Provides the latest RSS feeds for US Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Baltimore Star.com http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/cat/09c0947bd4eaa867/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 13:27:40 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:27:40 -0400 30 But many scholars of yoga and religion say it is a non-sectarian practice. Millions of people of varying religious beliefs practice yoga and find that it enhances their spiritual life. Millions of others view it strictly as physical exercise and an aid to mindfulness.Most of them would be baffled at the notion that yoga has anything to do with religion. "People come to our studios to get ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214602415/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:32:04 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214602415/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Beverly Fauvelle, owner of Sun Times tanning salon in West Seattle, says she rarely lets teens use her tanning beds and supports a bill to impose an age limit of 18. (Steven Ringman / The Seattle Times) May, our first sunny warm weather month, is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. People begin spending more time outdoors under sunny skies. Teens look forward to school recesses and summer breaks. In ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214601820/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:31:30 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214601820/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 , the protagonist, an American in her 20s, moves to Moscow shortly after the Cold War. After a few months, she returns to the U.S. a changed woman. Holt, who is 39, also lived in Moscow where she worked as a copywriter at an advertising agency as well as in London and New York. Currently, she resides in Washington, D.C. and writes full time. I asked Holt to make a list of her favorite books about ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214600377/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:35:52 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214600377/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 After a half-year mission at the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield lands in central Kazakhstan on May ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214599437/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:30:32 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214599437/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 America's trust in key public and private institutions has been sliding steeply for the past 20 years. The latest IRS, justice department and Benghazi scandals raging in Washington follow years of declining faith in Congress, banks and news ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598919/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:22:26 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598919/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Has the war on poverty been lost because we hired professional soldiers to fight, but never involved the civilians, the poor, in having a say in their ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598305/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:18:01 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598305/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Winner: The window washer who dressed as Spider Man on Thursday in order to thrill the children who are patients at Primary Children's Medical Center deserves an award. Mimicking the movements of the popular fictional character, he washed the windows of the tall structure and gave the children a thrill, which was, no doubt, exactly what many of them needed that ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598306/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:18:00 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598306/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In a move that likely is unprecedented, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will close all of its public operations on five separate days between now and Aug. 30, telling its employees to stay home on unpaid furlough days. These closings will severely impact taxpayers and IRS employees. On these days, taxpayers will not be able to get help from the IRS on the telephone, nor will the agency's ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598308/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:17:59 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598308/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 As a member of America's communities, please stop and take a moment today, Armed Forces Day, to reflect on the sacrifices made, on your behalf, by our troops. Then, reach out and demonstrate your thanks personally or through a troop-support organization. You can donate in-kind goods for care packages, or ask what they need to continue support of America's military, veterans and the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598307/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:17:59 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598307/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In this March 23, 2010 file photo, Marcelas Owens of Seattle, left, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, and others, look on as President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598309/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:17:58 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598309/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 just approved a change that could require a certain test score for high school graduation.Of course, the standards on the table would include other ways for kids to show competency and escape the K-12 system, and nothing is going to take effect for quite a long time.The bottom line is that Colorado is on track for developing standards that large numbers of kids may not meet. And that would cause ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598310/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214598310/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hopefully, Michigan has taken a small step toward getting out of the booze business with the Senate's passing of three bills that expand the list of places where residents can buy bottles of wine or jugs of beer. The bills, now in the House, should be approved. Getting Gov. Rick Snyder's signature won't be a problem because the legislation is part of his efforts to foster ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596963/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:08:14 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596963/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Editorial Quick Hits: Bail out of booze business Hopefully, Michigan has taken a small step toward getting out of the booze business with the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596962/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:08:13 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596962/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 "Outta' My Mind on a Saturday Moanin'" "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …" Or so it goes in Detroit. It's official. The year 2012 marked Detroit's high point in lows, recording the worst homicide rate in almost 20 years. 