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Gay Marriage To Be Voted On In Four States

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:15:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Oct. 09 - By Edith Honan NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - When Nathan Meyer calls voters who are undecided about same-sex marriage, he talks about his parents' marriage and how he sees it as a model for what he hopes to have -- before he mentions that he and his boyfri

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Capitalism vs. the Climate

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:41:00 -0800

The Nation - By Naomi Klein, The Nation - Nov. 09 - There is a question from a gentleman in the fourth row. He introduces himself as Richard Rothschild. He tells the crowd that he ran for county commissioner in Maryland’s Carroll County because he had come to the conclusion that policies to combat global

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Why do we kill?

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Investigative Voice - By Alan Z. Forman - Jul. 29 (Opinion) - he excessively high murder rate in Baltimore will not decrease significantly until “the borders of the city are opened up to the state,” a forum filmed and aired live online by C-SPAN was told Thursday evening by the publisher of Investigative Voice and a retired chief homicide detective who addressed an overflow gathering at the independent bookstore Atomic Books in Hampden.

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Nightmare Scenario

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Josh Kurtz - Jul. 26 (Opinion) - Immediately after a statewide election, the annual J. Millard Tawes crab feast in Crisfield doesn’t take on the political magnitude it does most other years. Still, a glimmer of the campaigns to come can be found.

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Gerrymandering is Bad, Regardless of Which Party Does It!

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Freestater Blog - By Todd Eberly - Jul. 18 (Opinion) - I want to thank the Washington Post for inviting me to write a column on redistricting for their Sunday edition. It was an opportunity for me to write about an issue that I care for a great deal. As I've been reading reader comments and e-mails I decided that I should follow up a bit on the issue and address (though indirectly) some of the reader comments.

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With Eye on White House, O'Malley Shifts Tactics

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Freestater Blog - By Todd Eberly - Jul. 13 (Opinion) - The Washington Post is reporting that Governor Martin O'Malley is considering whether to sponsor legislation in the 2012 Legislative Session that would legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland. O'Malley was largely silent on the issue when it was considered, and defeated, during the 2011 session.

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The Machine Strikes Back for State Center

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Mark Newgent - Jul. 12 (Opinion) - The machine is pushing back against the Maryland Public Policy Institute’s blistering critique of the $1.5 billion State Center boondoggle. MPPI pegs the cost of phase one to taxpayers at $127 million.

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O'Malley's Whopper

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Mark Newgent - Jul. 11 (Opinion) - At the Bel Air Independence Day Parade Governor O’Malley told Patch.com, after roughing up a few straw men opponents of the MD DREAM Act, “I’ve had to cut the state budget by more than any governor in Maryland history...”

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New jobs data is sending Maryland a message

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Donald C. Fry - Jul. 08 (Opinion) - Maryland’s employment data for May, recently released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, has to be disheartening for state elected leaders who pledged to focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs” before the last election.

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Suburban/urban carbon footprints, the agricultural industry, and us

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

sarahsaysblog.com - By Sarah - Jul. 07 (Opinion) - It's logical to think that people who live in cities have a smaller carbon footprint.

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Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Josh Kurtz - Jul. 05 (Opinion) - The logjam of ambitious legislators who would like to eventually replace Miller and Busch – or move up the legislative food chain even a little – gets bigger and more desperate with every passing year.

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The Republican Idea To Texas-ize Maryland

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Mobtown Shank - Jul. 05 (Opinion) - When Republicans say they want Maryland to become more like Texas, what are they really saying?

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Job Losses In Maryland Have Many Fathers- Lawsuits Are One

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Todd D. Lamb - Jun. 30 (Opinion) - Recently, the Baltimore Sun editorial team put the best spin it could on the State’s less than stellar job creation performance. Indeed, the numbers are so pathetic even the Sun can’t make them look acceptable.

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Why Block Granting Medicaid Will Work

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Mark Newgent - Jun. 29 (Opinion) - Block granting Medicaid would force Maryland to spend its Medicaid dollars more wisely. Currently, O'Malley has pursued an untenable policy of expanding the program while simultaneously trying to constrain costs. Medicaid spending will consume 20 percent of Maryland's $34 billion 2012 budget. A curious course for a costly program that provides sub-par care.

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A Triple Play of Political Shame

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Josh Kurtz - Jun. 28 () - What do you get when the Andrea Doria meets the Titanic? You get Newt Gingrich speaking to the Maryland Republican Party! That’s not entirely fair. It disrespects doomed luxury liners everywhere.

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State Board of Elections OKs CASA to take DREAM Act Petitions to Kinko's

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Michael Smigiel - Jun. 27 (Opinion) - Delegate Parrott called to tell me of a new problem he was having with the State Election Board wanting to allow the illegal immigrant support group, CASA de Maryland, (CASA) to take possession of the 67,000 petition signatures so they could be copied at a local copy center.

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Redistricting Starts at Home

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Brian Griffiths - Jun. 26 (Opinion) - We've spent some time both on the blog and on Red Maryland Radio discussing various aspects of redistricting. Most of our time though has been spent on congressional and statewide legislative redistricting. However, those aren't the only lines which are up for consideration this year.

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Top Five Future Republican-Inspired Election Day Robo-Call Messages Targeted at Baltimore Voters

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Ben Claassen III - Jun. 22 (Cartoon) - When you go to vote, remember your passport or you will be arrested by Homeland Security and deported to Mexico. No exceptions!

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ACLU strongly supports online petitions if it serves their agenda

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Ann Miller - Jun. 21 (Opinion) - The ACLU has begun the process of challenging the online petition forms being used in Maryland to bring to referendum the controversial Dream Act, SB167.

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Josh Kurtz: White Prince George’s

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Josh Kurtz - Jun. 21 (Opinion) - vestiges of another time – when whites were in the majority and held all the political power (and had a monopoly on unseemliness) are still in evidence.

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Another One Bites The Dust

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore OUTloud - By Dana LaRocca - Jun. 18 (Opinion) - Ever since the organization began in 1990 under the name of Free State Justice it has been the only major player in the once grand stratagem of LGBT advocacy in Maryland.

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Red Maryland Radio: 6-16-2011

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Red Maryland - By Brian Murphy, Andrew Langer - Jun. 16 (Opinion) - Take a listen to this week's episode, featuring: Brian Murphy discussing Daniel Bongino's U.S. Senate Campaign; andAndrew Langer, discussing his new small business initiative.

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Josh Kurtz: A DREAM Denied?

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Josh Kurtz - Jun. 14 (Opinion) - How many in my daughter’s graduating class of 600-plus students are children of illegal immigrants? It’s hard to say. But considering the neighborhood demographics, there are bound to be several.

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Maryland’s job growth data delivers a sobering business climate reality check

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Donald Fry - Jun. 13 (Opinion) - Economist Anirban Basu needed only two words last week to describe, for members of Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA), his assessment of Maryland’s post-recession job creation performance: “extremely disappointing.”

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Help TruthSquad do factchecking in Baltimore

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

craigconnects.org - By Craig Newmark - Jun. 13 (Opinion) - Hey, it’s up to us to do the factchecking that we see little of, in TV or newspapers. The folks at Truthsquad are pioneering local fact-checking, with a pilot that examines Gov. O’ Malley’s claim about Maryland public schools.

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