Opinion
The harm of disparate impact
Local columns
Google settled a racial bias lawsuit for $50 million. Merrill Lynch paid $20 million. Maryland taxpayers will have to pay $3 million to make a racial discrimination suit go away. "This is ridiculous! Taxpayers should not be on the hook for this!" complains Heather Mac Donald, author of "When ...
Putin rejects some parts of proposal to end Ukraine war
Local columns
Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off. U.S. President Donald Trump has set in motion the most intense diplomatic push to stop ...
Almanac for Dec. 5, 2025
Local columns
Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025. There are 26 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first Black president, died at age 95. Also on this date: In 1848, in an address to Congress, President ...
Holiday blues an issue for many people
Editorial
The holiday season is in full swing in the region and elsewhere. Lots of shopping, recreating, meeting and eating going on and generally people’s moods are upbeat and positive. Bud not everyone. The holiday blues beset a significant number of people each year. Feelings of sadness, anxiety, ...
