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  • EDITORIAL: Registering guns in Maryland

    Gun control is a counterproductive waste of money

    Maryland politicians should be focusing on the state's budget crisis. Instead, some lawmakers are wasting the remaining days of the legislative session to pass more gun-control laws. These efforts to limit freedom should be shot down.

  • EDITORIAL: The NRA outshoots Obama

    Liberal poll highlights American dissatisfaction with Democrats

    The National Rifle Association has a higher mean approval rating among likely voters than Barack Obama. This and other fascinating facts emerged from the Democracy Corps/Third Way national security survey released this week. According to its liberal authors, the "sobering" results of the survey provide "a wake-up call for President Obama, his party and progressives on national security."

  • EDITORIAL: Job prospects from Obamanomics

    Democrats are replacing full-time jobs with part-time temporary ones

    Democrats and the liberal media greeted Friday's announcement of a 9.7 percent unemployment rate as great news. Contrary to political propaganda designed to make the economy seem less troubled than it is, the real unemployment situation in America is becoming increasingly dire.

  • EDITORIAL: Express delivery in jeopardy

    The Senate should leave FedEx Express alone

    Beware the manager's amendment. As a warning, that might not sound very startling, but it could be all that stands between consumers and a major disruption of interstate commerce.

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  • EDITORIAL: The NRA outshoots Obama

    The National Rifle Association has a higher mean approval rating among likely voters than Barack Obama. This and other fascinating facts emerged from the Democracy ...

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    Maryland politicians should be focusing on the state's budget crisis. Instead, some lawmakers are wasting the remaining days of the legislative session to pass more ...

  • EDITORIAL: Packing a gun in Starbucks

    If you want to have a nice, relaxing cup of coffee in a safe environment, try Starbucks. The coffee-shop chain, generally known for environmentalist chic, ...

  • EDITORIAL: Job prospects from Obamanomics

    Democrats and the liberal media greeted Friday's announcement of a 9.7 percent unemployment rate as great news. Contrary to political propaganda designed to make the ...

  • EDITORIAL: Express delivery in jeopardy

    Beware the manager's amendment. As a warning, that might not sound very startling, but it could be all that stands between consumers and a major ...

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