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  • Boy Scouts’ gay ban

    James Oliver, left, stands behind his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as he makes comments during a news conference in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Scouts and their families have delivered a petition to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters urging an end to a policy banning gay scouts and leaders from the organization. (Tony ...

  • Seattle marijuana zoning just words on paper without enforcement

    Seattle City Council’s proposed marijuana zoning rules would have been great a year ago. But as I was sitting in on a City Hall news conference yesterday, I wondered how what difference it would really ...

  • Mental illness manual no bible Column

    bipolar disorder with psychotic features . He has been prescribed a cornucopia of medications. One psychiatrist put him on an anti-psychotic that the next doctor called a placebo. Another prescribed a medication that made his condition worse.Unlike many other physical ailments, there are no acceptable scientific tests that can pinpoint mental disorders. A blood test won't tell doctors which ...

  • Carroll Countys gun law nullification fantasy

    Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's council kicked off the trend with a resolution stating its intent that no county resources be used to enforce the law. Harford took a ...

  • Inspiring greatness from black graduates

    Although the vast majority of black children complete high school, most do not complete college. Many first-generation college students have fewer financial, family and community resources to persist through the more challenging aspects of college, such as dealing with financial obligations, meeting academic requirements and finding opportunities for postbaccalaureate ...


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Movie Review

Glory [Blu-Ray]

Glory [Blu-Ray]

Edward Zwicks Glory is one of the great war films and perhaps the greatest film ever made about the American Civil War. While there are dozens of films stretching back to the silent era that are either about the Civil War or use the war as a historical backdrop, Glory was the first to ... ...

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  • Whos stealing government flowers

    Not so on federal land. The flowers in Washington’s many parks are government property and the feds take just as dim a view of that as trying to drive off in an F-16. (The irony is that when it comes time to replace, say, the tulips, the National Park Service will give away the bulbs to people passing by because it’s cheaper to buy new ones each spring rather than store the old bulbs ...

  • What others sayObamas forgotten victims

    New York Times columnist Mirza Shahzad Akbar speaks out about the forgotten victims of president Obama's use of drones in the war on ...

  • Commentary claims liberals are shocked by Obama administration

    ';Like Captain Renault, liberals are now shocked, shocked to discover Obama & Co. have been using intimidating tactics.'; Or at least that’s the claim Peter Wehner makes in his recent piece ...

  • Ballard fights against bike policy

    A Plan B for the 'missing link,' Opinion, May 16]. One of the first things I learned was to cross at a 90-degree angle. Even to a 10-year-old, this is not rocket science. But it seems to be beyond the capabilities of the adult bicyclists of Seattle, who are demanding their own red carpet through Ballard. Remember, these are people who are not required to register their bicycles, ...

  • What others say Teachers show heroics during Oklahoma tornado

    Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ...

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