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Mail call - March 18
“To the Hagerstown caller, about President Obama and oil prices and gas prices: Obama doesn’t have a magic wand to wave. If you want to complain, complain about the Republican House. They’re the ones who like to give all the oil...Tags: Entertainment, Jeb Bush, Punishment, Arts and Culture, Elections
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Letters to the Editor - March 17
Lincoln most certainly would not be a Democrat To the editor: Screenwriter Tony Kushner, for the movie “Lincoln,” and Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of the book “Team of Rivals,” on which the movie was based, suggested that if...Tags: Bankruptcy, Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Ben Cardin: Domestic violence still an important issue
March is Women’s History Month, a time we usually celebrate or honor a specific woman in history. This year, I would like to do something different. I would like to focus on domestic violence, an issue that has received a lot of attention in...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Domestic Violence, Abusive Behavior, Politics, U.S. Senate
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W.Va. GOP chief confident his party will retain Capito's seat on Congress
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comWest Virginia Republican Party state Chairman Conrad Lucas said Tuesday he is “completely confident” the GOP will hold Shelley Moore Capito’s seat in Congress when she runs for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Since Capito announced her...Tags: Shelley Moore Capito, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Elections, Steve Harrison, Republican Party
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'No wonder they call us the Forgotten War': Federal budget cuts threaten Korean War anniversary event
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Pentagon official told local Korean War veterans Wednesday that federal budget cuts known as sequestration might have a negative impact on plans to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. U.S. Army Col. Dave Clark made the remarks...Tags: International Military Interventions, Washington, DC, Veterans Affairs, Wars and Interventions, American Legion
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Journalists look like flakes after storm that wasn't
This is what I love about U.S. journalism. We could waste our time getting to the bottom of the Fast and Furious weapons scandal, expose the agro-chemical industry for poisoning our babies or bring shame to Congress for failing to perform even the...
Tags: Television Stations, Television Industry, Natural Disasters
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Common ground in W.Va. politics: Guns
The West Virginia Legislature has had a few partisan clashes this session, but one issue seems to be uniting Democrats and Republicans: gun rights. Congress and some states are considering assault weapon bans and similar measures in response to recent...Tags: Laws, National Government, Government, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court
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Mail Call - March 11
“In answer to the caller saying Maryland’s murder rate is 47 percent higher than in Pennsylvania: Just wait until the passage of the bill to legalize marijuana, which was introduced in the House, Maryland House, by Del. Anderson of Baltimore....Tags: Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Republican Party
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GOP lawmakers welcome Obama overtures on budget battle
Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Obama’s courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans’ jobs at risk....
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Jeb Bush, Government, Timothy M. Kaine, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Tom Clemens edits second volume of work of Civil War general Ezra Carman
Name: Thomas G. Clemens Age: 62 City in which you reside: Keedysville Day job: retired professor emeritus, Hagerstown Community College; licensed Battlefield Guide at Antietam; president, Save Historic Antietam Inc., a battlefield preservation...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Teachers, National Government, Government, Antietam National Battlefield
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Mail Call - March 8
“Just sitting here reading my Monday paper, and I see where Elizabeth Paul writes this article about this wonderful Obama and how wonderful he is and what he’s done, and I could only read about half of the column, and it just saddens me that...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Productivity, Gun Control, Republican Party, Petroleum Industry
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George Michael: Sequester flip-flop
Assigning responsibility for the sequestration “crisis” is a tricky business. The president has been doing a great job blaming the Republicans. But there’s a question about Obama’s role in the whole affair. Watergate star...Tags: White House, Harry Reid, Mitt Romney, Politics, U.S. Senate
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