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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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Clear-Eyed Capitalists Take Baltimore Investment Community Into the Future

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Fishbowl - By Michael Yockel - Jul. 28 (Interview) - Meet five local financial leaders armed with enough savvy, innovation, and responsibility to make us feel semi-optimistic about the economic future.

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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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My Baltimore's Next: Beth Falcone

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

Bmore Media - By Beth Falcone - Jul. 26 (Opinion) - As Baltimore continues to transform from a manufacturing economy to a service-based one, we must continue to attract an educated base of young people with skills suited for the knowledge-based future rather than the manufacturing-based past. Our innovative nonprofits attract such residents to Baltimore.

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Despite education acclaim, Maryland faces workforce development challenges

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Donald C. Fry - Jul. 22 (Opinion) - Virtually anyone who reads a newspaper or watches television news in our state knows that Maryland’s public schools are ranked first in the nation and have received that ranking from Education Week magazine for three years in a row. However, despite high rankings for public schools and its renowned public and private higher education resources, our state faces compelling workforce development challenges.

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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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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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Is "Fair Share" a Raw Deal for State Workers?

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Fishbowl - By Robert M. O'Brien - Jul. 06 (Opinion) - According to a recent article in the Baltimore Sun, the Fair Share Act, passed by the state legislature two years ago, will take effect this month. The bill allows state employee unions to collect dues from non-union employees, arguing that non-members have reaped many of the benefits of the unions' collective bargaining without paying dues.

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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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Silencing critics – Baltimore’s approach to free speech?

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

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - Jul. 05 (Opinion) - The right of assembly in a public place and the right of a free press – principles we celebrated yesterday over hot dogs and baked beans seemed to be under attack even before city officials took the extraordinary step of ejecting Tom Kiefaber from the Board of Estimates meeting last week.

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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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WHY DO WE KILL? - The murder of Melody Smith

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Investigative Voice - By Kelvin Sewell, Stephen Janis - Jul. 02 (Opinion) - What does it mean to be a cop? And why do we have a criminal justice system at all? Who are we supposed protect? The innocent? the helpless?

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McDaniel’s Casey: Twenty-somethings bring a different culture to the workplace

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center Maryland - By Donald C. Fry - Jul. 01 (Opinion) - One of the best ways to get a sense of today’s changing workplace is to understand that American workers have evolved from the “live to work” attitude of the World War II and baby boomer generations to the “work to live” philosophy of today’s twenty-something millennial generation.

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Getting it Straight

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

Urbanite - By Marc Steiner - Jun. 30 (Interview) - Tona Brown and Rahne Alexander are both musicians and singers. They share something else, too: Both were born male. by Marc Steiner Tona Brown and Rahne Alexander met for the first time when Marc Steiner invited them to take part in an interview for his namesake talk radio program and for Urbanite, but these women have much in common. They share something else, too: Both were born male.

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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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The Glover Report: WBAL TV 11 Reported 100th Murder of 2011 in Baltimore Tuesday is same number as 2010

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

BMORENEWS - By Doni Glover - Jun. 30 (Opinion) - If you believe crime is less – given that WBAL TV 11 reported last night on the 100th murder Tuesday evening – right on target with this time last year, send Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake back to City Hall.

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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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Did Our Mayor Get a Makeover?

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

Baltimore Fishbowl - By Rachel Monroe - Jun. 28 (Opinion) - It's true (if sad) that politicians -- especially, it seems, female politicians -- often have their appearances picked apart and obsessed over. Combine this with the culture wars over black women's hair, and you've got a tricky situation for women in the public eye.

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Never Let the Bad Guys Win –- Ever!

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

Lame Excuses - By Joe Challmes - Jun. 28 (Opinion) - I’ve never through of myself as vulnerable. Certainly not as an soft mark for a predator looking to pluck easy cash from someone who on the surface appears “helpless.” So I was stunned last week when out of the blue a mid-30’s, stocky, black male who was fairly well dressed tried to intimidate me into just handing over my money to him.

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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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Guess Who's Benefitted From The Economic Crisis

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Mobtown Shank - By Mobtown Shank - Jun. 24 (Opinion) - The rich not only made their money back after the economic collapse, but have also increased their wealth. This is what class war looks like.

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Interviews From Baltimore Pride 2011

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Indypendent Reader - By Daniel Staples - Jun. 23 (Interview) - This year's Baltimore Pride celebration drew out a large crowd, with sunny weather and a packed schedule of activities for the three day event. Dozens of organizations and businesses participated in this year's parade on Saturday, including Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and her entourage near the beginning of the parade.

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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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