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Ed Miller dies at 87; longtime D.A. for San Diego County
Ed Miller, who served as San Diego County district attorney for 24 years and, beginning in the scandal-ridden 1970s, was a major figure in reforming the city's political, business and law enforcement establishment, has died. He was 87. Miller died...
Tags: Dick Murphy, World War II (1939-1945), Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Dartmouth College
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Bush's war, 10 years later
The 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq seems an appropriate time to look back at how it all happened and what it has wrought, not so much for Iraq as for the United States, which poured its own troops, treasure and world reputation into...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Supreme Court must not roll back voting rights
It would be troubling — though perhaps fitting — if Alabama, the state that gave us the Voting Rights Act in 1965 because of its opposition to providing African-American citizens the ability to register and vote, became the state that would...Tags: Government, Minority Groups, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Medicare, State of the Union Address, Crime, Law and Justice
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Who's to blame for our politics? Don't ask
There is a classic "Doonesbury" cartoon, published soon after the Vietnam War ended, in which the antiwar activist Mark Slackmeyer is arguing with his pro-war father. They go back and forth, each blaming the other's politics for everything that's wrong in...
Tags: Iran, Government, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control
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William H. Ginsburg dies at 70; Monica Lewinsky's attorney
William H. Ginsburg, a seasoned medical malpractice attorney who bolted to national prominence in the brutal arena of Washington politics as Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, died Monday at his home in Sherman Oaks. He was 70. The cause was cancer, said his...
Tags: Malpractice, Military Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Army, Personal Service
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Oval Office may be Floridian's home
With each passing day, Jeb Bush looks more and more like a presidential candidate. At this stage, he's striking the obligatory, non-committal tone, but he's just come out with a book on immigration reform, is showing up on radio and TV talk shows, and...Tags: Government, Donald Trump, William Henry Harrison, Herman Cain, Hillary Clinton
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A Dyngus Day for the history books
Forty-five years ago, Bobby Kennedy came to South Bend for the wildest of all Dyngus Days. Kennedy would have been president if he had lived long enough. I was far from sure on that Dyngus Day, as Kennedy campaigned here in a "must win" 1968 Democratic...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Government, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Regional Authority
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5 questions … for outgoing Broadmead CEO Rich Compton
Broadmead, a continuing-care retirement community in Hunt Valley, has "been so much than just a place to work," said retiring CEO Rich Compton. He has served as the company's leader for almost three decades. During that time, his parents came to live...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Literature, Arts and Culture
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InsideMDSports: DE Jeremiah Clarke enjoys Terps spring practice
Special to The Baltimore SunEditor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site. Class of 2014 defensive end Jeremiah Clarke (T.C. Williams) took in a spring practice at Maryland...Tags: Randy Edsall, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Why Democrats must get smarter on entitlements
In a season of depressing budget news, the worst may have been that a majority of U.S. House Democrats signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to oppose any benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlements. That's the...Tags: Medicare, Insurance, Prices, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Government Health Care
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Americans risk losing our most sacred right
It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C. In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It's a no-brainer. Violence against women, all women, is wrong. Only...
Tags: Minority Groups, Civil Rights, U.S. Congress, Texas Legislature, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 1, 2013
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