...Tags: Republican Party, Maryland Dream Act, Illegal Immigrants, Politics, U.S. Military
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Five things to watch in Wednesday night's debate
Article Highlights: - First test for both candidates is who looks like a president - Obama could have vulnerability on Libya attack, but agenda is domestic - Whose narrative on how to get the economy going will play best to voters? President...
Tags: Republican Party, Libya, Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Cristina Saralegui
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U Of H Graduate Seeks House Seat In Utah
The Hartford CourantA specter is haunting the Congressional Black Caucus, the specter of integration. It is discomforting enough that the now 43-member CBC has included a Republican since 2011, when Florida's Allen West became the first Republican to join the CBC since 1997....Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, France
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Of football refs, retail politics and an unusually quiet state delegate
Nobody asked me but . . . I was worried about Pat McDonough, the Republican state delegate who represents parts of Harford and Baltimore counties. We hadn't heard from him all week. This was really odd. Usually, when there is mob violence in our...Tags: Sports, Labor Legislation, National Football League Players Association, Football, Career and Workplace
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Obama administration stops deporting young immigrants
In an election-year policy change, the Obama administration said Friday it will stop deporting young illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children if they meet certain requirements. The new policy will cover people younger than...
Tags: Extradition, White House, Deportation, Labor Legislation, Minority Groups
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Obama's immigration move
President Obama's decision to halt the deportation of illegal immigrants who were brought here as children is at best a rough and temporary remedy for a serious problem. I'm not entirely comfortable with the executive branch electing such broad non-...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Politics, Justice System
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Arizona and the new immigration reality
Supporters of Arizona's "show your papers" immigration law take comfort that the Supreme Court upheld the part allowing police to check the immigration status of people they lawfully stop. The Federation for American Immigration Reform called the decision...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants, Mitt Romney, Politics, Labor Legislation
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Patt Morrison Asks: Pocho pundit Lalo Alcaraz
Every presidential campaign turns out to be a quadrennial godsend for editorial cartoonists, but for Lalo Alcaraz, 2012 is a jubilee year. Herman Cain, chowing down at a Miami restaurant, asks, “How do you say ‘delicious' in Cuban?” Newt...Tags: Entertainment, Diego Rivera, Twitter, Inc., White House, College Sports
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Oct 10, 2012
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Oct 3, 2012
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Sep 21, 2012
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Sep 26, 2012
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Jun 15, 2012
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Jun 15, 2012
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Jun 25, 2012
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Feb 4, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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