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Jean Marbella
Can Hillary save the Democratic Party from her supporters? - August 28, 2008 - The good news after Hillary Clinton's stemwinder of a convention speech is that at least one Hillary voter has been persuaded to shift her support to Obama.
Dan Rodricks
The little boy who no longer lives here - August 26, 2008 - I won't be reading this column today; it was hard enough just to write it. This is the father-notes-little-boy-growing-up column that I fought off a dozen times. Nick's high school graduation was in June. I attended, of course, and found myself too melancholy - and too much in denial - to write about it in public. Saturday was take-the-first-child-to-college day. I resisted, with full self-consciousness, taking up this space and your time with my little bit of miserable joy - what my Portuguese ancestors called saudade, the mixture of feelings one experiences at the landmark events of life. But it didn't work, so you'll just have to bear with me.
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Laura Vozzella
If you talk the 9/11 talk, you better know the 9/11 facts - August 29, 2008 - With Rudy Giuliani at his side the other day in Denver, former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele declared that Barack Obama lacked the homeland security cred to be president. While he was at it, Steele showed off his own loose grasp of the subject.
Michael Dresser
Compassion for driver in fatal crash — and accountability - August 25, 2008 - My Aug. 11 column about the death of Charles Stoecker on a country road just south of the Pennsylvania line - and the devastation it caused his family - brought some interesting reaction.
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Jacques Kelly
The MTA finally gets its maps right — now let's talk about those buses ... - August 23, 2008 - I was caught off guard, pleasantly, on a recent visit to the Maryland Transit Administration's downtown office.
Frederick N. Rasmussen
'God Bless America' muse honored World War II effort in Charm City - August 24, 2008 - Jack Hook, longtime secretary-treasurer of Local 40-543 of the American Federation of Musicians, trombonist and connoisseur collector of old-time radio shows, sent me a tape the other day of singer Kate Smith's performance on WCAO radio in Baltimore during World War II.