386. It could be worse. In fact, it was. There were 686 killings in 1987. Two years after Forbes magazine ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596961/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:08:13 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596961/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Detroit News aims to provide a forum that fosters smart, civil discussions on the news and events that we cover. The News will not condone personal attacks, off topic posts or brutish language on our site. If you find a comment that you believe violates these standards, please click the "X" in the upper right corner of the post to report ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596964/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:08:12 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596964/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Polls during the 2012 campaign consistently showed President Barack Obama with a significant advantage on foreign policy, thanks largely to the killing of Osama bin Laden and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But in recent weeks, Obama's approval on foreign affairs has dropped, reflecting his difficulties in dealing with the Syrian civil war and the concerted ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596960/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:08:12 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596960/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It’s impossible to predict the lasting impact of the controversies now besetting the Obama administration, but the risks to the president’s agenda are sizable.On the legislative front, they could doom the already cloudy prospects for comprehensive immigration reform. The implementation of President Obama’s health care law is also likely to be a bit more challenging. It’s ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596965/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596965/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Massachusetts parents, prepare yourselves: With a 19.6 percent teen unemployment rate heading into the summer of 2013, your jobless kids might be making frequent withdrawals from the Bank of Mom & Dad for their vacation spending cash.There are a number of factors at work: More competition from older job-seekers, for instance, has put young and inexperienced applicants at a competitive ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596966/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596966/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It hasn’t been a great week for the Obama folks, as the scandal du jour tour has firmly taken hold. Every day it seems another federal agency is exposed as having intimidated, snooped, covered up or gone to Vegas on the taxpayer dime. Zimbabwe is even making fun of us.On Jan. 21, 2009, in remarks welcoming his new presidential staff, Barack Obama said: "Let me say it as simply as I ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596967/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596967/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It eventually comes down to who - who at the IRS was responsible for targeting conservative and Tea Party groups for special scrutiny.Because, after all, you can’t put a "system" in jail. You can’t put a report in prison. You can’t indict a department for corruption. At the end of the day it’s people who are responsible for using the enormous powers of the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596968/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:27 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596968/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Boston Marathon bombing showed American courage and spirit as exemplified by the runners, spectators and first responders who, rather than running away from the bombing scene, ran directly into it.Contrast that crisis response with the political effort to solve our chronic economic malaise. For the past five years, President Obama and congressional leaders from both political parties have not ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596969/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:27 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596969/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tonight thousands of New Yorkers will try their luck at the $600 million Powerball jackpot. Most won’t win a dime, but it’ll be OK. Life will go on as normal tomorrow.Not so for the New Yorkers who lost out on a more vital lottery: the 50,000 kids whose dreams of attending a charter school have been crushed.Charter-school organizers this week said 69,000 kids applied for seats in the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596222/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:08:46 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596222/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 William F. Buckley Jr. Williamson was then removed from the theater after the phone-tossing. In so doing, he stayed true to the first principle of civil disobedience: Commit an infraction - no matter how justified - and accept the consequence. Now, we generally don’t advise people to take the law into their own hands. But we sure do understand how a defiant breakdown in social manners could ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596223/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:08:45 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596223/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 DUI bill clears a Senate hurdle; U.S. panel pushes tougher rule ," NWWednesday, May 15]. Because of the harm it can and often does cause, drunken driving is an unforgivable offense. We need more tangible, immediate penalties. I agree with Republican state Sen. Pam Roach that making drunken driving a felony after four convictions is an underwhelming change. In some countries, individuals who ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596224/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:56 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214596224/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 St. Paul from Illinois to be near our children, who like countless others were drawn here for the metropolitan area’s quality of life. We chose to live in the Lowertown neighborhood of downtown. Clearly, downtown St. Paul has a charm few deny, but it also has growing economic problems. Recently, I studied how the city came to the point of breaking ground for a $54 million minor-league ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592939/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:37 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592939/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Arctic, which is melting and thereby creating new shipping routes and access to minerals, poses a foreign policy challenge for the United States and other nations - particularly in the warmer months when once-impassable seas become open. But it’s easy to put off dealing with it. The process is like the annual scramble for summer camp: The need for planning begins around February, when ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592941/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:36 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592941/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 John Kriesel 's young son was hit in the face with a baseball two years ago, the disabled Iraq veteran and former Minnesota legislator brought his boy to the doctor and then in for an MRI scan to rule out a serious brain injury. Thanks to the Pentagon health insurance program for military retirees that Kriesel is currently enrolled in, his out-of-pocket expenses were about $20. But if the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592940/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:35 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592940/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The downturn we call the Great Recession officially started in 2007. But after spending the last two years talking to people who lost jobs, homes or savings during the official recession, I'd argue that the trouble actually started decades earlier. Almost all those I spoke to had already slogged through many years of stagnant or declining hourly wages by the time the recession kicked in. