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Recession the fault of the poor? Not exactly
That's right, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., blame the subprime crisis on poor people ("Did we learn from subprime crisis?" April 21). Government over-extension of housing funds to marginal buyers is only one small part of why the crisis occurred. Instead, let'...
Tags: Insurance, Politics, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning
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Baltimore Catholic schools: stronger, but still in need of help
It has been nearly three years since my predecessor, Cardinal Edwin O'Brien, and the Blue Ribbon Committee on Catholic Schools released the Strategic Plan for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Since that time, enrollment declines have been...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, William E. Lori, School Examinations, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Did we learn anything from the subprime loan crisis?
A dangerous confluence of recent business stories have been attention grabbers. First, the Obama administration announced an initiative to ensure more home loans for those with weak credit. Then, a number of prominent economists issued forecasts...
Tags: Loans, Civil Rights, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Mortgages
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Seeking a comeback for Catholic education
As many of you know, I was born and raised in solidly working class Arbutus. My family's Protestantism qualified us as an anomaly; the majority of the neighborhood kids were Catholic. Most attended local Catholic schools such as Ascension, Our Lady of...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religious Education, Media Industry, Schools, Public Schools
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With session over, it's fundraising season
With the season for legislating over in Maryland as of last Monday, the season for raising cash for campaigns has begun. For the next nine months, until the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis Jan. 8, candidates for the legislature, governorship and...
Tags: Verna L. Jones-Rodwell, Government, Ken Ulman, Democratic Party, Primaries
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O'Malley's record on taxes and fees
It looks like our governor is batting 1.000 in this year's General Assembly — and that lawmakers are falling all over themselves to make sure his agenda gets passed so the liberal media can see all the wonderful things he's done as he prepares to...
Tags: Vehicles, Government, Executive Branch, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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We're a nation of dependents, all right — dependent on rich corporations for jobs that pay a living wage
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. writes about "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). But if the programs of the New Deal and the Great Society have been less than successful, it should be noted that the lack of funding from "big government" has...
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Politics, Taxation, Personal Income, Annapolis
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Trade Dispute, Social Security, Economic Organization, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
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Understanding the deep roots of entitlement woes
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Sunday columns are usually thought-provoking, but not always in the way he intended. His latest opinion piece laments the vastly expanded entitlement economy — what he calls "a European-style welfare state" ("...
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Labor Legislation, Health Insurance Cost, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Whatever happened to our inclusive, 'big tent' political parties?
As a post-World War II political activist, candidate, office holder and Republican supporter for the past 67 years, I have always believed in the two-party system of Republicans and Democrats. I believe in a political system consisting of "big tent"...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Health reform's changes stir worries as they take shape in Md.
State lawmakers put finishing touches last week on plans to apply federal health care reforms in Maryland come Jan. 1. But who becomes newly insured — and at what cost —still worries stakeholders as the state speeds toward becoming one of...
Tags: Anthony G. Brown, Government Health Care, Kathleen Sebelius, Government, Advertising
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Ehrlich's name-calling is no substitute for reasoned argument
A website gaining popularity among 20- and 30-somethings mostly features 1990s nostalgia pieces and "listicles" (short articles organized in the form of a list, e.g., "100 Ways to Have Fun"). Apparently it has been the inspiration for many of...
Tags: Loans, Personal Service, Barack Obama
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