Diana West can be forgiven for the ignorance she displayed in her column about the causes of the global financial crisis (The Capital, Oct. 8). Like most Americans, she believes the administration's simplistic diversion...

I am offended and disgusted by the premise that social engineers, otherwise known as community organizers, created our financial crisis by directing mortgage loans to low credit minorities. Our country has engaged in a...

All creatures or cells that grow, are alive. There is only alive or dead, not a little of each. The rosebud is not open yet but it is growing and thus, alive. At conception, the new life begins to grow, right then and there....

As the Liberty Bell rang over two centuries ago, we the people of this great nation are very fortunate for liberty today - a liberty that is inclusive, not exclusive. Our Constitution is based upon Judeo-Christian principles....

The article in the Sunday Capital concerning the number of students with a "D" average in our high schools and the recent debacle we have had concerning "subprime loans" leads me to believe that we will be...

Overpasses on the way to the beach might help for part of the year, however living on the Eastern Shore has become popular as well as trucking up and down 301.

In this time of economic hardship across the country and across the state, County Executive John R. Leopold has made the right decision in deciding to put a hiring freeze in place. According to the news reports this is the...

Open letter to Gov. Martin O'Malley:

The incident (The Capital, Oct. 1) in which two pit bulls reportedly attacked and threatened residents in Sunset Beach is certainly frightening, but not surprising.

I think it's time the customer charges businesses for our time. Comcast held me prisoner this weekend. They raise my rates by $50. Comcast said that was a special package and my year is up. I'll cancel TV; I want the...

What is wrong with us? A street sweeping truck at 8:00 a.m. sweeping streets nearly devoid of even leaves? It is fall after all, but slight winds of yesterday had swept streets clean. I heard on the news this morning that the...

Welcome back to school to all students, parents and teachers! We hope that you had a great summer.

I am a Rutgers alumnus who currently resides in Baltimore. As I did two years ago, I attended the Rutgers-Navy football game at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. This year I had the opportunity to bring my 11-year-old...

I was so unprepared for recent major surgery and foolishly so, with no will, no living will and no advanced directives. So I spent the two weeks prior to surgery doing many things that should have been done years ago as a...

Because professional sports such as football, soccer, automobile racing, basketball and all the others have become huge influences on Western values - especially those of our younger people - it's incumbent upon the...

To Gov. Martin O'Malley: I fully believe that it is time for the state government to take control of the Prince George's County Police Department and assign a state investigator to clean out the mess over there.

Regarding the Sept. 7 article in your newspaper examining the large number of school system employees who are making over $100,000 and who have recently received huge raises on the order of 20-25 percent, and...

Regarding the Annapolis Triathlon, I grew up in Annapolis and noticed a stark contrast in peoples' attitudes towards fitness when I moved to Colorado in 2003.