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People can decry horrible mass shootings all they want but this country's attachment to guns and gun violence is now part of our identity.

Lovers of music owe a special debt to the Baltimore postal worker who introduced Cyrus Chestnut to the piano. That single act — a father bestowing the gift of music on his son in the 1960s — resulted in the creation of some of the best improvisational jazz and spiritual renderings of the last 30 years. McDonald Chestnut, a self-taught pianist and organist who played in Baptist churches in Baltimore and Bel Air, Maryland, died last week of pneumonia at 85. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Flossie Chestnut, and his son, one of the top jazz pianists in the world. “My father...

Dan Rodricks recent criticism of Orioles slugger ignores the tremendous good that he and his wife have done for youngsters with heart problems.

State Roundup: Some GOP lawmakers prefer Schulz over Steele for governor A view of the offshore wind farm from Block Island, RI. The windmills are 3.8 miles off shore; those just approved off of Martha's Vineyard will be three times further out in the ocean, 12 miles. Photo by Val Stori, Clean Energy Group with Flickr Creative Commons License GOP LAWMAKERS SAY THEY’d BACK SCHULZ OVER STEELE FOR GOV: Several of Maryland’s Republican lawmakers said that they would back state Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz’s campaign for governor in a prospective primary contest between Schulz and Michael...

Ernst Valery said his resume and long list of accomplishments proved meaningless when he went with his wife to deposit a $3 million check.