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592942/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:33 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592942/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It is surprising how few drinks can impair a driver’s judgment. A report from the National Transportation Safety Board estimates that alcohol-impaired driving contributes to thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of serious injuries each year. It is right to urge states to reduce that toll by lowering the allowable blood alcohol concentration for drivers from 0.08 percent to 0.05 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592944/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:32 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592944/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Don't buy the spin coming from the Star Tribune Editorial Board ("DFL's day care overreach," May 16). Child-care providers across Minnesota want a union and have delivered 874 handwritten letters to their legislators in support of it. The idea that we are merely on a wish list for the union is demeaning to every provider who has fought so hard for this. The editorial writers ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592943/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:31 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592943/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 HAVE you ever watched a computer geek whip through assorted levels of code and programming, fixing, adjusting, creating technological miracles at the keyboard? When I see this, I sometimes think, what would these guys be doing if there were no computers? It’s fascinating. Dormant superpowers were buried within their minds, just waiting for opportunities to unfold. Then I look at the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592946/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:24:12 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592946/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and some Republican colleagues are dishonoring the memory of those killed in Benghazi by making a political circus out of their deaths, writes Trudy ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592945/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:24:10 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214592945/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Ah, if only all summers could be like June, July and August 1740 -- when three young guys (and a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old) did a science experiment that startled the world. In those days, you could do biology without a fancy diploma. More people could play. That spring, the hot book -- the one everyone was reading -- was a gorgeously illustrated volume about insects by the French naturalist ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214591820/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:26:20 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214591820/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 network upfronts week , we talk in this episode about the cancellation of shows, including the ones that came and went that we honestly can hardly remember as well as the ones -- like ABC's delightful, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214591821/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:26:20 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214591821/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 On Wednesday, legislators discussed whether Utah's attorney general position should be appointed or elected.The issue was brought to members of the Legislature's government operations and interim committee by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, mostly in response to the current federal investigation of Attorney General John Swallow.Weiler argues that appointment into the position would ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214591822/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:29 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214591822/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 . They discuss controversial IRS audits, the release of White House emails on Benghazi talking points and the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590547/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:17:15 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590547/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Residents discuss Common Core concerns at meeting LEHI -- For all that has been discussed about Common Core standards and assessments in education, Lisa Simons was still scratching her head ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590548/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:13:11 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590548/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 LEHI -- For all that has been discussed about Common Core standards and assessments in education, Lisa Simons was still scratching her head ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590549/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:13:09 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590549/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The following editorial appeared recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer: Obama administration is starting to make extraordinary abuses of power look ordinary. Hard on the heels of the revelation of an IRS crackdown on conservative groups comes news that federal prosecutors orchestrated a roundup of journalists' telephone records, leaving yet another set of federal boot prints on the First ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590550/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:03 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214590550/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Woody Sullivan shows off the sundial on the ceiling of his garage. An artist drew the ceiling lines after Sullivan calculated the angles. To reflect sunlight onto the dial, he mounted a mirror on the windowsill. Sullivan had a hand in creating half of the 26 or so public sundials in this area. