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Donnelly, Barno & Bensahel: Biden has lifted the military ‘trans ban.’ But there’s more work to do.

President Biden on Monday fulfilled one of his earliest campaign pledges, to lift the restrictions on military service for openly transgender Americans. By doing so, he restored a basic right of citizenship — to volunteer to defend the Constitution — to those who had been deprived of it. But he also restored a small but important measure of good order and discipline to the armed forces themselves.

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’It was ugly.’ A Baltimore photographer went to the Capitol to record one of the worst days in American history

On Wednesday, Jan. 6, America’s latest day of infamy, Randall Gornowich wanted to be a witness to history. When he heard that supporters of President Donald Trump were storming the Capitol, he grabbed his camera bag and went to Washington. What he saw there left him stunned and angry, emotions he’s still feeling more than two weeks after the insurrection.

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Commissioner’s motions failed, effort to get points across did not

Carroll County Commissioner Eric Bouchat may not be getting a lot of W’s, but he is getting his points across in what he looks at as a quest to educate constituents and colleagues alike about political science. Bent on disruption since he was elected, Bouchat said in 2019 that one of his main goals in running for a seat on the Board of County Commissioners was to see the county’s form of government change from commission to charter, saying the present form goes against constitutional principles.

When Schools Are Hostile to Online Course Choice

Some K-12 public school districts have not been making a good-faith effort to provide their students with the best available outsourced online learning options. Take my school district in Anne Arundel County. Prior to COVID-19, the Maryland State Board of Education provided a list of inexpensive outsourced online courses from which local districts could choose.

It’s 11 O’Clock. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

Following the 1960’s riots and curfews in cities across America, variations of this question remained a refrain on TV for decades. This simple yet ominous message evoked dread among parents concerned for their children’s welfare. Decades later, it’s a question parents across Maryland should ask themselves every day.

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