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Bringing shame on his profession [Editorial]
Regardless of how most of us feel about individual elected officials or their leanings on particular policies, it's a fair observation that a lot of people get involved with politics because they want...
View ArticleFormer city schools IT chief indicted for kickback scheme
Update: According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Oberlton pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday, and released on $25,000 bond. A Georgia grand jury has charged former Baltimore schools information...
View ArticleIn Leopold case, judge draws bright line in the fog
Those who criticize the John Leopold case — that it was "too much squeeze for too little juice," a waste of taxpayer money — should read the 40-page memorandum by Dennis M. Sweeney, the judge who...
View ArticleMd. veterans official accused in benefits kickback scheme
A former high-ranking official at the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused of running a kickback scheme from his state office, allegedly fabricating military achievements and...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Bromwell released from federal prison
Former state Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell Sr., who was sentenced to seven years in prison on a federal bribery conviction, has been released into a community reintegration program, the U.S. Bureau of...
View ArticleWhy is the Pentagon exempted from scrutiny?
The most common complaint from people who email me about my columns is that the federal government is horrible: Too big and growing too fast, too corrupt and wasteful, and providing too many benefits...
View ArticleMorgan professor accused of grant money kickback scheme
A Morgan State University professor accused of defrauding the National Science Foundation also paid out Department of Defense grant money to students in exchange for kickbacks, federal prosecutors...
View ArticleAppeals court overturns officer's sentence in Majestic case
A federal appeals court overturned the sentence of a Baltimore police officer convicted of taking kickbacks from a tow truck company, ruling that a lower court was wrong in how it assigned a dollar...
View ArticleMartin O'Malley starts to take his victory lap
Don't look now, my fellow Marylanders, but I think the Martin O'Malley victory lap has commenced. The governor, with a year and a half to go in his second and final term, has started telling us all...
View ArticlePain drug abuse fuels competition, legal battles for companies
It's just urine. But for a Baltimore company and a rival, it's liquid gold worth bruising legal battles. When a patient is prescribed a powerful painkiller like Vicodin or OxyContin, many doctors...
View ArticleCandidate Ralph Jaffe: I'm leading a movement
A thank you goes to the Sun editorial board and to reporters Erin Cox and Michael Dresser for mentioning my name as a candidate for Maryland governor in 2014 ("The race is on," Sept. 25). However, The...
View ArticleWaverly, Pikesville post office managers charged with taking bribes
The small grassy hill and handful of hedges around the United States post office in Waverly aren't much to look at. But federal prosecutors allege that for branch manager Richard L. Wright III, the...
View ArticleDetroit's decline
Since the Motown sound went silent -- except on oldies stations -- and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there has been little to recommend Detroit,...
View ArticleHarford Sheriff's deputy charged with bribery
A Harford County Sheriff's deputy was arrested Thursday for allegedly taking payments from a Baltimore repossession company for personal information about vehicle owners, the Sheriff's Office reported...
View ArticleWorld watches weapons in Israel, Syria; Americans prefer to watch them on the...
Israel and Syria continue to fight, Robert Downey Jr. continues to pretend to fight, and in sunny, pastoral northern Pennsylvania, a former judge is still getting international attention a week after...
View ArticleUM says it alerted AG's office about swim coach's abuse of girl
The University of Maryland says it alerted the state attorney general nearly 25 years ago that the school's head swimming coach had acknowledged sexually abusing a girl at his private club, but he was...
View ArticleBringing shame on his profession [Editorial]
Regardless of how most of us feel about individual elected officials or their leanings on particular policies, it's a fair observation that a lot of people get involved with politics because they want...
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