Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Former Senator Paul Sarbanes, one of the last of an extinct species, a true giant of the Senate, died Sunday at 87. The Maryland Democrat retired in 2006 after 30 years in the Senate and six in the House of Representatives. He was probably the finest mind of his time in the Senate. Others shone brighter in the public eye, but his superb intellect, integrity, tenacity and work ethic set him above.