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times) At a time when most of the news items express all the negative sides ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214587946/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:41:26 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214587946/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 From scandals involving the IRS, to spirited Benghazi hearings, it's been a tough week for the Obama administration. But will this bad week really have further political fallout? Guest host Celeste Headlee checks in with the barbershop ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214584785/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:19:04 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214584785/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lisa Hamm, center, sister of slain Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl, reacts after a Snohomish County jury decided to recommend the death penalty for Biendl’s killer, Byron Scherf. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) I was in the Monroe prison when Byron Scherf murdered Jayme Biendl. I was released six months later, having served 30 years ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214584786/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:04:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214584786/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Senator failed to report sex abuse ," NWThursday, May 9]. Our elected officials are supposed to stand up for what's fair and just in order to protect our community. When does protecting your own kin come before that of thy neighbor? I think Hatfield struggled with a moral dilemma in February when he discovered his son had raped a young girl in their family home. He was voted into ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583208/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:45:43 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583208/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 China, Japan, India, Italy, South Korea and Singapore hardly leap to mind when the Arctic is mentioned, but each country hotly pursued permanent observer status on the Arctic Council. The scramble to attach themselves to the council, where the senior leadership meets every two years, is an indication of the dramatic changes and perceived opportunities that climate change is bringing to the top ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583207/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:45:43 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583207/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 While the $325,000 cultured-beef burgers may eventually benefit the environment in terms of water, land and energy use, they will not help feed the 2.5 million children who will die this year because of hunger, nor it will they help revive the hunger-induced stunted development of 200 million kids ["$325,000 burger, all beef, created in lab," News, May 14]. The immediate help could ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583209/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:45:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583209/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 This has been one of the most challenging weeks at the White House for the Obama administration. Could all of this hurt Hillary Clinton in 2016? One comedian has a response. Watch, vote for your favorite ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583210/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:45:21 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214583210/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 found his faith through the Internet. But his is no fly-by-night cult. His adopted community of practicing Jews numbers 30,000, with a fully functioning network of synagogues dotted around Nigeria. They claim an ancient Jewish heritage dating back centuries, when Jews were said to have made their way to the region via Ethiopia and Sudan. That claim, Lieberman shows, can't be definitively ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581754/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581754/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk wastes little time establishing that Gang-do (Lee Jeong-jin) won't be pleasant company. We discover the protagonist of Kim's gritty, moody drama Pieta grunting his way through intimate relations with his pillow, falling asleep, then waking up and wandering to a bathroom covered in entrails left over from last night's fish dinner, which he brushes away ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581751/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581751/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 , you know that there, Fitzgerald Grant is the President of the United States, and that he goes by "Fitz." Now "Fitz," let's face it, is already a pretty punchable name, given that combined with his personality, it makes him sound like somebody with a beanie and a lot of polo shirts grew up, got even richer, had a son, and taught him how to give swirlies to the math team. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581750/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581750/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Many arms, one robot: the business end of the da Vinci system is seen in this media handout image from the manufacturer. Eight days from now, I'll meet my robot surgeon for the first time. His name is da Vinci, and he'll be at work inside my body for about 4.5 hours. I can't wait. On May 6, I was diagnosed with a rare form ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581753/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:41 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581753/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 may or may not feature a cameo from Steve Carell. There have been denials of an appearance from him that could be read as emphatic or tiptoeing, depending on whether you focus on the obvious implications of those denials or the technicalities that might allow for wiggle room. But either way, it's over after tonight. The general trajectory is well known, but to recap: Ricky Gervais and ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581752/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:41 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214581752/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 "When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," Tsarnaev wrote, saying the bombings were in retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq. Like most zealots he, of course, conveniently ignores the countless instances in which U.S. lives were put on the line to save Muslim lives. He must have missed those discussions at Cambridge Rindge & Latin.But it was his ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214580526/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:19 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214580526/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 "I do not know why that was or was not done," the attorney general told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. "I simply don’t have a factual basis to answer that question."Notice his answer isn’t just "I don’t know why we didn’t notify the AP as required by law." It’s "I don’t know whether we did or not."This ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214579455/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:55:31 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214579455/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867