baltimoresun.com - Commentary

America's leadership deficit

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Tired old ideas won't fix our problems

Tired old ideas won't fix our problems

Don't look to 'Twilight' series for strong female role models

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

N - If you've been spending time in proximity to teenage girls recently, there's a strong chance you've heard about "New Moon" and Edward Cullen. Edward is the undead hero of the best-selling young adult fantasy/romance "Twilight" series. He's reached heartthrob status in a major way, and he's done it while refusing to devour, or sleep with, the story's heroine. And now "New Moon," the second book in the series, is coming to a movie theater near you.

Fewer screenings doesn't pass smell test

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I 'm ashamed to say that I didn't see this one coming.

Strangers – or neighbors

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Can Baltimoreans still interact with people they don't know?

M y wife and I and our dog attended my aunt's funeral recently. We drove from our home in Washington early Sunday morning to the funeral home and then joined family and friends at the cemetery. My wife and I were both born in Baltimore (delivered by the same obstetrician), but she left when she was 1.

Another idea to save the a-rabs: Broaden their appeal

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A s stated here previously, I support a new deal for the a-rabs of Baltimore, so that this tradition of horse- and pony-drawn street vendors continues as part of the urban food-delivery system and as a tourist delight. Others think it's a failed business model with too many problems. I asked Jim Kucher, executive director of entrepreneurship programs at the University of Baltimore, for his thoughts. (The University of Baltimore chapter of Students in Free Enterprise has elected to take on this project.)

Sarah Palin doesn't speak for me

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An evangelical soccer mom parts ways with the GOP star

An evangelical Christian parts ways with the GOP star

Pelosi and Reid's health-care monsters

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

J ust before Halloween, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her latest Obamacare proposal: H.R. 3962, a 2,000-page legislative monster. On Nov. 7, the bill narrowly passed in the House by a vote of 220 to 215. If enacted into law, Ms. Pelosi's creation would do the following:

Opportunities abound in Indian prime minister's visit to U.S.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

N ext week, India's prime minister will be the first international leader to make an official state visit to the United States since President Barack Obama's inauguration. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit affirms that, while Washington is preoccupied with other countries - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and North Korea - the strategic partnership with India furthers several U.S. foreign policy objectives.

As Dixon trial nears end, a demand for 'equal justice'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:00 -0500

I am sticking with my instinct: Lindbergh Carpenter Jr. could turn out to be the most effective witness for the prosecution in State v. Dixon. It wasn't so much the testimony he presented, because certainly that of the Baltimore developer Patrick Turner was the most damaging. But Lindbergh Carpenter gave the state an opportunity to remind the attentive jury in Circuit Court East of a principle engraved in the Supreme Court building in Washington and resonant in the memory of every American who paid attention in civics class: Equal Justice Under The Law.

Look homeward, NASA

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The agency's Earth-science budget has been slashed at a time when it is most needed

The agency's Earth-science budget has been slashed at a time when it is most needed