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I visited Howard County's annual celebration of Maryland wine for the very first time Saturday. I am no wine connoisseur, but I love a festival, and I had heard much

Citizens call for President Obama to close Guantánamo Bay. ( Bill Hughes)  For all the rhetoric associated with a naval base, there’s something absurd about Guantánamo. It’s an absurdity so

Not only have over 12 million homeowners faced losing their homes to foreclosure or selling underwater homes, commonly due to loss of jobs or business but millions in this

To some it’s just a civilian revolt with Syrian citizens fighting for their livelihood and freedom. To others it’s a glaring concern for   a stockpile of chemical weapons at

Massive glaciers entombed the earth about 2.6 million years ago – or so we thought! The latest ice age actually began less than 5,000 years ago, two scientists argue in

“Future generations will marvel at us.” They will marvel at our national security, immigration reform and our advances in technology, but above all they will marvel at the way we

Edgar Allan Poe had a fascination for cryptography. And he was certainly not the only one, because in his time cryptography played an important role in society. There was

(President Bush awards Margaret Thatcher with the United States Presidential Freedom Award  in 1991. Public Domain.) "To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I

On March 20 I was fortunate to read a report on the Government Information Services (GIS) Grenada Facebook page, which gave a comprehensive and accurate account of the World