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Allan Powell: Historic judgments need repeated
The sordid results of Senate voting on April 17 reflect clearly the loss of common sense and the courage to stand up to the political clout of the National Rifle Association. When the vote count became public, two thoughts came to mind. First was the word...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, National Rifle Association of America, Litigation and Regulation, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Lloyd Waters: No political apathy in Ohio, Baltimore or D.C.
No doubt political apathy is on the rise. More people seem to be avoiding politics and not voting these days. Maybe we should send a committee out to Ohio to study the voting patterns of that state. Perhaps there’s a fix. Although I didn’t...Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Barack Obama
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Norwegians are my kind of people
timr@herald-mail.comTen years ago I was sitting in a hut in a remote outpost in Norway with a dozen members of my New York-based mountaineering club and a beyond-stoic Norwegian guide by the name of Bjorn. The majority of the club members on that particular evening had...Tags: Entertainment, Television, Television Industry, Norway
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Army judge accepts guilty pleas in WikiLeaks case
Bradley Manning, the Army private arrested in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history, pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 charges that could send him to prison for 20 years, saying he was trying to expose the American military’s “...
Tags: Trials, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Abusive Behavior, Judges
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Committee meets to discuss Nora Roberts Institute at HCC
The advisory committee for the Nora Roberts Writing Institute at Hagerstown Community College recently held a planning meeting at Dan’s Restaurant and Tap House in Boonsboro. Best-selling author Nora Roberts welcomed the group at the beginning...
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HCC to offer Nora Roberts Writing Institute
Hagerstown Community College has signed an agreement with author Nora Roberts to create the Nora Roberts Writing Institute at HCC. The first conference will be Aug. 2 and 3. “We are thrilled to be able to form a partnership with Nora Roberts in... -
Online course requirement worth a look
The New York Times editorialized this week that colleges should be slow to offer online courses. This is precisely why the Maryland General Assembly should be fast in acting on a bill sponsored by local lawmakers that would force high school students to...
Tags: High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Customs and Tradition, Colleges and Universities, Students
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Olympic 'Blade Runner' Pistorius charged in girlfriend's murder
Associated PressParalympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs....Tags: Television Industry, Africa, Social Media, Abusive Behavior, South Africa
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Super Bowl ad featuring Paul Harvey scores a TD
So I sit down to my computer Monday morning after the Super Bowl and within a few minutes I am pleasantly surprised by what I missed by not watching the game. I know it might make many of you think I am un-American, but I have no interest in NFL...
Tags: Entertainment, Paul Harvey, Football, Satellite Technology, YouTube
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Cats clawing their way to major threat status
timr@herald-mail.comCats kill things. Pretty sure I knew that already. But it took a study from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service to confirm the notion. The news is that U.S. cats kill more wildlife than people thought: 2.4...Tags: Science and Technology, NBC (tv network)
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Lloyd Waters: Detroit city ... a town going bust
Do you remember the lines of the old Bobby Bare song? “Home folks think I’m big in Detroit city, From the letters that I write they think I’m fine, But by day I make the cars, by night I make the bars, If only they could read between... -
Letters to the Editor - Jan. 14
MLK supper an opportunity for service To the editor: I am a student at Kaplan University who is interning at Volunteer Washington County. I will be hosting an MLK Day Supper at the Boys & Girls Club on Jan. 17. Planning this event has been a great...Tags: Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Personal Weapon Control, CBS Corp., Politics
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